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Provision of Service and Maintenance for SBA Customs Trace Detection Equipment

No classification published
Location not published
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Ministry of Defence: "Provision of Service and Maintenance for SBA Customs Trace Detection Equipment". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityMinistry of DefenceScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Ministry of Defence
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Ministry of Defence. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
1.9%Historical Average
Based on 9 comparable awards
Competition Density
2Bids / Report
66.7% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
British Telecommunications PLCTop vendor: 52% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 245 active published awards; 24 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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
British Telecommunications PLC1 win£83,200,000
Rowden Technologies Ltd1 win£20,703,891
Janes Group UK Limited1 win£17,500,000
kpmg LLP1 win£8,100,000
THE COLLEGES' PARTNERSHIP LIMITED1 win£7,238,140
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityMinistry of Defence
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
Published24 Mar 2026, 14:48 GMT
Last source update24 Mar 2026, 14:48 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0672e6
What is being bought
Contract for a third-party supplier with the capability to provide ongoing support and maintenance for two incumbent trace detetcion IonScanner 600 machines deployed on the SBA boundary.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    24 Mar 2026, 14:48 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    24 Mar 2026, 14:48 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    24 Mar 2026, 14:48 GMT
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
    24 Mar 2026, 14:48 GMT
  2. Award pending
    Not published · £100,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Smiths Detection (Watford) Limited
£100,000 · Not published · pending
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PHVX-4316-ZVGZ
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  • Ministry of Defence
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PHVX-4316-ZVGZ
    Cyber & Specialist Operations Command (CSOC) - Commercial Branch, HQ British Forces Cyprus, C Block, Episkopi Station BFPO 53, Episkopi, CY, BS34 8JH, CY
    UKStratCom-Comrcl-BFC@mod.gov.uk

  • Smiths Detection (Watford) Limited
    supplier

    GB-COH: 00480992
    Century House, Maylands Avenue, Hemel Hempstead, UKH23, HP2 7DE, GB
    uksales@smithsdetection.com
Award and contract changes
Documents (0)
Official links; attachments are not copied
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Related procedures (0)
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No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe scanners in use by the SBAA Customs and Immigration service are proprietary equipment.