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Published 12 Nov 2026, 11:16 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Procurement of Method of Entry Equipment - UK1

Official notice
Competition analysis

Authority: Defence Equipment and Support (Central government)

GoodsCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdDefence & securitySME suitable
Sectors: Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting (31)Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment (35)Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment (43)
+1 moreConstruction Materials & Prefab (44)
 Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£2,126,280pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 31 Mar 2027from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Jul 2032 · up to 31 Jul 2034 with extensions · starts 31 Jul 2027
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

The Protect Delivery Team, part of the NAD Group Ministry of Defence (MoD) is preparing to initiate a competitive flexible procedure procurement to deliver a catalogue of Method of Entry (MoE) equipment. The Authority intends to appoint a single prime supplier to deliver the requirement, with no division into Lots. Equipment will be ordered on an ad-hoc, as required basis throughout the contract duration. The contract duration will be for a maximum period of 7 years, 5 years plus 2 x 1-year options.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Protect Delivery Team, part of the NAD Group Ministry of Defence (MoD) is preparing to initiate a competitive flexible procedure procurement to deliver a catalogue of Method of Entry (MoE) equipment. The Authority intends to appoint a single prime supplier to deliver the requirement, with no division into Lots. Equipment will be ordered on an ad-hoc, as required basis throughout the contract duration. The catalogue includes equipment across a range of functional groups, including but not limited to:

  • Ancillary items (clothing)
  • Batteries and chargers
  • Building infrastructure e.g. doors and windows
  • Consumable tooling e.g. drill bits
  • Manual tools e.g. hammers
  • Electrical equipment e.g. lighting
  • Electrical tools
  • Fuel powered tools
  • Hydraulic tools
  • Personal protective equipment (PPE) e.g. safety googles

The contract duration will be for a maximum period of 7 years, 5 years plus 2 x 1-year options. The total estimated contract value is £2,126,280 excluding VAT or £2,551,537 including VAT.

In issuing this UK1 notice, the Authority is not committing to commence with any procurement in relation to the requirements stated in this notice.

CPV: Batteries · Drill bits · Power tools · Protective and safety clothing · Tool parts

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The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 5 yrsSME
Contract period: 31 Jul 2027 – 31 Jul 2032 (5 yrs) · up to 31 Jul 2034 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
31440000 Batteries35113400 Protective and safety clothing43830000 Power tools44512910 Drill bits44514200 Tool parts

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Defence Equipment and Support buys Tools (CPV 4451), and who usually turns up

Defence Equipment and Support’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Tools (CPV 4451) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerDefence Equipment and Support · all categories
The marketTools (CPV 4451) · UK-wide
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 56 of 140 known-size awards · market: CPV 4451 · UK-wide, n=14
40%71%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

Buyer: 3 of 13 known-location awards · market: CPV 4451 · UK-wide, n=12
23%42%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
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Buyer: 26 decided notices · market: CPV 4451 · UK-wide, n=6
89 days67 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 89 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 172 of 193 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4451 · UK-wide, n=15
89%47%

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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This buyer26 lots with bid counts · all categories
54% had one bid
The market10 lots with bid counts · CPV 4451 · UK-wide
10% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (26) / the market (10) · select a colour for counts
1 bid54% / 10%
Buyer: 14 of 26 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 10 lots with published bid counts.
2–327% / 20%
Buyer: 7 of 26 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 10 lots with published bid counts.
4–615% / 40%
Buyer: 4 of 26 lots with published bid counts. Market: 4 of 10 lots with published bid counts.
7+4% / 30%
Buyer: 1 of 26 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 10 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyer16 lots with estimate and award · all categories
38% below estimate
The market11 lots with estimate and award · CPV 4451 · UK-wide
27% below estimate
% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (16) / the market (11) · select a colour for counts
Below estimate38% / 27%
Buyer: 6 of 16 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 3 of 11 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%31% / 55%
Buyer: 5 of 16 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 6 of 11 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate31% / 18%
Buyer: 5 of 16 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 2 of 11 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 445160 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£2.1m
Expected competition
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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 10 past lots.

—No model forecast yet10% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 10 similar lots
1 bid10%
1 of 10 similar past lots received 1 bid (10%).
2–320%
2 of 10 similar past lots received 2–3 (20%).
4–640%
4 of 10 similar past lots received 4–6 (40%).
7+30%
3 of 10 similar past lots received 7+ (30%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £2.1m, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see 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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
12 Nov 2026, 11:16 GMT
Last source update
12 Nov 2026, 11:16 GMT
Authority reference
715933474
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-107463
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
BatteriesDrill bitsPower toolsProtective and safety clothingTool parts
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07ba58 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

12 Nov 2026 → 31 Jul 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published35h ago
    12 Nov 2026, 11:16 GMT
  2. Today
    13 Nov 2026
  3. Tender notice expectedin 138 days
    31 Mar 2027, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract startsin 259 days
    31 Jul 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Pipeline notice published
    12 Nov 2026, 11:16 GMT
    UK1

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

Defence Equipment and Support

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PVRL-5831-GLMM MOD Abbey Wood, Bristol, South West, BS34 8JHContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender