Official UK procurement notice
Untitled procurement · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£39,742,538published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 13 Aug 2025
Awarded to Roke Manor Research Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement description- Provision of services to continue to carry out Research and Development activity on the ZODIAC Prototype capability to further mature the Prototype into a functional capability that is suitable to scale and to de-risk any future ZODIAC procurement that may take place.
- Provision of Industry support to Field Army Exercises to continue to test the Prototype on Exercise.
CPV: Research and development services and evaluation tests · Research and development services and related consultancy services
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
- 22 Aug 2025, 13:52 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Aug 2025, 13:52 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-050894- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058ce8Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
This contract is exempt from the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) in line with Schedule 2 of PA23 and has been Direct Awarded to Roke Manor Research in line with the principles of Schedule 5 of PA23.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £39,742,5381 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 13 Aug 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roke Manor Research Limited | £39,742,538 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 050894-2025-715456450-1 · Roke Manor Research Limited
- Signed
- 13 Aug 2025
- Value
- £39,742,538
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Roke Manor Research LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.