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Procurement of Artillery 155mm Primers-UK4

Buyer: Defence Equipment and Support →

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BuyerDefence Equipment and Support
StatusClosed
Deadline30 Apr 2026
Value£3,000,000
Published8 Dec 2025

What is being bought

Military off the shelf 155mm Artillery Primers (£3M)

Categories

Weapons, ammunition and associated parts 35300000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£3,000,000
Contract periodFrom 19 Jun 2026 to 31 Mar 2028

Award criteria
60% Price/40% technical (60%)
Technical (40%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Weapons, ammunition and associated partsNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 35. The category anchor is Weapons, ammunition and associated parts (35300000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 351,0303 median · 40 average (276 of 1,030 with a bid count)4 average (298 of 1,030 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer57Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)98Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleA Planned Procurement Notice - UK3 was issued.
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05f0b1
Latest release ID080570-2025
Latest release timestampMon Dec 08 2025 12:27:40 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080570-2025
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-04-30T23:59:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-06-19T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailsDefence Sourcing Portal www.contracts.mod.uk
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£3,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
8 Dec 2025tender080570-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
8 Dec 2025 · 080570-2025 · tender
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