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Published 2 Feb 2026, 14:51 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Project SafeSight - 3d Scanning Technology Platform

Authority: Defence Infrastructure Organisation - Ministry of Defence (Central government)

ServicesDirect awardAbove threshold
Planned pipeline value£1,250,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Award expected 17 Jul 2026direct award proposed, no call for competition
Contract term 2 yrsends 30 Jul 2028 · starts 27 Jul 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Procurement was let under Framework RM1557.14 which uses PCR 2015 regulations and the corresponding notices under those regulations.

The procurement of a platform that will enable Defence Housing to meet its Defence Housing Strategy implement effective Asset Management via usage of 3D scanning technology. The information in this UK1 Pipeline Notice is purely for information, and no further details are available at this stage. Please do not contact the DIO contracting authority regarding this UK1 Pipeline Notice. Further details will be provided in a future tender notice, if the opportunity progresses.

CPV: Computer platforms · Platform interconnectivity software development services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

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

How Defence Infrastructure Organisation - Ministry of Defence buys Programming services of packaged software products (CPV 7221), and who usually turns up

Defence Infrastructure Organisation - Ministry of Defence’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: Programming services of packaged software products (CPV 7221) →

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How the contest usually goes

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

Question for the bidWhat to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 6 of 12 known-size awards · market: CPV 7221 · UK-wide, n=369
50%39%

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

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 1 of 1 known-location awards · market: CPV 7221 · UK-wide, n=223
1 of 135%

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

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 7221 · UK-wide, n=61
—49 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 49 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 15 of 21 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 7221 · UK-wide, n=570
71%65%

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?

i

How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyerToo few to chart: 2 lots with bid counts, 5 needed · all categories
The market81 lots with bid counts · CPV 7221 · UK-wide
4% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid4%
Market: 3 of 81 lots with published bid counts.
2–333%
Market: 27 of 81 lots with published bid counts.
4–633%
Market: 27 of 81 lots with published bid counts.
7+30%
Market: 24 of 81 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyerToo few to chart: 2 lots with estimate and award, 5 needed · all categories
The market57 lots with estimate and award · CPV 7221 · UK-wide
47% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate47%
Market: 27 of 57 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%33%
Market: 19 of 57 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate19%
Market: 11 of 57 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 722124 monthsPublished estimate£1.3m
Expected competition
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How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

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 81 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet4% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 81 similar lots
1 bid4%
3 of 81 similar past lots received 1 bid (4%).
2–333%
27 of 81 similar past lots received 2–3 (33%).
4–633%
27 of 81 similar past lots received 4–6 (33%).
7+30%
24 of 81 similar past lots received 7+ (30%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 5 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £1.3m, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

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

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

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

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Direct award proposed
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
2 Feb 2026, 14:51 GMT
Last source update
7 Jul 2026, 11:05 BST
Authority reference
715765462
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-063531
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Computer platformsPlatform interconnectivity software development services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-061468 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

2 Feb 2026 → 27 Jul 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published264 days ago
    2 Feb 2026, 14:51 GMT
  2. Latest notice published109 days ago
    7 Jul 2026, 11:05 BST
  3. Tender notice expected99 days ago
    17 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts90 days ago
    27 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Feb 2026
  1. Pipeline notice published
    2 Feb 2026, 14:51 GMT
    UK1
  2. Pipeline notice published
    7 Jul 2026, 11:05 BST
    UK1
Published amendments (1)

Change to the procedure & estimated contract start/end dates

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Defence Infrastructure Organisation

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PPWG-8368-RJMG St George's House, DMS Whittington, Lichfield, West Midlands, WS149PYContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender