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Published 8 Oct 2025, 15:02 BST

Official UK procurement notice

WAMS Sustainment · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

Below threshold - without competition
Awarded value£51,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 6 Oct 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Aviation Spares & Repairs Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Wrap Around Maintenance Staging (WAMS) is a Fall Arrest and access system designed for use with UK F-35 air vehicles. It provides access for inspection and maintenance tasks, while providing fall arrest mitigating the risk while Working at Height on the Aircraft. The Contractor shall perform annual inspections and certification on all sets of WAMS currently in use.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - without competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
8 Oct 2025, 15:02 BST
Last source update
7 Nov 2025, 16:42 GMT
Authority reference
714707450
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-072192
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05aac4 Find a Tender

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Oct 2025
  1. Contract details notice published
    8 Oct 2025, 15:02 BST
    UK7
  2. Contract details notice published
    7 Nov 2025, 16:42 GMT
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £51,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 6 Oct 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Aviation Spares & Repairs LimitedSME£51,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · Aviation Spares & Repairs LimitedSME

    Signed
    6 Oct 2025
    Value
    £51,000
    Period
    6 Oct 2025 – 6 Oct 2027 · up to 6 Oct 2028 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    The duration of the Contract will be for 2 Years from 6th October 2025 – 6th October 2027, with an option for the provision of ad-hoc repairs and re-certification of WAMS for a further period of one year. The Authority will give 3 months’ notice of its intention to exercise the option. The Authority shall not be obliged to exercise the option.
    • Change Contract Value (Ex VAT and Inc VAT) have been amended to include ad-hoc spares and repairs within overall value, as this was not included in the original notice published: Notice Reference - 2025-048713 & Procedure ID - ocds-h6vhtk-05aac4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PHVX-4316-ZVGZ Ministry of Defence, Bristol, South West, BS34 8JHContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure