Official UK procurement notice
The Supply of First Field Dressings
Authority: LEIDOS SUPPLY, LIMITED (Central government)·On behalf of: TVS SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionIn April 2015, the MOD signed a thirteen year contract with Leidos Europe Ltd to provide the procurement and inventory management of commodity items (as well as the storage and distribution services), that were historically provided in-house by the Logistic Commodities and Services Operating Centre.
Leidos, working with the MOD, will transform the way these services are delivered to ensure requirements continue to be met whilst providing best value for money for the department. The organisation delivering these services is known as Team Leidos.
Team Leidos would like to make markets aware that we are intending to consider approaches that could fulfill our Supply of First Field Dressings requirements.
It is the aim of this Preliminary Market Engagement Notice (PMEN) to encourage companies, suppliers, or manufacturers to make us aware and provide as much information as they are comfortable with, to help decide the future strategy for the range.
Team Leidos wishes to generate interest, information and views with other companies to understand the current market innovation and gain useful intelligence that can help our requirement.
To request the PMEN documents please contact both the following contacts:
Names and Email addresses:
[email protected] and also
In the email request the documents related the Supply of First Field Dressings. The documents will then be sent for completion and should be returned to the same email addresses before the deadline. Responses are required as soon as possible to inform next steps, but the PMEN will remain open until 02/08/2026.
As well as the PMEN documents, Team Leidos are proposing to hold an industry day to enable suppliers to showcase their product portfolio of potential First Field Dressing bandages. This is to gain further insights into the market, prior to a tender release. Dates will be confirmed in due course but we are likely anticipating early to mid-July 2026. If you would be interested in attending the Industry Day, please provide your response by the 26th June 2026. More details will follow.
Industry Day Event – Prior Information Notice
Team Leidos intends to hold an Industry Day in early to mid-July 2026 (exact date to be confirmed).
Purpose of the event:
- Enable the MOD Customer to present and demonstrate the potential requirements and application of First Field Dressings for Armed Forces personnel.
- Provide an opportunity for suppliers to gain further insight into the types of First Field Dressing bandages which Team Leidos and MoD Customer is seeking to align with the requirement needs.
- Support market engagement and insight gathering ahead of a potential tender release.
Registration: Suppliers wishing to attend should register via email to the following contacts:
Christina Brice – [email protected] and also
Steven Dangel - [email protected]
Deadline: 26 June 2026
Further details will be issued following registration.
Important notes:
- Attendance is not mandatory and will not form part of any future evaluation.
- Suppliers unable to attend will still have access to:
- Shared documentation
- Questions and answers
These will be made available to all suppliers who respond to the PMEN and/or register interest in the Industry Day event.
CPV: Bandages · Medical consumables
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 26 Aug 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
- “The Supply of First Field Dressings” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How LEIDOS SUPPLY, LIMITED buys Medical consumables (CPV 3314), and who usually turns up
LEIDOS SUPPLY, LIMITED’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Medical consumables (CPV 3314) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
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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 the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in South West 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 136 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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Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid29% / 7%
2–314% / 16%
4–629% / 25%
7+29% / 52%
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.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
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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 3314Published estimate£4.0m
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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 46 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid24%
2–317%
4–69%
7+50%
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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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| Reliance Medical LtdEarlier contract | Supply of First Aid Kitsstarted Jun 2026 | The Supply of First Aid Kits | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
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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.
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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- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 Jun 2026, 09:23 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Jun 2026, 09:23 BST
- Authority reference
LSL/MED/0243- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-052127- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06abfdFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
3 Jun 2026 → 26 Aug 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published139 days ago3 Jun 2026, 09:23 BST
- Market engagement79 days ago2 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
To request the PMEN documents please contact both the following personnel:
Name and Email address: [email protected] and also
Request the documents related to the Supply of First Field Dressings. The documents will then be sent for completion and should be returned to the same email addresses before the deadline. Responses are required as soon as possible to inform next steps, but the PMEN will remain open until 02/08/2026.
As well as the PMEN documents, Team Leidos are proposing to hold an industry day to enable suppliers to showcase their product portfolio of potential First Field Dressing bandages. This is to gain further insights into the market, prior to a tender release. Dates will be confirmed in due course but we are likely anticipating early to mid-July 2026. If you would be interested in attending the Industry Day, please provide your response by the 26th June 2026. More details will follow.
Industry Day Event – Prior Information Notice
Team Leidos intends to hold an Industry Day in early to mid-July 2026 (exact date to be confirmed).
Purpose of the event:
- Enable the MOD Customer to present and demonstrate the potential requirements and application of First Field Dressings for Armed Forces personnel.
- Provide an opportunity for suppliers to gain further insight into the types of First Field Dressing bandages which Team Leidos and MoD Customer is seeking to align with the requirement needs.
- Support market engagement and insight gathering ahead of a potential tender release.
Registration: Suppliers wishing to attend should register via email to both:
Christina Brice – [email protected] and also
Steven Dangel - [email protected]
Deadline: 26 June 2026
Further details will be issued following registration.
Important notes:
- Attendance is not mandatory and will not form part of any future evaluation.
- Suppliers unable to attend will still have access to:
- Shared documentation
- Questions and answers
These will be made available to all suppliers who respond to the PMEN and/or register interest in the Industry Day event.
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 30 days18 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 309 days26 Aug 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published3 Jun 2026, 09:23 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
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- TVS SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS LIMITEDProcuring entityConduct various parts of the evaluation
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender