Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Quality Delivery Partner Services
Authority: Defence Equipment and Support (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOn behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MOD), the National Armaments Director Group (NADG) (previously known as Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S)) would like to formally engage with industry via this UK4 Notice, through the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) which can be found here: contracts.mod.uk/go/56376600019F17DB668E ↗
The Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Team (CBRN) have a requirement to provide assurance and set standards to ensure that the Medical Countermeasures (MedCM) that are stored/supplied to the Front Line Command are maintained/ tested on a regular basis. To achieve this, Med CM needs to maintain the following external support: Failure to maintain this support will make CBRN non-compliant and acting illegally in respect of the work it is undertaking in respect of Medical Countermeasures.
An independent Qualified Person (QP) to ensure activities carried out by the Authority are in compliance with Good Manufacturing Practice.
An independent Qualified Person for Pharmacovigilance (QPPV) and nominated deputy, to provide on-going support as required for the provision of a fully compliant Pharmacovigilance service.
A Regulatory Affairs Consultant, providing advice and services in order to ensure that the Authority is compliant with EU and UK Legislation.
An Option for an independent Responsible Person (RP) to ensure activities are carried out in compliance with Good Distribution Practice (GDP).
Noting, this Option will only be taken up should CBRN be without either the substantive RPs, currently one in each of the Commissioning and Management Organisation and CBRN Delivery Team.
In addition, there are multiple specialist disciplines that are to provide ad-hoc support to maintain our compliance to legal requirements and ensure our products meet the standards required by Defence and the pharmaceutical sector. These specialist disciplines are also required to assist the Medical Countermeasures Advanced Development Programme (ADP), to achieve the appropriate licences where applicable. Regulatory engagement at an early stage to assist with this transition will ensure the products are ready and compliant with legislation enabling full licensure to be achieved quicker. To support the above the following services and ad-hoc taskings are required:
Qualified Person.
Qualified Person for Pharmacovigilance.
Responsible Person.
Regulatory Affairs Consultant.
Resilience Warehouse facilities.
Adverse Events investigation.
Drug License Upkeep and Maintenance.
Stability Testing of in-service inventory.
Publications (regulatory and technical).
MHRA audits.
Batch Specific Variations.
Transport and Disposal.
Continuing Professional Development.
Due to security considerations, participation is limited to organisations with a registered UK legal entity.
The Cyber Risk Profile for this procurement identified by the Cyber Risk Assessment is Foundation Level 1.
Total value (estimated)
£*** excluding VAT (£5,876,000.00)
£*** including VAT (£7,345,000.00)
Above the relevant threshold
Contract dates (estimated)
01 June 2027 to 31 May 2032 (5 years)
Options
Possible extension via options to 31 May 2037 (5 x 1 year periods)
Any resulting Contract may include the following Contract Options to provide In Service Support for additional In Service Support
Additional services
The Authority reserve the right, at its absolute discretion, to not take up any or all the option(s) listed. Further information on the option(s) will be provided in the Tender.
- How the procedure runs: Competitive flexible procedure will not be limited to but will broadly follow the following steps; - Procurement Specific Questionnaire - Issued on Defence Sourcing Portal 3rd of September 2026, Deadline for responses 2nd of October 2026. - Successful suppliers are invited to submit their tender - Suppliers are invited to submit any clarification questions - Clarification questions will be answered by The Authority - Tenders will be evaluated - Award decision - Standstill period - Contract award
CPV: General management consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£5,876,000
- Economic & financial standing
The legal and financial capacity conditions of participation and the associated evaluation criteria are set out in the PSQ and PSQ supporting documentation.
Suppliers, associated persons and tier one suppliers are required registered on the Central Digital Platform and share up-to-date information.
The Authority shall assess suppliers (or where relevant, a connected person), an associated person or a sub-contractor to determine whether mandatory or discretionary grounds for exclusion apply, in accordance with The Procurement Act 2023.
Please see the PSQ for full information on financial requirements.
- Technical & professional ability
The technical ability conditions of participation and the associated evaluation criteria are set out in the PSQ and PSQ supporting documentation.
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).
- Technical Questionnaire: See attachment
- Economic & financial standing
The legal and financial capacity conditions of participation and the associated evaluation criteria are set out in the PSQ and PSQ supporting documentation.
Suppliers, associated persons and tier one suppliers are required registered on the Central Digital Platform and share up-to-date information.
The Authority shall assess suppliers (or where relevant, a connected person), an associated person or a sub-contractor to determine whether mandatory or discretionary grounds for exclusion apply, in accordance with The Procurement Act 2023.
Please see the PSQ for full information on financial requirements.
- Technical & professional ability
The technical ability conditions of participation and the associated evaluation criteria are set out in the PSQ and PSQ supporting documentation.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £2,347,827 (twice the annual value).
Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Defence Equipment and Support buys Business and management consultancy services (CPV 7941), and who usually turns up
Defence Equipment and Support’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Business and management consultancy services (CPV 7941) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in West Midlands (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside West Midlands.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 84 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid50% / 8%
2–333% / 25%
4–611% / 25%
7+6% / 42%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate43% / 33%
Within ±2%36% / 61%
Above estimate21% / 6%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 7941Published estimate£5.9m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid24%
2–325%
4–632%
7+18%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 17 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£4.9m–£5.9m
Estimate£5.9m
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
Social Finance LtdLarge | £50m14 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 4 live · £15m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 4% below n=11 |
IQVIA LtdLarge | £29m12 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 7 live · £28m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 8% below n=3 |
| £2.4m7 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 2 live · £2.3m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £10.0m4 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
ADS GroupSME | £204k6 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=1 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the match score are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Requests to participate open
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Defence & security
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 Sept 2026, 15:46 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Oct 2026, 14:09 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 3 May 2027
- Authority reference
715918484- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-083584- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f18dFind a Tender
- How it runs
Competitive flexible procedure will not be limited to but will broadly follow the following steps;
- Procurement Specific Questionnaire - Issued on Defence Sourcing Portal 3rd of September 2026, Deadline for responses 2nd of October 2026.
- Successful suppliers are invited to submit their tender
- Suppliers are invited to submit any clarification questions
- Clarification questions will be answered by The Authority
- Tenders will be evaluated
- Award decision
- Standstill period
- Contract award
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Defence Sourcing Portal- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 13 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender submission deadline
- 13 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
3 Sept 2026 → 1 Jun 2027 · 6 dates- Tender notice published47 days ago3 Sept 2026, 15:46 BST
- Latest notice published19 days ago1 Oct 2026, 14:09 BST
- Clarification questions by3 days ago16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 25 days13 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 196 days3 May 2027, 23:59 BST
- Contract startsin 224 days1 Jun 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Sept 2026- Tender notice published3 Sept 2026, 15:46 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published1 Oct 2026, 14:09 BSTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender