Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Parachute Equipment
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis notice is to inform of the award of a contract for the delivery of main student and advanced parachute canopies to the Joint Service Parachute Centre Weston (JSPCW).
The previously published Tender Notice is linked below:
CPV: Parachutes
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The delivery of main student and advanced parachute canopies to Joint Service…AwardedPublished value£336,594
The delivery of main student and advanced parachute canopies to Joint Service Parachute Centre Weston (JSPCW).
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Price
- Suitability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 21 Feb 2025, 17:12 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Sept 2025, 16:28 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 24 Mar 2025 – …
- Authority reference
713006450- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-053663- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e774Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 21 Mar 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 24 Mar 2025, 10:00 GMT
Timeline
21 Mar 2025 → 3 Sept 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline21 Mar 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Bids opened24 Mar 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Contract starts21 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published3 Sept 2025, 16:28 BST
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Mar 2025- Buyer details updated12 Mar 2025, 16:13 GMT
- Status changed to complete3 Sept 2025, 16:28 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextII 2.6 | 336594 | 287610 |
The Authority has released this Corrigendum notice to reflect a change in expected value for the requirement from £336,594 inclusive of VAT to £287,610 inclusive of VAT.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parachute Solutions LimitedSME | £277,750 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of Parachute Equipment · Parachute Solutions LimitedSME
- Signed
- 31 Jul 2025
- Value
- £277,750
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2029
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Parachute Solutions LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria