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# VOLUNTARY TRANSPARENCY NOTICE - 709789452B - Procurement of Cartridge Limpet Mine Disposal Equipment

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/voluntary-transparency-notice-709789452b-procurement-of-cartridge-limpet-mine-disposal-equ-ocds-h6vhtk-04383a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ministry of Defence: "VOLUNTARY TRANSPARENCY NOTICE - 709789452B - Procurement of Cartridge Limpet Mine Disposal Equipment". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Ministry of Defence](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-defence-gov-d17)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Sea mines
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32009L0081
- **Awarded Value:** £2,400,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04383a`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/voluntary-transparency-notice-709789452b-procurement-of-cartridge-limpet-mine-disposal-equ-ocds-h6vhtk-04383a#tl-md)

## Description
The Defence General Munitions (DGM) Delivery Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), intends to award a five-year contract (three-year core term and two 1-year options to extend) to ABP Technologies Ltd for the purchase of Cartridges for the MoD’s Limpet Mine Disposal Equipment capability (LMDE).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The procurement of Cartridge for Limpet Mine Disposal Equipment

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Procurement of Cartridge Limpet Mine Disposal Equipment (active)
  - Award id: `004187-2024-709789452B DGM/2042-1`
  - Supplier(s): **ABP Technologies Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-104674`
  - Value: £2,400,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Procurement of Cartridge Limpet Mine Disposal Equipment (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,400,000
  - Signed Date: 01/02/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F004187-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-02-08T11:50:39.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T00:45:54.618Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04383a