Official UK procurement notice
LSL/GS/0148 - The Supply of Metals - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Authority: LEIDOS SUPPLY, LIMITED (Central government)·On behalf of: TVS SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTeam Leidos are proud to be delivering the logistics commodities and services transformation (LCS(T)) Delivery partner contracts (LCS (T)/0001 dated 16.4.2015) on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) (the ‘Prime Contract’). Delivery of other parts of the LCS(T) contract are delivered by Leidos Europe Ltd (LEL) and other partners (together ‘Team Leidos’). This requirement is subject to the Public Procurement Regulations and respective advertising action.
The General Supplies Team, which forms part of Leidos Supply Ltd. is considering the potential requirement for the supply of Metals on behalf of the UK MoD.
The total estimated value for this Framework Agreement will be between £5,280,000 and £13,200,000, with a total length of 4 Years.
In addition, please note that as a framework agreement there is no guarantee of business.
If this is of further interest, please register on our eProcurement system, Jaggaer: leidos-supply.app.jaggaer.com ↗
Bidders will be able to register on the system, and once registered they can express their interest and complete their bid on there. Should Bidders have any queries regarding the system, please contact the support team on the front page of the Jaggaer website, where it says 'Need assistance?', for help. Anyqueries regarding the tender itself, as opposed to the system, should be directed through Jaggaer's messaging centre.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT.
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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).
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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).
- Qualification Stage: Bidders must achieve a PASS mark for all PASS/FAIL questions in order to be deemed compliant in the Qualification stage. Failure of any of the questions may result in a Bidder’s Tender not being evaluated further, past the point of failure.
- Technical Stage: Bidders who have successfully passed the Qualification Envelope will progress to the Technical Envelope evaluation. A benchmark score of [ 60 ]% or higher is required for the weighted questions within the Question Set in order to be deemed compliant. Where applicable consensus of evaluators will be held, in order to establish an agreed score for responses. Failure of any of the questions may result in a Bidder’s Tender not being evaluated further, past the point of failure.
- Commercial Stage: The submitted prices of any Bidders whose bids have passed all the previous phases will be assessed. Leidos Supply Limited (LSL) intends to award a minimum of one contract for this requirement. However, LSL reserves the right to award up to one framework if necessary to ensure full coverage of the Schedule of Requirements (SoR) items and best value for money.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 30 Nov 2026
- First published
- 27 Jan 2026, 14:20 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Jun 2026, 12:11 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 23 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
LSL/GS/0148- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-056137- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060fc7Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 23 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
27 Jan 2026 → 23 Jan 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published273 days ago27 Jan 2026, 14:20 GMT
- Market engagement144 days ago4 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
To request the PMEN documents please contact:
Name and Email address:
Mark Maidment
Request the documents related to the Supply of Metals The documents will then be sent for completion and should be returned to the same email addresses before the deadline. Responses are required as soon as possible to inform next steps, but the PMEN will remain open until 04/06/2026.
- Next notice expected137 days ago11 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published134 days ago15 Jun 2026, 12:11 BST
- Clarification questions by102 days ago16 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline96 days ago23 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 87 days23 Jan 2027
- Award decision expected byin 88 days23 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Jan 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published27 Jan 2026, 14:20 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published15 Jun 2026, 12:11 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active15 Jun 2026, 12:11 BST
- Procurement method changed15 Jun 2026, 12:11 BST
- Deadline published: 23 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST15 Jun 2026, 12:11 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- TVS SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS LIMITEDProcuring entityConduct various parts of the evaluation
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender