Official UK procurement notice
IRM26/7751 The Supply of Thermal Camouflage Sheets & Associated Items
Authority: Defence Equipment and Support (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBabcock Land Defence Limited - acting as agent to the UK Ministry of
Defence ("the Authority") has under consideration a 8 Year Framework
Agreement for IRM26/7751 The Supply of Thermal Camouflage Sheets & Associated Items
CPV codes applicable to this contract are:
39522200 Camouflage covers
This Framework Agreement includes 46 items identified as being in
scope.
The contract value: £9,918,000.00
All items within the scope of requirement are codified to NATO Stock
Numbers (NSNs). Tenderers shall be provided with NATO Stock
Numbers and shall be informed of any required applicable
compliance standards.
All items must be supplied compliant to specifications which will be
issued with the tender documentation.
Cyber Risk Level: 1 RAR Code: RAR-EDC3lWH
Babcock Land Defence Limited reserve the right to add further items
of a similar nature to the contract post award.
The resulting Framework Agreement shall contain a set of Key
Performance Indicators to measure performance in areas such as
delivery and quality and shall include remedies for poor performance.
The Authority shall award the Framework Agreement in accordance
with the evaluation criteria which will be detailed in the Invitation to
Tender.
No business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting
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Framework Agreement indeed there is no guarantee that any
Framework Agreement will be put in place in relation to this notice. No
compensation etc. will be paid if a tender or resulting Framework
Agreement is withdrawn for any reason. Bidders should take part in
this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept
this position.
Expressions of interest to participate in this requirement are to be
submitted on the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) by completing the
Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ).
The PSQ shall be assessed on DSP using the selection criteria given
within the PSQ and within each question. It is the intention of the
Authority to down select, economic operators who will be invited to
tender, only those suppliers who provide all mandatory information
and are not subject to a mandatory exclusion.
How the procedure runs: The Authority intends to conduct the procurement in 2 stages. Stage 1 is the Procurement Specific Questionnaire, Stage 2 is the issue of the Invitation to Tender The Competitive Flexible Procedures in the Public Procurement Act 23 outline a structured approach to procurement, while allowing for flexibility to adapt to changing more…
requirements. The detailed steps involved in the process: The Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) Assessment of Suppliers: The PSQ is assessed based on the selection criteria within the PSQ itself. Each question in the questionnaire is evaluated to determine if the supplier meets the required conditions of participation. Down Selection Process: The intention is to down select suppliers on a pass/fail basis. Only those suppliers who meet the necessary criteria will move forward to the next stage. Invitation to Tender (ITT) Shortlisted Suppliers: Once the PSQ stage is completed, the shortlisted suppliers who meet the criteria are invited to submit their full tender. Tender Documents: The full procurement documents, including requirements, specifications, and terms, are provided to the suppliers. Clarifications: Suppliers can ask questions or seek clarifications to ensure they fully understand the requirements and any flexibility involved in the process. Evaluation and Award Criteria Framework Agreement will be awarded to the bidder who submits the most advantageous tender. Evaluation will consider: Pricing and supply details for the items as specified in the tender. Responses to the Technical Questions: -Supply Chain Management - Contract Coverage - Controlling Price - Controlling Lead Times - Managing Availability - Delivery Excellence -Counterfeit Management - Obsolescence Responses to the Social Value: Fair work: that offers fair wages and good working conditions. Help people get a job, stay in work, and progress in their careers, with good employment opportunities across the country 1b Fair working conditions Employment and training for those who face barriers to employment. 6a. Create employment and training opportunities particularly for those who face barriers to employment and/or who are located in deprived areas, and for people in industries with known skills shortages or in high growth sectors. Babcock Land Defence Limited reserve the right to add further items of a similar nature to the Framework Agreement post award, following Request for Quotations (RFQ).
CPV: Camouflage covers
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
- Places
- up to 1 suppliers
- Framework period
- 8 yrs 5 mo from 14 Feb 2027
Published description of the framework
Price must be Firm for the first 12 Months with a Variantion of Price clause being applied for Years 2 to 8. As this is up to 1 Single Operator Framework Agreements no further selection process for the award of contracts is applicable
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1Published value£9,918,000
- Value
- £9,918,000 exc. VAT · £11,901,600 inc. VAT
What 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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical — 30%
- Commercial — 60%
- Social Value — 10%
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Defence Equipment and Support buys Made-up textile articles (CPV 3952) — and who usually turns up
Defence Equipment and Support’s own published record, next to the West Midlands market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Made-up textile articles (CPV 3952) →
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.
Defence Equipment and Support
framework/DPS notices in 36 months: 1 in CPV 3952 · 1 in division 39 · 14 in all categories (2 without competition · 9 route not published)
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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 24 months: 17 lots.
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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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 24 months: 17 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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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: 20 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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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.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 19 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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: 321 notices.
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 all categories, last 36 months: 5 notices.
West Midlands · Made-up textile articles (CPV 3952)
framework/DPS notices delivered in West Midlands in 36 months: 7 in CPV 3952 (7 competed) · 75 in division 39 (69 competed, 5 route not published) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used
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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 39), last 36 months: 46 lots. 14 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 32 from older notices (bids received, middle 7).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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 39), last 36 months: 46 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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.
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 39), last 36 months: 13 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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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 39), last 36 months: 37 lots.
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 sector (CPV 3952), last 36 months: 12 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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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.
Based on this buyer’s own usual movement over 20 lots (all categories), applied to the £9,918,000 estimate on this notice.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- 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
- 25 Sept 2026, 08:36 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Sept 2026, 08:36 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 1 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Authority reference
IRM26 7751- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077a05Find a Tender
- How it runs
The Authority intends to conduct the procurement in 2 stages. Stage 1 is the Procurement Specific Questionnaire, Stage 2 is the issue of the Invitation to Tender The Competitive Flexible Procedures in the Public Procurement Act 23 outline a structured approach to procurement, while allowing for flexibility to adapt to changing requirements. The detailed steps involved in the process: The Procurement Specific more…
Questionnaire (PSQ) Assessment of Suppliers: The PSQ is assessed based on the selection criteria within the PSQ itself. Each question in the questionnaire is evaluated to determine if the supplier meets the required conditions of participation. Down Selection Process: The intention is to down select suppliers on a pass/fail basis. Only those suppliers who meet the necessary criteria will move forward to the next stage. Invitation to Tender (ITT) Shortlisted Suppliers: Once the PSQ stage is completed, the shortlisted suppliers who meet the criteria are invited to submit their full tender. Tender Documents: The full procurement documents, including requirements, specifications, and terms, are provided to the suppliers. Clarifications: Suppliers can ask questions or seek clarifications to ensure they fully understand the requirements and any flexibility involved in the process. Evaluation and Award Criteria Framework Agreement will be awarded to the bidder who submits the most advantageous tender. Evaluation will consider: Pricing and supply details for the items as specified in the tender. Responses to the Technical Questions: -Supply Chain Management - Contract Coverage - Controlling Price - Controlling Lead Times - Managing Availability - Delivery Excellence -Counterfeit Management - Obsolescence Responses to the Social Value: Fair work: that offers fair wages and good working conditions. Help people get a job, stay in work, and progress in their careers, with good employment opportunities across the country 1b Fair working conditions Employment and training for those who face barriers to employment. 6a. Create employment and training opportunities particularly for those who face barriers to employment and/or who are located in deprived areas, and for people in industries with known skills shortages or in high growth sectors. Babcock Land Defence Limited reserve the right to add further items of a similar nature to the Framework Agreement post award, following Request for Quotations (RFQ).
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via Defence Sourcing Portal- Expression of interest (EOI)
- 20 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
- Appointment period ends
- 20 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 12 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
6 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice publishedjust passed25 Sept 2026, 08:36 BST
- Clarification questions byin 17 days12 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
- Expressions of interest byin 25 days20 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsin 25 days · period end, not a bid countdown20 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 130 days1 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 142 days14 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
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published25 Sept 2026, 08:36 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender