Official UK procurement notice
Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Search Supportability Framework
Authority: Defence Equipment and Support (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority is undertaking Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) to inform the market of its intention to establish an Open Defence and Security Framework for the purchase, support and maintenance of a range of in-service Explosive Ordinance Disposal and Search (EOD&S) Tools. The range of equipment requirements is split into the following LOT's:
LOT1: User Filler Charge Container (UFCC's): A collection of equipment designed to house assured explosive material to enable explosive cutting, disruption, penetration, access and sympathetic functioning.
LOT2: Firing Device/EOD Support Tools: a collection of equipment designed to initiate a variety of energetics or explosive charges using either electrical or mechanical means.
LOT3: Mine Marking equipment.
LOT4: Detonation/Explosive/Weapon: capability to render safe IEDs through disruption and remotely fired systems using a propelling cartridge (to fire projectiles) to remove fuses or otherwise neutralise or gain access to a target munition.
LOT5: Infrastructure Search equipment
Each LOT will be made up of several Nato Stock Number (NSN) requirements including but not limited to those within this notice. It is the Authority's intent to invite participation from suppliers who can demonstrate they are commercially compliant and can meet the technical requirements of being able to support the requirements (Minimum one NSN) of one or more of the noted LOTs.
This procurement is being conducted as a Competitive Flexible Procedure (CFP) in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.
CPV: Detection apparatus for mines · Explosives · Fuses, caps, igniters and electric detonators · Repair and maintenance services · Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 8 yrs from 31 Dec 2028
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat it takes to wini
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).
- “Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Search Supportability Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Defence Equipment and Support buys Machines and apparatus with individual functions (CPV 3164), and who usually turns up
Defence Equipment and Support’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Machines and apparatus with individual functions (CPV 3164) →
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.
Here, local means registered in South West England (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in South West England.
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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 89 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 market 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 bid6%
2–353%
4–641%
7+0%
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.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
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 3164Published estimate£23m
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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 17 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid6%
2–353%
4–641%
7+0%
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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
- Goods
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Defence & security
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Aug 2026, 17:01 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Sept 2026, 14:47 BST
- Authority reference
715916491- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-082729- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ed03Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
26 Aug 2026 → 31 Dec 2028 · 5 dates- Planning notice published55 days ago26 Aug 2026, 17:01 BST
- Latest notice published49 days ago1 Sept 2026, 14:47 BST
- Market engagement20 days ago30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
Supplier Briefs:
Please provide a brief of up to 4,000 words detailing an overview of your organisation and which of the LOT’s and Top Level NSNs (listed below) that you are interested in participating in. Your brief should be addressed to [email protected] Please provide your brief no later than 30/09/2026.
As a minimum, your brief should address the following aspects:
- Key capabilities you are interested in supplying in relation to the LOTs and top level NSN’s outlined in this notice.
- Details of experience in providing appropriate support of these requirements (Maintenance, Repairs, Replacements and Spares)
3.The minimum order quantities for each of the anticipated top level NSN’s, and please include a price list for all NSN’s interested in supplying. Including estimated costs per unit at the market price for quantity 25/50/100 of the NSN’s interested in supplying.
5.Approximate lead times for delivery.
6.Details on any exclusivity rights relevant to the NSN’s noted.
Where further market engagement is required, the Authority shall publish an additional Preliminary Market Engagement Notice detailing the market engagement activities.
All information provided at each Market Engagement Stage shall not be used by the Authority to down select or evaluate suppliers but shall help inform the development of the requirement and contracting strategy only.
In issuing this Preliminary Market Engagement Notice, The Authority is not committing to commence with any procurement in relation to the requirements stated in this Notice. Accordingly, any expenditure, work or effort undertaken before contract award is a matter solely for the commercial judgement of potential suppliers.
Top Level and associated NSN list:
NSN LOT
1377995034722 UFCC
6665145524302 Firing Device/EOD Support Tool
5120992131117 Mine Marking
1385992622625 UFCC
1385991583009 Firing Device/EOD Support Tool
1385991541009 Firing Device/EOD Support Tool
1375991599324 UFCC
1375996717436 UFCC
1377991680577 UFCC
1377998478542 UFCC
1377994723634 UFCC
1377991338741 UFCC
1377996162498 UFCC
1377999695711 UFCC
1385995626174 UFCC
6625994436343 Firing Device/EOD Support Tool
5180998472795 Firing Device/EOD Support Tool
5180991571417 Firing Device/EOD Support Tool
5998998474633 Firing Device/EOD Support Tool
5998999955855 Firing Device/EOD Support Tool
1385997254389 Detonation/Explosive/Weapon
5120992057164 Firing Device/EOD Support Tool
5995998646111 Firing Device/EOD Support Tool
1375996714011 Detonation/Explosive/Weapon
1375991574218 Firing Device/EOD Support Tool
5995992980237 Firing Device/EOD Support Tool
1375998680857 Firing Device/EOD Support Tool
5935997545898 Firing Device/EOD Support Tool
5995998822035 Firing Device/EOD Support Tool
1385995859757 UFCC
1385991307103 Detonation/Explosive/Weapon
1385999657250 Detonation/Explosive/Weapon
1375991516381 UFCC
1385999386118 Firing Device/EOD Support Tool
6665998400116 Mine Marking
1375994766328 UFCC
1375993336174 UFCC
1385999783446 Detonation/Explosive/Weapon
9905997944741 Mine Marking
665992197256 Infrastructure Search
1385992083317 Detonation/Explosive/Weapon
1385993101032 UFCC
1385996687497 UFCC
1375999743047 UFCC
1385999022441 Detonation/Explosive/Weapon
1375993656697 UFCC
1375997546315 UFCC
1385999783490 Firing Device/EOD Support Tool
1385998398066 Infrastructure Search
5120993322622 Infrastructure Search
1375997207364 Firing Device/EOD Support Tool
6140999763569 Firing Device/EOD Support Tool
6130999799987 Firing Device/EOD Support Tool
1385999792499 Detonation/Explosive/Weapon
1385996626729 Detonation/Explosive/Weapon
5935992262954 Firing Device/EOD Support Tool
5440999612404 Infrastructure Search
1377991541225 Detonation/Explosive/Weapon
1385992887471 UFCC
1385998332491 UFCC
1386993414411 UFCC
6910-99-834-8380 Mine Marking
6910-99-133-9269 Mine Marking
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 72 days31 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts31 Dec 2028
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Aug 2026- Pipeline notice published26 Aug 2026, 17:01 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published1 Sept 2026, 14:47 BSTUK2
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 copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender