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Published 23 Jun 2025, 12:36 BST

Official UK procurement notice

UK02 Preliminary Market Engagement - LIOS - 708004450

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Defence Equipment and Support (Central government)

ServicesAbove thresholdDefence & security
Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Oct 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 8 yrs 4 moends 1 Jan 2036 · up to 2 Jan 2040 with extensions · starts 31 Aug 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description
  • Please note this change notice updates the notice published on 2nd March 2026 with a revised briefing date. *

Since the publication of Preliminary Market Engagement – LIOS – 708004450, the Authority has been engaging with the current service providers to develop a structured approach to LIOS that ensures the Authority’s support requirements are met, while designing the Operating Model (Op Model) for LIOS.

The Authority is pleased to announce that this workstream has matured substantially since the publication of the PME notice and, in line with the notice, is now in a position to hold a Teams brief to update the registered suppliers on the Operating Model, and opportunities for involvement in further Preliminary Market Engagements in due course. This brief is proposed to be held on 16 April 26, and a briefing pack will be made available prior to the session.

Please send expressions of interest in attending the teams brief and receiving the associated briefing pack to [email protected]. The Authority will provide joining instructions and a specific teams link closer to the briefing date.

Please note all dates listed in this advert are indicative and may be subject to change.

CPV: Repair and maintenance services of military vehicles

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 8 yrs 4 mo
Contract period: 31 Aug 2027 – 1 Jan 2036 (8 yrs 4 mo) · up to 2 Jan 2040 with extensions
Delivery: UK
Extensions: Extension options published
50630000 Repair and maintenance services of military vehicles

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Defence Equipment and Support buys Repair and maintenance services of military vehicles (CPV 5063), and who usually turns up

Defence Equipment and Support’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: Repair and maintenance services of military vehicles (CPV 5063) →

1

How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerDefence Equipment and Support · division 50
The marketRepair and maintenance services of military vehicles (CPV 5063)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 10 of 24 known-size awards · market: no supplier sizes published
42%—

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 0 of 3 known-location awards · market: no winner locations published
0 of 3—

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside the delivery region.

How long to a decision?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 6 decided notices · market: no decision dates published
63 days—

Half of these awards were announced within 63 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: exactly 38 of 38 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: no bid counts or routes published
100%—

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?

i

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer5 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 50
100% had one bid
The marketNo bid counts published
Buyer · select a colour for counts
1 bid100%
Buyer: 5 of 5 lots with published bid counts.
2–30%
Buyer: 0 of 5 lots with published bid counts.
4–60%
Buyer: 0 of 5 lots with published bid counts.
7+0%
Buyer: 0 of 5 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer14 lots with estimate and award · all categories
43% below estimate
The marketNo estimate-and-award pairs published
Buyer · select a colour for counts
Below estimate43%
Buyer: 6 of 14 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%36%
Buyer: 5 of 14 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate21%
Buyer: 3 of 14 lots with an estimate and award.
2

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.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 5063100 monthsEstimate not published
Expected competition
i

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 1,272 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet16% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 1,272 similar lots
1 bid16%
206 of 1,272 similar past lots received 1 bid (16%).
2–330%
376 of 1,272 similar past lots received 2–3 (30%).
4–628%
351 of 1,272 similar past lots received 4–6 (28%).
7+27%
339 of 1,272 similar past lots received 7+ (27%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

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.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

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.

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
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
23 Jun 2025, 12:36 BST
Last source update
18 Mar 2026, 15:23 GMT
Authority reference
708004450
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-024743
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Repair and maintenance services of military vehicles
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0551ad Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

23 Jun 2025 → 31 Aug 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    23 Jun 2025, 12:36 BST
  2. Latest notice published218 days ago
    18 Mar 2026, 15:23 GMT
  3. Market engagement22 days ago
    30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
    • Please note this change notice updates the notice published on 2nd March 2026 with a revised briefing date. *

    Since the publication of Preliminary Market Engagement – LIOS – 708004450, the Authority has been engaging with the current service providers to develop a structured approach to LIOS that ensures the Authority’s support requirements are met, while designing the Operating Model (Op Model) for LIOS.

    The Authority is pleased to announce that this workstream has matured substantially since the publication of the PME notice and, in line with the notice, is now in a position to hold a Teams brief to update the registered suppliers on the Operating Model, and opportunities for involvement in further Preliminary Market Engagements in due course. This brief is proposed to be held on 16 April 26, and a briefing pack will be made available prior to the session.

    Please send expressions of interest in attending the teams brief and receiving the associated briefing pack to [email protected]. The Authority will provide joining instructions and a specific teams link closer to the briefing date.

    Please note all dates listed in this advert are indicative and may be subject to change.

  4. Tender notice expected21 days ago
    1 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Today
    22 Oct 2026
  6. Contract startsin 312 days
    31 Aug 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Jun 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    23 Jun 2025, 12:36 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    2 Mar 2026, 10:42 GMT
    UK2
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    18 Mar 2026, 15:23 GMT
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

Please note this change notice updates the notice published on 2nd March 2026 with a revised briefing date.

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

Defence Equipment and Support

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PVRL-5831-GLMM MOD Abbey Wood, Bristol, South West, BS34 8JHContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure