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The Supply of Heavy Armoured Vehicle Track and Associated Items

Military vehicles and associated parts
Purchase
West Midlands (UKG21)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published0
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Tenderline Synopsis: Ministry of Defence: "The Supply of Heavy Armoured Vehicle Track and Associated Items". Published status: award. Published value: Value not published. Lot information not published. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityMinistry of DefenceScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Recorded
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for Ministry of Defence. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
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Competition Density
2.9Bids / Report
55% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
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Payment Terms
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Coverage: 44 active published awards; 40 bid reports (which may be per lot). 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. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityMinistry of Defence
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
StatusNot published
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published27 Jun 2025, 10:19 BST
Last source update27 Jun 2025, 10:19 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationMilitary vehicles and associated parts, Purchase
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG21)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0554ba
What is being bought
The Defence Equipment & Support Land Equipment Vehicle Support Team (VST), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, has awarded a single source framework contract to Cook Defence Systems (CDS) for the provision of track for the VST managed Armoured Fighting Vehicle fleet for a period of 2 years with the option to extend for a further year (one-year option). Please note, Babcock Land Defence Limited (BLDL) is acting as agent on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    27 Jun 2025, 10:19 BST
  2. Buyer information updated
    27 Jun 2025, 10:19 BST
Lots and requirements (0)
Published by the contracting authority
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No lots are published for this procedure
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    27 Jun 2025, 10:19 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 3 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST · £125,000,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Cook Defence Systems Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£125,000,000 · signed 3 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1
electronicBids: 1
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authority GB-FTS-32604
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Documents (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleIn accordance with regulation 4 of the Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 as amended (in particular by SI 2019/697 and SI 2020/1450). Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate. 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 regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 for technical reasons and regulation 16(1)(b)(i)(bb) relating to operation and maintenance. It is believed that the services to be provided under the contract can only be supplied by the CDS because CDS is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and Design Authority (DA) for these platforms tracks and as such have a detailed understanding of the inherent design of each vehicles track system, understand the implications on the safe operability of the vehicles from any proposed design changes to the parent platform and has developed the necessary relationships with the parent platform's DA's. The Authority is unable to procure a differing track product due to the disproportionate cost and significant logistical and technical burden a mixed configuration of track components would have on the Front Line Command (FLC). The Authority would need to ensure that FLC are trained in the installation and maintenance of two different types of track and the Authority will need to sufficiently procure two different sets of track under separate contracts to ensure sufficient spares for both types are available. Additionally, there is a significant logistical burden on the FLC whereby they will have to ensure sufficient load carrying capability is available to transit two different types of track to support deployed Operational and Training fleets. Technical risk is created whereby maintainers may inadvertently cross-contaminate track from the differing types, invalidating the Safety Case for that platform. All of this creates an unacceptable operational risk and the Authority does not intend to procure a sufficient number of track components to enact a whole-fleet replacement to eliminate the risk of a mixed configuration.