Official UK procurement notice
UK2 - Deployable Maritime Secure Analysis Capability – Preliminary Market Engagement
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Ministry of Defence (the Authority) is exploring the market for a deployable capability that would allow users to handle information securely while operating at sea for extended periods, and to share information securely between deployed and shore-based users. Existing arrangements provide limited capacity at sea.
The Authority is interested in solutions that are readily deployable through standardised freight transport (air, land and sea) and can be procured with an ongoing maintenance, training and in-service support solution package. The Authority is also interested in suppliers who could provide all or part of such a solution and supports collaborative working with other suppliers to jointly develop a solution, together with appetite and capability for development. Areas of interest include secure marinised deployable or modular workspaces (e.g. containers), IT and communications integration, secure data transfer (including hardware and software), in-service support, and the design, demonstration and Secure by Design process for such a capability.
This notice opens a staged engagement. Suppliers who register an interest and meet the access conditions below will receive a Request for Information marked OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE, followed by a clarification period and an industry day. The Authority will use responses to refine its requirement, its commercial strategy and its delivery plan before any competition.
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This notice is issued for preliminary market engagement only. It is not a call for competition, an invitation to tender or a commitment to procure. Participation is voluntary and at the supplier's own cost; responses are not scored. Any competition will be conducted under a separately published tender notice and will be open to all suppliers meeting its published conditions of participation, whether or not they took part in this engagement. The Authority anticipates a competitive flexible procedure under the Procurement Act 2023, subject to approval, and is considering whether a paid development stage may form part of that procedure.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment · Special-purpose mobile containers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Planned
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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 28 Sept 2026, 17:41 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Sept 2026, 17:41 BST
- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077be7
How it was run
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
3 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice publishedearlier today28 Sept 2026, 17:39 BST
- Market engagementin 18 days16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
This notice is issued for preliminary market engagement only. It is not a call for competition, an invitation to tender or a commitment to procure. Participation is voluntary and at the supplier's own cost; responses are not scored. Any competition will be conducted under a separately published more…
tender notice and will be open to all suppliers meeting its published conditions of participation, whether or not they took part in this engagement. The Authority anticipates a competitive flexible procedure under the Procurement Act 2023, subject to approval, and is considering whether a paid development stage may form part of that procedure. To receive the RFI a supplier must submit the expression of interest described below and provide sufficient information to allow the Authority to verify: (a) its legal identity and that it is not excluded from public contracts; (b) its ownership; (c) its relevance to at least one area of interest in this notice; (d) its ability to contract with the Authority; and (e) its acknowledgement that the RFI is marked OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE and will be handled on a need-to-know basis in accordance with the handling instructions issued with it. Registration on the Defence Sourcing Portal is required. These checks control access to the RFI only; they are not a procurement evaluation or pre-qualification for any future competition. Facility Security Clearance is not required to receive the RFI. Overseas suppliers may take part provided they can contract with the Authority and comply with the handling conditions. Questions about this form: If you have a question that is necessary to complete this Expression of Interest form, please submit it to MARDEL <[email protected]> At this stage, the Authority will only respond to questions that relate directly to completion of this form. Wider questions about the requirement, technical solution, scope, delivery model, commercial model, access arrangements or potential procurement process will not be answered at this stage. Further requirement-related clarification will be reserved for suppliers invited to participate in the subsequent RFI stage. Registration on the Defence Sourcing Portal is required. These checks control access to the RFI only; they are not a procurement evaluation or pre-qualification for any future competition. Facility Security Clearance is not required to receive the RFI. Overseas suppliers may take part provided they can contract with the Authority and comply with the handling conditions. Notice published: Monday 28th September 2026. Expressions of interest requested by: Friday 16th October 2026. RFI issued to suppliers meeting the access conditions, no later than COP Wednesday 21st October 2026. Industry day: Indicative date of early November 2026 (Date TBC). RFI responses due: Indicative date of November 2026 (Date TBC). Suppliers are requested to complete the below expression-of-interest MS Form by Friday 16th October 2026. Thirty-nine questions; no proposals, prices or classified material. Submissions after that date are accepted until any tender notice is published, but the supplier may miss the industry day. https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=7WB3vlNZS0iuldChbfoJ5W3zRlF2YItErKtGn0bBS41UMjdKQ0JQQlRSVEJOUDFSUUoySVRZMUdMUi4u Email multiuser: [email protected]. Questions of general relevance are answered to all registered suppliers without identifying the source. - Contract startsin 184 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Sept 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published28 Sept 2026, 17:41 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published28 Sept 2026, 17:39 BSTUK2
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender