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# Project TAMPA - Additive Manufacturing as a Service Challenge

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/project-tampa-additive-manufacturing-as-a-service-challenge-ocds-h6vhtk-032c1b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ministry of Defence: "Project TAMPA - Additive Manufacturing as a Service Challenge". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: £5,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Oct 2022, 23:59 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Ministry of Defence](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-defence-gov-d17)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £5,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 October 2022 at 23:59 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Communication satellites, Development of firearms and ammunition, Development of military aircrafts, missiles and spacecrafts, Development of military electronic systems, Development of military vehicles (+30 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32009L0081
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-032c1b`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
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- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/project-tampa-additive-manufacturing-as-a-service-challenge-ocds-h6vhtk-032c1b#tl-md)

## Description
Additive Manufacturing (AdM), also known as 3D printing, is a range of manufacturing technologies that enable the creation of lighter, stronger parts and systems. It has the potential to address significant issues within Defence such as excessive lead times for Defence inventory and manufacture of obsolete/obsolescent parts to improve platform availability. A Prior Information Notice (PIN) was published on 11/04/2022 to inform the market of an upcoming Framework Agreement opportunity under the Reference Number 703280451, titled ‘Metal Additive Manufacturing as a Service Challenge’. This Project will now be known as ‘Project TAMPA –Additive Manufacturing as a Service Challenge’ under the new Reference Number of this Opportunity Listing.
The Authority wishes to enter into a multi-supplier Framework Arrangement for accelerating the maturity of Additive Manufacturing technology to better exploit the technology within the end-to-end support chain, deliver a more agile response to demand for parts, and begin to generate the inherent efficiencies that this technology promises. The Authority intends to seek bids for limited innovation funding to conduct spiral development tasks under the new Framework; spiral tasks will be awarded via mini-competition between Framework participants (the Authority may choose to include the first task with the Framework Invitation to Tender). The Authority currently estimates the Framework value between £3M - 5M, duration of 2 - 7 years (further funding in the later Option years (up to the max 7 yrs) may be considered). It is recognised that the funding available from the Authority needs to be underpinned by a level of investment from suppliers in order to realise the advantages of this technology. 
The Authority also requires that suppliers wishing to apply for this Opportunity must already have one or more extant equipment/platform support contracts in place with the Ministry of Defence to provide military spares under NSN; the supply of spare parts must be capable of benefitting from Metal Additive Manufacturing technology. The support contracts already in place with potential suppliers for this Opportunity must be extant for a minimum period of 2 years following the intended award date of the Framework. If these extant support contracts expire without replacement then the supplier may stay on the Framework but may not be invited to take part in any mini-competitions where the existence of the support contract is a pre-requisite: they may however still take part in other Framework activities, eg working groups.
The rationale for restricting award of a Framework place to those Suppliers who already have an equipment/ platform support contract in place is that these Suppliers will:
•	understand the challenges associated with part provision for these equipment/platform(s);
•	will be familiar with the underlying processes and procedures associated with certification, quality control and inventory management 
•	will be famil...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/project-tampa-additive-manufacturing-as-a-service-challenge-ocds-h6vhtk-032c1b)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 35421100, 35422000, 35611400, 35612300, 35612400, 35631100
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The Authority’s potential procurement intends to select Suppliers to:
•	Produce certified metallic parts for the Defence Inventory, for which the print files are transmissible over the Defence infrastructure;
•	Collect and share learning with The Aut...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F026083-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-09-16T14:15:34.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T03:18:50.965Z
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