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Published 9 Jun 2026, 10:47 BST

Official UK procurement notice

UK2 Notice - South Atlantic Islands FM

Official notice Competition analysis

Procurement agent: Defence Infrastructure Organisation - Ministry of Defence·On behalf of: Government Commercial Agency

ServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdDefence & securitySME suitable
Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50)Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery listed: Falkland Islands (FK)St Helena (SH)
Planned pipeline value£500,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 17 Aug 2027from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 7 yrsends 31 Mar 2037 · up to 31 Mar 2040 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2030

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), intends to procure the provision of Facilities Management and support services to British forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI) at MOD sites in the South Atlantic Islands (Falkland and Accension). This includes provision of Hard FM and Soft FM.

The Authority therefore seeks a supplier capable of delivering these services on the MoD estate.

CPV: Facilities management services · Repair and maintenance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 7 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Apr 2030 – 31 Mar 2037 (7 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2040 with extensions
Delivery listed: Falkland Islands (FK), St Helena (SH)Eligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
50000000 Repair and maintenance services79993100 Facilities management services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

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

How Defence Infrastructure Organisation - Ministry of Defence buys Miscellaneous business-related services (CPV 7999): the notice lists a non-UK location

Defence Infrastructure Organisation - Ministry of Defence’s published record is shown without a UK market comparison because the notice lists a non-UK delivery location. Check the notice description and tender documents for the actual site. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Miscellaneous business-related services (CPV 7999) →

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How the contest usually goes

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

Question for the bid
This buyerDefence Infrastructure Organisation - Ministry of Defence · all categories
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: 6 of 12 known-size awards
50%

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: 1 of 1 known-location awards
1 of 1

The notice lists delivery in Falkland Islands, St Helena, so this procedure has no confirmed single UK region; the buyer’s figure reads its other awards, each against its own 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: no decision dates published
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No decision dates published to compare.

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.

The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 15 of 21 procurements with awards had no recorded rival
71%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

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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 #184 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£500m

This lot lists only non-UK delivery addresses. Supplier examples below come from UK award history and are not checked for this delivery area.

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.

This lot has only non-UK delivery countries in its published addresses, so the UK model forecast is withheld.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—Non-UK location in notice
This lot lists only non-UK delivery addresses. Check the tender documents for the actual site; no UK competition forecast is shown.
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.

—Non-UK location in notice
This lot lists only non-UK delivery addresses. Check the tender documents for the actual site; no UK price forecast is shown.

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
Procedure method
Competitive flexible procedure
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
9 Jun 2026, 10:47 BST
Last source update
2 Sept 2026, 13:14 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-083048
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Facilities management servicesRepair and maintenance services
Delivery area in notice
Falkland Islands (FK)St Helena (SH)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b095 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

9 Jun 2026 → 1 Apr 2030 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published135 days ago
    9 Jun 2026, 10:47 BST
  2. Latest notice published50 days ago
    2 Sept 2026, 13:14 BST
  3. Today
    22 Oct 2026
  4. Market engagementin 70 days
    31 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT

    As part of our Early Market Engagement activities, we are inviting suppliers to complete a short survey. The purpose of this survey is to capture expressions of interest and understand which elements of Facilities Management services suppliers are interested to deliver in the Falkland Islands and Ascension Island.

    Your feedback will help inform our approach and ensure we consider market insight when shaping the future procurement strategy. We encourage all relevant suppliers with experience in delivering Facilities Management services in remote or complex environments to participate.

    Please complete the survey by the stated deadline to ensure your input is captured.

    forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx ↗

    The information you provide in this survey will be used solely for the purposes of early market engagement in relation to Facilities Management services in the Falkland Islands and Ascension Island. This includes understanding market capability, capacity, and supplier interest to help inform our future procurement strategy.

    Completion of the form is voluntary and will not be used to limit competition in any way.

    We will be holding an initial supplier engagement Teams meeting on the 16th of September, where we will share further information and provide an opportunity for discussion to interested suppliers.

  5. Tender notice expectedin 299 days
    17 Aug 2027, 23:59 BST
  6. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2030, 00:00 BST

Notice history

6 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Jun 2026
  1. Pipeline notice published
    9 Jun 2026, 10:47 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    9 Jun 2026, 11:16 BST
    UK2
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    10 Jun 2026, 16:23 BST
    UK2
  4. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    11 Jun 2026, 10:24 BST
    UK2
  5. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    2 Sept 2026, 13:10 BST
    UK2
  6. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    2 Sept 2026, 13:14 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (4)

Updated email contact added to notice.

Updated email contact added to notice.

Updated email contact added to notice.

Updated email contact added to notice - Please now contact [email protected] for any enquiries. Supplier engagement event is set to take place on the 16th of September. Interested suppliers who have completed the early market engagement survey will be contacted with details to the email addresses they have provided.

Routine re-releases (6)
  • 2026-06: 3 releases · 9 Jun 2026, 10 Jun 2026

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

3 public bodies on the notice

Defence Infrastructure Organisation

Procurement agentPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PPWG-8368-RJMG St George's House, DMS Whittington, Lichfield, West Midlands, WS149PYContact name, email

Clients of the procurement agent

Official documents & specifications (6)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure