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Published 4 Dec 2025, 16:24 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

CHC/628 GMSS Contract Extension VTN

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

ServicesNegotiated without publication of a contract notice

Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: South West (UKK)

Awarded value£2,500,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 28 Nov 2025

Awarded to Thales UK Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of support services to the Ground Mission Support System

CPV: Technical support services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Amendment to facilitate a twelve (12) month extension of the GMSS Contract

Delivery: South West

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more

How bids were scored

Lowest price

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Legal basis: CELEX · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 4 Dec 2025, 16:24 GMT
Last source update: 4 Dec 2025, 16:24 GMT
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-079894
Classification (CPV): Technical support services
Delivery area: South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05ef16 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice; The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: This is a contract extension to an existing contract let under the SSCR 2014, with all previous justifications remaining extant.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £2,500,0001 contract exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 28 Nov 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Thales UK LimitedGround Mission Support System (GMSS) Support ContractSubcontracting: declared	£2,500,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Ground Mission Support System (GMSS) Support Contract · Thales UK Limited
Signed
28 Nov 2025
Value
£2,500,000
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence Bristol, UKContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

DE&SReview body Bristol

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Thales UKAwarded supplier 350 Longwater Avenue, Reading, UK, RG2 6GF

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.