Official UK procurement notice
Communications Ancillaries and Hearing Protection
Authority: Defence Equipment and Support (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Ministry of Defence (MOD) requires a route to market for a range of Communications Ancillaries and Hearing Protection (CA&HP) to meet the varied operational needs of its personnel. This includes the requirement to provide the best tactical hearing protection (HP) on the market, as well as the provision of HP systems compatible with a range of operational environments/scenarios. Suppliers must be capable of providing ongoing support for these HP systems, including maintenance, fault resolution, and updates to ensure continued functionality and compliance with safety standards.
It is essential that suppliers have a reliable route to market to facilitate the ongoing procurement and support of current in-service deliverables, including INVISIO systems. This includes the ability to supply spares and firmware upgrades to ensure continued operational availability and effectiveness of these systems.
Furthermore, the MOD requires suppliers to have the capability to support the integration of hearing protection systems with a wide range of in-service and new-to-service radios and platforms. This includes the development and provision of ancillary equipment to enable seamless interoperability, ensuring personnel can effectively communicate and operate in complex and dynamic environments.
Access to a broad supplier base will ensure the MOD can procure the most suitable and innovative solutions while maintaining flexibility and adaptability to meet future requirements.
Personnel security vetted to SC are required to provide support which includes maintenance and support services.
The Authority can only consider UK registered companies.
- How the procedure runs: Futher information will be provide in the Tender Notice.
CPV: Command, control, communication systems · Communications equipment · Maintenance services of radio-communications equipment · Safety headgear · Tactical command, control and communication systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewalPublished value£50,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
The Authority can only consider UK registered companies.
Personnel security vetted to SC are required to provide support which includes maintenance and support services.
- Technical & professional ability
The Authority can only consider UK registered companies.
Personnel security vetted to SC are required to provide support which includes maintenance and support services.
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Top Scoring and compliant PSQ Suppliers will be invite to Tender - further details will be outlined in the Tender Notice.
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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 morei
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).
- Economic & financial standing
The Authority can only consider UK registered companies.
Personnel security vetted to SC are required to provide support which includes maintenance and support services.
- Technical & professional ability
The Authority can only consider UK registered companies.
Personnel security vetted to SC are required to provide support which includes maintenance and support services.
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Top Scoring and compliant PSQ Suppliers will be invite to Tender - further details will be outlined in the Tender Notice.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Defence Equipment and Support buys Command, control, communication and computer systems (CPV 3571), and who usually turns up
Defence Equipment and Support’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Command, control, communication and computer systems (CPV 3571) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 211 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid52%
2–333%
4–610%
7+5%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate43%
Within ±2%36%
Above estimate21%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 3571Published estimate£50m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 131 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid18%
2–337%
4–630%
7+15%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 16 Dec 2025, 13:46 GMT
- Last source update
- 16 Dec 2025, 13:46 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
715727504- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-083386- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f6c5Find a Tender
- How it runs
Futher information will be provide in the Tender Notice.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 16 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadline
- 16 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
16 Dec 2025 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates- Planning notice published310 days ago16 Dec 2025, 13:46 GMT
- Tender notice expected254 days ago9 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadline219 days ago16 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 40 days30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 161 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Planned procurement notice published16 Dec 2025, 13:46 GMTUK3
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: The PSQ will be supplied through the DSP. The Tender will be supplied through Defence Share; details will be provide to those are invited to tender.
Notices published for this procedure
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender