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Segmented Sourcing Strategy - UK1

Buyer: Defence Equipment and Support →

BuyerDefence Equipment and Support
Statusplanned
DeadlineNot published
Value£1,900,000,000
Published30 Jun 2025

What is being bought

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has a requirement for the provision of c. 188 individual munitions (subject to confirmation via future Contract Tender Notice), covering various small arms ammunition, explosive munitions and pyrotechnics, and services surrounding this. It is looking to do this via the creation of the Segmented Sourcing Strategy (SSS) Programme, for which a supplier will act as a Principal Prime or ‘Service Provider’ for the delivery of services related to, and procurement of those munitions. This requirement is a continuation of the SSS Project presented to industry in an Industry Day held on 28th February 2024 under PIN 408178/1304731. The timeframes of which have been amended to meet the estimated contract dates given below. The intended activities under the SSS Programme will include: • Forecasting and Activity Planning • Category Strategy Development & Management • Product & Supplier (re)Qualification & Approval • Supplier Management • Oversight / Management of parties with the DGM Supply Chain • Demand Planning, Forecasting and Order Capture • Purchase to Pay (P2P) and other enabling IT systems & processes • Governance and New Product Design/Introduction Selection will be undertaken using a multi-stage procurement under the Competitive Flexible Procedure. I) Conditions of Participation (CoP) stage; down selection to three suppliers maximum II) Competitive Dialogue style stage; no down selection III) An ITT Stage where the Preferred Bidder will be identified. If you would like to be kept up to date with the SSS project please email DESDGM-OpsGroup@mod.gov.uk with your details and you will be added to our mailing list.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Weapons, ammunition and associated parts 35300000Pyrotechnics 39225500Software package and information systems 48000000Repair and maintenance services of firearms and ammunition 50620000Repair and maintenance services of weapons and weapon systems 50840000Transport services (excl. Waste transport) 60000000Storage and warehousing services 63120000Technical inspection and testing services 71630000IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 72000000Research and Development services on security and defence materials 73400000Development of firearms and ammunition 73422000Administration, defence and social security services 75000000Business and management consultancy and related services 79400000Procurement consultancy services 79418000Packaging and related services 79920000Weapons and ammunition disposal services 90523100

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2028 to 31 Mar 2037
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Weapons, ammunition and associated parts, Pyrotechnics, Repair and maintenance services of firearms and ammunition, Repair and maintenance services of weapons and weapon systems, Technical inspection and testing services, Research and Development services on security and defence materials, Development of firearms and ammunition, Packaging and related services, Weapons and ammunition disposal services, Software package and information systems, Transport services (excl. Waste transport), Storage and warehousing services, IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Administration, defence and social security services, Business and management consultancy and related services, Procurement consultancy servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 35. The category anchor is Weapons, ammunition and associated parts (35300000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 352,5013 median · 37.7 average (944 of 2,501 with a bid count)4 average (1,095 of 2,501 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer57Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK9743 median · 71.6 average (345 of 974 with a bid count)6.3 average (421 of 974 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)31Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimedefenceSecurity
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0555dc
Latest release ID036092-2025
Latest release timestampMon Jun 30 2025 12:28:16 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£1,900,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
30 Jun 2025planning036092-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
30 Jun 2025 · 036092-2025 · planning
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