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Project Vampire Phase 1

Buyer: Ministry of Defence →

BuyerMinistry of Defence
StatusawardUpdate
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published16 Aug 2024

What is being bought

The source has not published a summary for this record.

Delivery location

UK

Categories

Unmanned aerial vehicles 35613000

Lot details

Lot 1

Project Vampire Phase 1, (the purchase of a number of air vehicles, launchers and control stations together with supporting services relating to safety and airworthiness)

Contract periodFrom 10 Mar 2022 to 31 Mar 2026

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Not publishedNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 35. The category anchor is Unmanned aerial vehicles (35613000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 352,1623 median · 33.7 average (789 of 2,162 with a bid count)3.7 average (908 of 2,162 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer291 median · 1.3 average (15 of 29 with a bid count)1 average (22 of 29 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UK8384 median · 67.7 average (284 of 838 with a bid count)5.6 average (352 of 838 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

026231-2024-702664450-1

Statusactive
Value£6,683,333

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-030c0e
Latest release ID026231-2024
Latest release timestampFri Aug 16 2024 19:35:22 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusNot published
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
16 Aug 2024awardUpdate, contractUpdate026231-2024
14 Mar 2022award, contract006938-2022
17 Jan 2022tender001397-2022

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (3 releases)
16 Aug 2024 · 026231-2024 · awardUpdate, contractUpdate
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14 Mar 2022 · 006938-2022 · award, contract
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17 Jan 2022 · 001397-2022 · tender
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