Official UK procurement notice
Project Strong - Sovereign Agentic Decision Support Prototype
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority is seeking a supplier to produce a new novel, capability, of prototyping and developing a new capability that operates at the forefront of risk management to dynamically adjustment responses to the real time operating environment.
The nature of these data sources are highly sensitive and unable to be shared more broadly. Project STRONG is the prototyping of an integrated capability that fuses intelligence into a single analytical platform, generates Courses of Action, and supports rapid, human-controlled deployment of authorised effects across cyber, information and supply-chain domains.
The Authority is seeking to place the contract with the Supplier under Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023, on the MODs terms & Conditions.
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
- Defence & security
- 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
- 4 Jun 2026, 13:56 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Jun 2026, 13:56 BST
- Authority reference
DDAITF005- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-052836- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ad97Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Prototypes Development
- Published justification
PA23 – S5, P2 (“Prototype and Development”). Under this contract, the Authority is seeking to test the suitability of the novel service offerings from the Supplier. The service sought is being developed at the request of the contracting Authority.
This contract will be used to test the suitability and feasibility of this low technical readiness level solution. Further, the service provided under this contract should be considered a minimum level of experimentation / study.
The activity is undertaken is of limited scope and to inform future delivery decisions and does not constitute full scale rollout or commitment.
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 4 Jun 2026- Transparency notice published4 Jun 2026, 13:56 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected15 Jun 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defence Holdings PLC15 Jun 2026 – 14 Sept 2026 | £226,617 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Defence Holdings PLCAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender