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Provision of Live Fire Monitoring Equipment-UK5

No classification published
Location not published
Published value
£4,500,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Defence Equipment and Support: "Provision of Live Fire Monitoring Equipment-UK5". Published status: complete. Published value: £4,500,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDefence Equipment and SupportScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£4,500,000
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Published history for Defence Equipment and Support. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
1.9Bids / Report
54.5% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Tekever LtdTop vendor: 60.9% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 83 active published awards; 11 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Tekever Ltd1 win£220,000,000
ST Engineering Advanced Material Engineering PTE. LTD1 win£65,840,000
JFD Limited3 wins£52,294,167
Northern Diver (International) Limited1 win£12,091,667
Southern Scientific Ltd1 win£8,250,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDefence Equipment and Support
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published28 Jul 2026, 15:40 BST
Last source update28 Jul 2026, 15:40 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06b997
What is being bought
The procurement relates to the provision of Live Fire Monitoring Equipment and associated support services required under Contractor Logistic Support (CLS), Post Design Services (PDS), and obsolescence management arrangements by KNDS.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    28 Jul 2026, 15:40 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    28 Jul 2026, 15:40 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    28 Jul 2026, 15:40 BST
  4. Published value updated to £4,500,000
    20 Jun 2026, 13:34 BST
  5. Status changed to planned
    20 Jun 2026, 13:34 BST
  6. Official notice release published
    20 Jun 2026, 13:34 BST
  7. Buyer information updated
    20 Jun 2026, 13:34 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    28 Jul 2026, 15:40 BST
  2. Award pending
    Not published · £4,500,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmnH & Co.KG
£4,500,000 · Not published · pending
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Defence Equipment and Support

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PVRL-5831-GLMM
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  • Defence Equipment and Support
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PVRL-5831-GLMM
    MOD Abbey Wood, Bristol, UKK12, BS34 8JH, GB
    lorraine.jiti100@mod.gov.uk

  • Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmnH & Co.KG
    supplier

    GB-PPON: PWLX-4441-QHHX
    August-Bode-Str. 1, Kassel,Deutschland, DE, D-34127, DE
    thomas.engelking@knds.de
Award and contract changes
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied

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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe Synthetic Environments & Training Portfolio within the National Armaments Director (NAD) Group (“the Authority”) intends to award a contract valued at £4.5 million (excluding VAT) to KNDS Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG (KNDS) for the provision of Live Fire Monitoring Equipment (LFME). The contract will run for an initial period of one year from 1 April 2027, with options to extend for up to four additional years. The LFME system supports Challenger 2 (CR2) units in both individual and collective training at Levels 1 and 2, enabling progression to the Annual Crew Test (ACT) and Annual Troop Assessment (ATA). The contract will be awarded via Direct Award under Section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023. The Authority considers that the criteria under paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 are met, as there is only one economic operator capable of performing the contract for technical reasons, and no reasonable alternatives to the equipment exist. LFME support has been continuously provided since 1991 under Contractor Logistic Support (CLS), Post Design Services (PDS), and obsolescence management arrangements by the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), now KNDS. The LFME system is highly specialised and fully integrated with Challenger 2 platforms. No alternative supplier can provide compatible equipment, as only the OEM possesses the necessary technical drawings, proprietary information, expertise, and specialist tooling required to deliver and support this critical training capability. Engaging any alternative provider would introduce unacceptable safety risks and jeopardise operational capability and training continuity. The current CLS contract is due to expire on 31 March 2027.