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Published 10 Oct 2025, 11:51 BST

Official UK procurement notice

The Repair & Calibration of Mass & Mass (On Site Calibration) Items

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Framework agreementServicesNegotiated without publication of a contract notice
Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG21)
Framework ceiling (notional)Value not publishedframework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Awarded 23 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Babcock Land Defence Ltd, acting as agent for the UK Ministry of Defence, has awarded a contract with Keysight Technologies UK Limited for The Repair & Calibration of Mass & Mass (On Site) Calibration Items. for a period of 2 years with the option of a further 1 year. The estimated total contract value is not to exceed £1M.

CPV: Calibration services · Maintenance and repair services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Bids received
1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The Repair & Calibration of Mass & Mass (On Site Calibration) Items for a period of 2 years
Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions
1 Option Year

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
How bids were scored
  • Lowest price
  • Lowest price

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Legal basis
CELEX · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
10 Oct 2025, 11:51 BST
Last source update
10 Oct 2025, 11:51 BST
Classification (CPV)
Calibration servicesMaintenance and repair services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG21)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0515ff
Why no open competition
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure
Published justification
In accordance with section 43 of the Procurement Act 2023, this procurement falls within scope of the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023. It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with section 43(1) of the Procurement Act 2023 in that we have not received any more…suitable tenders in response to a competitive tendering procedure. This requirement was originally advertised subject to the DSPCR 2011 Regulation 17 Para 2 as Lot 9 of IRM21/7574 with Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-014611 and Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03ce92.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 2latest 23 Sept 2025

2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates — see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Contract 064113-2025-IRM25/7704-1

    Signed
    23 Sept 2025
    Value
    £2,000,000
    Status
    active

  • The Repair & Calibration of Mass & Mass (On Site Calibration) Items

    Signed
    6 May 2025
    Value
    £1,000,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic———

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Oct 2025
  1. Status changed
    10 Oct 2025, 11:51 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    10 Oct 2025, 11:51 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence Telford, West Midlands, TF2 8JT [email protected]

Framework contractors & participating bidders

2 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.