Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 29 Sept 2025, 13:39 BST

Official UK procurement notice

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION DCTO D4 Autonomous MASS systems and VTE Framework.

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

Framework agreementServicesBelow threshold
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Framework period Ends 14 Oct 2025starts 14 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION DCTO D4 Autonomous MASS systems and VTE Framework - Please see documentation at link provided

CPV: Test and evaluation of military vehicles · Test and evaluation of warships

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

What it takes to win
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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 more
What this means for your bid
  • “REQUEST FOR INFORMATION DCTO D4 Autonomous MASS systems and VTE…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
29 Sept 2025, 13:39 BST
Last source update
29 Sept 2025, 13:39 BST
Authority reference
RFI0063
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-060501
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Test and evaluation of military vehiclesTest and evaluation of warships
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a409 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

29 Sept 2025 → 14 Oct 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published392 days ago
    29 Sept 2025, 13:39 BST
  2. Market engagement378 days ago
    13 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST

    Please see documentation at this link for full details: www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/98a75ba4-66e5… ↗

  3. Contract starts378 days ago
    14 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    29 Sept 2025, 13:39 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PHVX-4316-ZVGZ Whale Island, Portsmouth, South East, PO2 8BYContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure