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Published 30 Sept 2026, 15:13 BST

Official UK procurement notice

European Movements Enabling Agreement (EMEA) for the Germany Enabling Office (GEO)

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

Framework agreement7 lotsServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdDefence & securitySME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60)Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services (63)Cleaning & Environmental Services (90)+1 more Delivery: DE
Framework ceiling (notional)€83,086,953envelope for 7 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Admission open until 5 Nov 202623:59 GMT · period end, not a bid countdown
Clarification cut-off 22 Oct 202623:59 BST · questions to the authority
Framework period 3 yrsup to 5 yrs with extensions · starts 1 Feb 2027
Bids per lot · this authority 3all categories · n=113 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought7 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

This procurement is to establish a multi-lot, multi-supplier framework agreement for the provision of Movement Services across Germany and wider-Europe. The framework will be broken down in to the following lots:

Lot 1: Bus and Coach

Lot 2: Road Transport (HET & LET)

Lot 3: Road Transport - ADR

Lot 4: Port Services, Emden

Lot 5: Port Services Northern Germany excluding Emden

Lot 6: Biological Cleaning

Lot 7: Provision of Escort Vehicles (Begleitfahrzeuge)

Full details of each of the lots and how to bid for them are included in the attached Invitation to Tender (DEFFORM 47).

  • No preliminary market engagement: Simple requirement with a wide-market available in Germany.

CPV: Cleaning services of transport equipment · Hire of buses and coaches with driver · Hire of trucks with driver · Hire of vans with driver · Marine-base support services · Port operation services · Public road transport services · Special-purpose road passenger-transport services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Type
Closed framework
Call-offs
every call-off is a further competition among the appointed suppliers
Framework period
3 yrs · up to 5 yrs from 1 Feb 2027
Published description of the framework

Each requirement placed under the framework will invite quotations from all the suppliers under the relevant lot on the framework. This request for quotation will detail the award criteria for the requirement but will primarily be based upon the best price offered by a supplier who can meet the required deadline and technical criteria.

Lots and requirements (7)Procurement structure

7 lots · all with a published value · same conditions of participation on every lot

Every one of these 7 lots carries the same published figure, £83,086,953: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.

Lot #1Bus and CoachRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSEceiling above
To arrange transportation of personnel from A to B as per Task Order. This can include to and-or from the UK to Exercise locations within or outside of Germany. To and from Training Areas, Exercise Locations, Airports, and Ports of entry, with or without baggage. Including provision of baggage trailers or trucks where required.
Contract period: 1 Feb 2027 — 30 Jan 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 5 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: DE
Extensions
Two x one year options can be invoked independently of each other to extend the contract by a total of 2 years.
60112000 Public road transport services60172000 Hire of buses and coaches with driver
Award criteria (1)
  • See DEFFORM 47.

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #2Road Transport (HET & LET)Renewal 3 yrsSMEVCSEceiling above
To arrange transportation of Heavy Materiel (equipment and Vehicles) and Light Materiel (equipment, ISO containers or Vehicles) from A to B as per Task Order. This can include to and or from the UK to exercise locations within or outside of Germany. To and from Training Areas, Exercise locations, airports, Ports of entry.
Contract period: 1 Feb 2027 — 30 Jan 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 5 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: DE
Extensions
Two x one year options can be invoked independently of each other to extend the contract by a total of 2 years.
60181000 Hire of trucks with driver
Award criteria (1)
  • See DEFFORM 47.

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #3Road Transport - ADRRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSEceiling above
To arrange transportation of DG Materiel (ie Classes 1-9, including Ammunition) from A to B as per Tasking Order. This can include to and or from the UK to Exercise locations within or outside of Germany.
Contract period: 1 Feb 2027 — 30 Jan 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 5 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: DE
Extensions
Two x one year options can be invoked independently of each other to extend the contract by a total of 2 years.
60112000 Public road transport services60181000 Hire of trucks with driver
Award criteria (1)
  • See DEFFORM 47.

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #4Port Services, EmdenRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSEceiling above
To provide wet and dry services at port of entry / exit to safely embark or disembark vessels at Emden Port; this may also require the provider to provide administrative services to the Port Task Group over a fixed period as detailed in the Task Order. To include services such as feeding and accommodation of Port Task Group personnel, provision of MHE and Cranes, Storage, and Stevedores.
Contract period: 1 Feb 2027 — 30 Jan 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 5 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: DE
Extensions
Two x one year options can be invoked independently of each other to extend the contract by a total of 2 years.
63721200 Port operation services98362100 Marine-base support services
Award criteria (1)
  • See DEFFORM 47.

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #5Port Services Northern Germany excluding EmdenRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSEceiling above
To provide wet and dry services at port of entry / exit to safely embark or disembark vessels at ports in Northern Germany (excluding Emden Port); this may also require the provider to provide administrative services to the Port Task Group over a fixed period as detailed in the Task Order. To include services such as feeding and accommodation of Port Task Group personnel, provision of MHE and Cranes, Storage, and Stevedores.
Contract period: 1 Feb 2027 — 30 Jan 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 5 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: DE
Extensions
Two x one year options can be invoked independently of each other to extend the contract by a total of 2 years.
63721200 Port operation services98362100 Marine-base support services
Award criteria (1)
  • See DEFFORM 47.

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #6Biological CleaningRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSEceiling above
To provide static and mobile services to biologically clean vehicles in accordance with local health regulations.
Contract period: 1 Feb 2027 — 30 Jan 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 5 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: DE
Extensions
Two x one year options can be invoked independently of each other to extend the contract by a total of 2 years.
90917000 Cleaning services of transport equipment
Award criteria (1)
  • See DEFFORM 47.

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #7Provision of Escort Vehicles (Begleitfahrzeuge)Renewal 3 yrsSMEVCSEceiling above
To provide Host Nation escort vehicles with qualified staff to escort Out of Gauge vehicles in accordance with their Host Nation (Vemags) movement instructions from town, county, or the Police in accordance with local regulations.
Contract period: 1 Feb 2027 — 30 Jan 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 5 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: DE
Extensions
Two x one year options can be invoked independently of each other to extend the contract by a total of 2 years.
60112000 Public road transport services60130000 Special-purpose road passenger-transport services60183000 Hire of vans with driver
Award criteria (1)
  • See DEFFORM 47.

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
i

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 are scored
All lots are awarded independently of each other.
Conditions of participation · identical on every lot2
  • Economic & financial standing
    As per the Defence Sourcing Portal Qualification Envelope.
  • Technical & professional ability
    As per the Defence Sourcing Portal Qualification Envelope.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Ministry of Defence buys Hire of goods-transport vehicles with driver (CPV 6018) — and who usually turns up

Ministry of Defence’s own published record, next to the South East England market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Hire of goods-transport vehicles with driver (CPV 6018) →

1

How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested frameworks and DPS only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Ministry of Defence

framework/DPS notices in 36 months: 3 in division 60 · 179 in all categories (51 without competition · 9 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 113 lots. 17 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 2) and 96 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

3all categories · 36m · n=113 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 113 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

27%all categories · 36m · n=113 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 106 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

4% belowall categories · 24m · n=106 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

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.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 12 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

123dall categories · 36m · n=12 notices
Notice updates
i

How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.

Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 1,158 notices.

Last 24 months.

0all categories · 24m · n=1,158 notices
Awarded without competition
i

How often this buyer awards without a competition.

Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 60), last 36 months: 3 notices.

Last 36 months.

0%division 60 · 36m · n=3 notices
Bids per lot · history, not this notice’s lots robust · n=113
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 113 lots on 77 contested notices · all categories, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 27%
  • 2–3 40%
  • 4–6 12%
  • 7+ 21%

Middle value 3 · 113 lots on 77 contested notices · all categories.

How procedures are run moderate · n=3
i

Which procedures buyers here use.

Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.

Based on 3 notices · division 60, last 36 months.

  • Open 0%
  • Selective 100%
  • Limited 0%
  • Direct 0%

3 notices · division 60. Open and selective are competed (they feed the bid and price figures above); limited and direct are not; notices publishing no route are outside all four.

The market · authority’s region

South East England · Hire of goods-transport vehicles with driver (CPV 6018)

framework/DPS notices delivered in South East England in 36 months: 1 in CPV 6018 (1 competed) · 51 in division 60 (41 competed, 9 route not published) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 60), last 36 months: 44 lots. 36 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 28) and 8 from older notices (bids received, middle 4.5).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

13.5division 60 · 36m · n=44 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 60), last 36 months: 44 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

0%division 60 · 36m · n=44 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Nothing published for this region in this sector: not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

—not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price
Deadline → award date
i

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.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 60), last 36 months: 13 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

38ddivision 60 · 36m · n=13 notices
SME bidders
i

How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.

SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 60), last 36 months: 39 lots.

Last 36 months.

87%division 60 · 36m · n=39 lots
Winners based in the region
i

How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.

Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 60), last 36 months: 182 awards.

Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.

Last 36 months.

96%division 60 · 36m · n=182 awards
Bids per lot · history, not this notice’s lots robust · n=44
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 44 lots on 19 contested notices · division 60, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 0%
  • 2–3 7%
  • 4–6 16%
  • 7+ 77%

Middle value 13.5 · 44 lots on 19 contested notices · division 60.

How procedures are run robust · n=42
i

Which procedures buyers here use.

Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.

Based on 51 notices · division 60, last 36 months.

  • Open 48%
  • Selective 50%
  • Limited 2%
  • Direct 0%

51 notices · division 60. Open and selective are competed (they feed the bid and price figures above); limited and direct are not; notices publishing no route are outside all four.

robust · n=106
i

Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.

We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.

This notice gives one total for several lots, so we show the percentage but do not turn it into pounds.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

The middle award in Ministry of Defence (all categories, n=106 pairs) lands 4% below. Applied to each lot’s own published value in the lot table below — the notice total (€83,086,953) is an envelope for 7 lots and is not converted.
Coverage and what to read with care
  • Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Open admission
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Defence & security
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
30 Sept 2026, 15:13 BST
Last source update
30 Sept 2026, 15:13 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 4 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
Authority reference
711856466
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Cleaning services of transport equipmentHire of buses and coaches with driverHire of trucks with driverHire of vans with driverMarine-base support servicesPort operation servicesPublic road transport servicesSpecial-purpose road passenger-transport services
Delivery area
DE
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077dcd Find a Tender
Contract terms summary
Payment will be made via the CP&F / Exostar system and suppliers must be prepared to sign up to Exostar as a condition of participation.

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Apply via Defence Sourcing Portal
Submission portal named on this notice: Defence Sourcing Portal · Who buys & how to bid on MOD DSP
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · registration requires an NCAGE code — obtain in advance · before you can bid: NCAGE
Expression of interest (EOI)
—
Appointment period ends
5 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Clarification deadline
22 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
success fee · No fees.
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Tender submissions and all correspondence/clarification questions MUST be made via the Defence Sourcing Portal (https://contracts.mod.uk/). Tenderers will need to register for access to the DSP and then can search for this opportunity by searching 711856466. Alternatively the following link should take you straight to the Invitation to Tender once you have registered: https://contracts.mod.uk/go/3044310401A0F2A6891F Tenderers should read all documentation thoroughly. more…Tenderers will need to submit a response against the Qualification, Technical and Commercial envelopes as part of their submission.

Timeline

5 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedjust passed
    30 Sept 2026, 15:10 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 22 days
    22 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  3. Admission / appointment period endsin 36 days · period end, not a bid countdown
    5 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Award decision expected byin 96 days
    4 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 123 days
    1 Feb 2027, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Sept 2026
  1. Tender notice published
    30 Sept 2026, 15:13 BSTUK4
  2. Tender notice published
    30 Sept 2026, 15:10 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PHVX-4316-ZVGZ Northwood Headquarters, Northwood, East of England, HA6 3HP [email protected]

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender