Official UK procurement notice
Tactical Communications Logistics Support
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Tactical Communications Logistics Support (TCLS) contract will provide spares and repair support and stock management to meet prescribed availability requirements within the available budget. The service provider will monitor spares and repairs requirements through a contractor demand forecast, organise repairs, and recommend future purchases (of spares) for the Authority to authorise.
CPV: Maintenance services of telecommunications equipment · Storage and warehousing services · Tactical command, control and communication systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Ministry of Defence buys Maintenance services of telecommunications equipment (CPV 5033), and who usually turns up
Ministry of Defence’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: Maintenance services of telecommunications equipment (CPV 5033) →
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 South East England (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in South East England.
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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 63 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 bid59% / 56%
2–327% / 22%
4–614% / 22%
7+0% / 0%
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 estimate62% / 22%
Within ±2%22% / 58%
Above estimate16% / 20%
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 5033Published estimate£550m
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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. The bar shows 148 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid14%
2–328%
4–630%
7+29%
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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.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
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.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Park Air Systems LtdEarlier contract | For the Combined Support of V/UHF Communications Equipmentnotice published Mar 2023 | — | £2.6m | Matched as the earlier contract |
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.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
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 earlier-work matches 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
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Defence & security
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 Aug 2025, 15:16 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Apr 2026, 10:58 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-031805- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058eb4Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
27 Aug 2025 → 27 Feb 2028 · 5 dates- Planning notice published27 Aug 2025, 15:16 BST
- Latest notice published195 days ago8 Apr 2026, 10:58 BST
- Market engagement179 days ago24 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
Early Market Engagement – Expression of Interest (EOI)
The Authority is seeking early engagement with industry in relation to an upcoming competition. Suppliers are invited to review the draft Statement of Requirements and provide high level feedback via the accompanying Expression of Interest (EOI) form.
The purpose of this EOI is to:
- assess the level of genuine market interest in the requirement;
- identify any early risks, concerns, or opportunities prior to launching the formal competition;
- understand potential cost drivers and delivery models; and
- ensure the requirement is structured in a way that supports a fair, open and competitive procurement process.
Participation in this EOI is entirely voluntary and will not be used in any pre qualification or down selection process. Responses will be used solely to inform the Authority’s planning and approach to the forthcoming procurement and will not form part of any subsequent evaluation.
Submitting an EOI does not commit a supplier to take part in any later stages of the procurement, nor does it provide any preferential treatment or status.
The Authority also makes no guarantee that a competition or contract will follow as a result of this exercise.
Commercial-in-Confidence.
All information provided through the EOI will be treated as Commercial in Confidence. Supplier responses will be stored securely, accessible only to the project and commercial teams supporting this activity. No commercially sensitive information will be shared outside the Authority without the explicit consent of the submitting organisation.
Suppliers wishing to participate are invited to complete the EOI via the following link:
contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opport… ↗
Responses will close at 1700hrs on 24 April 2026.
Any questions or queries relating to this event may be sent to:
[email protected] and [email protected]
The Authority thanks you in advance for your engagement and looks forward to receiving your input.
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 42 days1 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts27 Feb 2028
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Aug 2025- Pipeline notice published27 Aug 2025, 15:16 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published3 Sept 2025, 14:03 BSTUK2
- Published value published: £550,000,0003 Sept 2025, 14:03 BST
- Preliminary market engagement notice published8 Apr 2026, 10:58 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender