Official UK procurement notice
Procurement of Interim Range Safety Tool
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority have identified a need to procure a web-based application that can be accessed at any point nationally or internationally allowing the user to plan and produce a digital safe operating range danger area trace
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Apr 2025, 14:45 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Jul 2025, 09:01 BST
- Authority reference
714299450- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-042573- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0500b3Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
The Authority has identified a need to procure an interim range safety software tool that can be accessed at any point nationally or internationally, allowing the user to plan and produce a digital safe operating range danger area trace. This is whilst the MoD prepares for procuring a longer-term requirement.
In accordance with paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 of the PA23, MoD proposes to directly award this contract to SimCentric. It is considered that direct award is lawful in accordance with paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 PA23 due to an absence of competition for technical reasons. A Request for Information was published in August 2024 to gauge market interest. Following a review, it was determined that out of the three responses received only one proposal addressed the requirements in full and was readily available in the timescales required to meet the operational requirement. As such, Army Commercial, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (“MoD”), intends to award a contract to SimCentric Technologies Limited for the procurement of SAF - FORESIGHT.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
11 Jul 2025 → 24 Jul 2025 · 2 dates- Standstill ends11 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published24 Jul 2025, 09:01 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Apr 2025- Transparency notice published10 Apr 2025, 14:45 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published2 Jul 2025, 15:47 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected15 Jul 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published24 Jul 2025, 09:01 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIMCENTRIC LIMITEDSME714299450 - Procurement of Interim Range Safety Tool16 Jul 2025 – 16 Jul 2027 · up to 16 Jul 2029Extensions: To be taken up at the Authority's discretion · Options: 2 x 1 year options | £3,190,834 | 2 Jul 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · SIMCENTRIC LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 17 Jul 2025
- Value
- £3,190,834
- Period
- 17 Jul 2025 – 16 Jul 2027
- Status
- active
1 agreed KPI: KPI 1 - Service Outage
- KPI 1 - Service Outage
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SimCentric LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender