Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 22 May 2025, 14:50 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Supply of Portable Appliance Testers

Official notice

Authority: Defence Equipment and Support (Central government)

GoodsAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£2,087,335pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 27 May 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrsends 19 Dec 2030 · up to 19 Dec 2031 with extensions · starts 20 Dec 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is a Request for Information (RFI) for the procurement Portable Appliance Testers for Tri-Service use.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has a requirement to procure an estimated qty 2000 Portable Appliance Testers over a period of up to 4 years on behalf of the Operational Infrastructure Delivery Team (OIDT), part of Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S).

CPV: Circuit testers

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 4 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 20 Dec 2026 – 19 Dec 2030 (4 yrs) · up to 19 Dec 2031 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
22 May 2025, 14:50 BST
Last source update
26 Sept 2025, 16:27 BST
Authority reference
714933450
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-060290
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Circuit testers
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051e5e Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

22 May 2025 → 20 Dec 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    22 May 2025, 14:50 BST
  2. Latest notice published397 days ago
    26 Sept 2025, 16:27 BST
  3. Market engagement361 days ago
    31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT

    Please review the content within the RFI and provide a response to [email protected] by no later than 23:59 on 31/10/25.

    NOTE; This RFI is to gain information with no guarantee to become a tender / procurement.

    All costs incurred completing this RFI are to be borne by the suppliers.

    Opportunity link to DSP;

    contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opport… ↗

  4. Tender notice expected153 days ago
    27 May 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Today
    28 Oct 2026
  6. Contract startsin 52 days
    20 Dec 2026

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    22 May 2025, 14:50 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    26 Sept 2025, 16:27 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

DE&S Deca

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PVRL-5831-GLMM MOD Sealand, Welsh Road, Deeside, Wales, CH5 2LSContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure