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Published 18 Nov 2022, 10:20 GMT
Official UK Procurement Procedure

Untitled procurement — UK Public Procurement Procedure

Ministry of Defence
Central Government
goods
Framework
Restricted
Purchase
Telescopic sights
UK
Published value
Not published
Contract value exc. VAT
Submission deadline
Open opportunity
Recorded
Lots published
0
Lots published in procedure
Contract duration
Restricted
Published delivery schedule
Electronic Sourcing Gateway:
Published portal

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: Ministry of Defence: "Untitled procurement". Published status: award. Published value: Value not published. Lot information not published. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

Official Requirement Description:

The Dismounted Close Combat team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, has placed a Seven year Framework with Mutiple Suppliers for the procurement and support of up to a Total Fleet Requirement of quantity 12000 SWESS Light Battle systems subject to financial approval. The Framework has provision for additional Suppliers to be added during the contract period.

Lots and requirements (0)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
The contracting authority published this opportunity as a single unified procedure without subdivided lots.

Qualification snapshot & criteria

Go / No-Go Decision Box
Criteria & entry requirements
Evaluation weighting
Award criteria weighting not published in structured data — consult the tender pack documents.
Incumbent & Market Position
Top Retained Vendor (Authority Spend)Forum Energy TechnologiesHolds 36.4% of historical attributable spend
Moderate Concentration
Entry requirements & qualification
  • Turnover Benchmark
    Guideline requirement: ~2× annual contract value annual turnover.Per Cabinet Office EFS 2026 & Sourcing Playbook: general proportionality cap (~2× run-rate), not an automatic disqualifier.
  • Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)
    Standard public thresholds: Employer Liability (£5m), Public Liability (£5m-£10m), Professional Indemnity (£1m-£5m).✓ Commitment required upon award only — no upfront policy purchase needed to bid
  • Accreditations & Security Vetting
    Check tender pack for Cyber Essentials Plus (PPN 014 risk-proportional), ISO 27001/9001, and BPSS / SC security clearance requirements for named delivery personnel.
    • Source: Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook & EFS Guidance.

    Buyer track record & authority intelligence: Ministry of Defence

    Rolling 24 months
    Derived from OCDS data
    Published track record for Ministry of Defence. These figures describe a rolling 24-month window, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
    Avg price drop
    18.4%Indicative
    Based on 2 comparable awards · indicative evidence
    Competition Density
    19Bids / Report (median)
    Single-bidder rate: 22.6% · Mean: 12.4 bids
    Supplier Concentration
    Moderate Concentration
    Forum Energy TechnologiesTop vendor: 36.4% of attributable value
    Published spend
    £54,417,560Historical spend
    Cumulative GBP spend across 38 retained awards
    Typical award value
    £834,578Robust (n=16)
    Middle 50% of awards: £101,850 – £2,772,535 · 554% of the sector median for CPV 38
    Awarded spend by half-year
    2024-H2
    2025-H1
    2025-H2
    2026-H1
    2026-H2
    Methodology & coverage notes (38 active published awards)
    Coverage: 38 active published awards; 31 bid reports (which may be per lot); 16 valued awards. 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. Every figure carries an evidence level: Robust (5+ observations), Moderate (3–4), Indicative (1–2). Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
    Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 38):
    Supplier Name
    Historic Awards
    Attributable Value
    Avg. Price Discount
    Forum Energy Technologies2 wins£19,800,000No published budget
    DNA Workplace Ltd1 win£15,000,0000% (at budget)
    Basetek Limited2 wins£10,057,682No published budget
    BAE Systems Maritime Naval Ships1 win£2,840,139No published budget
    Teledyne Webb Research, a Business Unit of Teledyne Instruments, Inc1 win£2,750,000No published budget

    Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar

    CPV 38 · UK Sector Analysis
    Observed CPV-sector evidence
    Prepared 7 Sept 2026, 22:04 BST
    Observed CPV-sector evidence where it exists, with clearly labelled UK all-sector context for sparse fields; this is market context, not a bid forecast.
    Median Winning Discount
    0%
    CPV sector evidence · 80 comparable price observations
    Typical Bids Received
    2reported bids
    CPV sector evidence · 1,474 published bid reports
    Decision Velocity
    ~62 days
    CPV sector evidence · median from 68 completed procedures
    Notice Stability
    Stable notice
    Published terms remained unchanged
    Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 38)
    Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
    Supplier
    Awards won
    Total awarded value
    Avg. winning discount
    Full list of successful suppliers is available on Contracts Finder
    		2 contracts£1,000,000,000At ceiling / not disclosed
    Scientific Laboratory Supplies LtdCRN: PTYH-6768-JVZP
    		115 contracts£243,850,492At ceiling / not disclosed
    VWR International LtdCRN: PGZX-9276-ZYJP
    		71 contracts£201,947,498At ceiling / not disclosed
    Fisher Scientific UK LTDCRN: PZVH-7765-WYMH
    		70 contracts£200,430,424At ceiling / not disclosed
    R & L Slaughter LtdCRN: London
    		36 contracts£199,543,350At ceiling / not disclosed
    MERCK LIFE SCIENCE UK LIMITEDCRN: 00660457
    		38 contracts£171,402,197At ceiling / not disclosed
    STARLAB (UK), LTD.CRN: 03514931
    		29 contracts£161,720,000At ceiling / not disclosed
    Roche Diagnostics LimitedCRN: 00571546
    		10 contracts£140,106,049At ceiling / not disclosed
    Appleton Woods LimitedCRN: 907224
    		44 contracts£133,347,545At ceiling / not disclosed
    LGC GENOMICS LIMITEDCRN: 07686158
    		1 contract£117,928,510At ceiling / not disclosed
    Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents
    Ranked by multi-factor similarity score
    Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They serve as research precedents for contract scoping, specifications, and previous awardees.
    Published procedure
    Published value
    Matching evidence
    715882478 - Counter-Uncrewed Systems (C-UxS) Framework Agreement - Preliminary Market Engagement NoticeDefence Equipment and Support · 30 Jun 2026, 16:59 BST
    		£125,000,000
    same CPV family
    same region
    Marine Research Vessel Refit, Maintenance, Equipment and Support Services FrameworkNational Oceanography Centre · 18 Aug 2026, 14:56 BST
    		£100,000,000
    same CPV family
    same region
    Lab Consumables – Lot 1 Chromatography & ICP, Lot 2 Chemicals, Lot 3 ReagentsUnited Utilities Water Limited · 22 Jul 2026, 14:25 BST
    		£15,700,000
    same CPV family
    same region
    1D Measurement Beam - Stage 1NPL Management Limited · 24 Aug 2026, 13:22 BST
    		£300,000
    same CPV family
    same region
    PfH Materials Supply FrameworkProcurement for Housing · 14 Aug 2026, 09:20 BST
    		£1,538,000,000
    same CPV family
    same region
    Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Empirical OCDS facts and cross-sector percentiles; missing fields remain unrecorded.

    Procedure terms & legal framework

    Procedure methodRestrictedLegal basis
    CELEX · 32009L0081
    		Procurement categorygoods
    Notice statusActiveProcurement thresholdSub-thresholdRegulatory regimeStandard commercial regime
    Commercial structureFramework agreementCompetition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO coveredUnspecified in notice
    Recurring procurementNo (One-off requirement)First published18 Nov 2022, 10:20 GMTLast source update18 Nov 2022, 10:20 GMT
    Classification (CPV)Purchase, Telescopic sights
    Delivery area
    UK
    Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-038659
    Timeline
    1. Procedure published
      18 Nov 2022, 10:20 GMT
    2. Award active
      Not published · Not published
    3. Award active
      Not published · Not published
    4. Contract active
      Signed 18 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST · £7
    5. Contract active
      Signed 18 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST · £7

    Commercial outcome and contract awards

    Awards (2)
    Ian Edgar (Liverpool) Ltd
    Not published · Not published · active
    Subcontracting: The Contracting Authority intends to use an e-Tendering system in this procurement exercise, please visit www.contracts.mod.uk for full details and to register your interest in this procurement.
    Viking Arms Ltd
    Not published · Not published · active
    Subcontracting: The Contracting Authority intends to use an e-Tendering system in this procurement exercise, please visit www.contracts.mod.uk for full details and to register your interest in this procurement.
    Contracts (2)
    Contract
    £7 · signed 18 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST · active
    Contract
    £7 · signed 18 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST · active
    Bid statistics
    bids: 3
    bids: 3
    electronicBids: 3
    electronicBids: 3
    Bidding dynamics & published budget outcome
    Total bids received: 3
    Notice history
    From official release and amendment events
    1. Official notice release published
      18 Nov 2022, 10:20 GMT
    2. Buyer information updated
      18 Nov 2022, 10:20 GMT

    Buyer and organisations in this procedure

    2 participating organisations

    Ministry of Defence

    Contracting authority
    Central Government
    GB-PPON-PHVX-4316-ZVGZ
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    Other participating organisations & roles (2)

    Official Documents & Specifications (0)

    Official links; attachments are not copied
    No data
    No linked documents are published