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UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement

Buyer: Defence Equipment and Support →

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BuyerDefence Equipment and Support
StatusAwarded
Deadline16 Feb 2026
Value£236,000
Published5 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Supply of x60 New, ready to use Airbus A330-299 compatible LD6 /ALF Unit Load Devices (ULDs) by 15 Jun 26. Through life maintenabce to ULD devices owned by the authority.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Supply and Repair of Unit Load Devices for the Voyager Delivery Team

Statuspending
Value£235,000
Contract periodFrom 17 Mar 2026 to 15 Mar 2029

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05f0c8
Latest release ID020150-2026
Latest release timestampThu Mar 05 2026 18:10:25 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005545-2026
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
5 Mar 2026award, contract020150-2026
21 Jan 2026tender005545-2026
16 Dec 2025planningUpdate083457-2025
8 Dec 2025planning080612-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (4 releases)
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        "id": "engagement",
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        "dueDate": "2026-01-18T23:59:59+00:00",
        "description": "For the Preliminary Market Engagement Notice (PME) the Authority would like to understand the following to deterine if it is able to run a Tender for this requirement. \nPlease consider answering the following questions:\n1. If the Authority was to award a Contract in early March, are you able to provide up to x60 new ready to use Airbus A330-200 compatible LD6 / ALF Unit Load devices (ULDs by 15 Jun 26) for the Authority's purhcase.\n2. Are you able to repair and provide throughlife maintenance for the aboce purchased ULDs?\n3. Are you able to provide repairs and maintainance for ULDs that you do not own or were not purchased from you?\n4. Are you intrested in attending an Industry day on 13 January 2026 to view ULD devices that need repairs to suppor the Tender process. Details below:\nThe Authority intends to hold an industry day on 13 January 2026 at RAF Brize Norton, for the viewing of the current Unit Load Devices that require repairing. This industry day will inform part of your Tender proposal and provide you with the data to draft your proposal for the repair component of the Tender.\nif you would like to attend please provide the following details.\nName of Attendees(Max 2 per company):\nCompany Name:\nNationaility:\nIf you have security Clearance:\nPlease note the Authority reserves the right to refuse attendance to any individual, company, or parties, change or cancel the industry day at any point. Any dates provided for industry day, Tender and Contract Award are indicative only and subject to change or withdrawal at any stage of the process.\nThe Authority will bore no costs for the booking of any travel, hotel arrangements or catering for this industry day, or the possibility of claiming back the costs if the date gets rearranged or cancelled. Please let us know in advance if there are any accessibility needs, and we will do our best to accommodate but may not be able to do so as the location is a working RAF Base."
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8 Dec 2025 · 080612-2025 · planning
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