Official UK procurement notice
WAMS Sustainment · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: UK
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 descriptionWrap 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 publishedProcedure 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
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05aac4Find a Tender
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Oct 2025- Contract details notice published8 Oct 2025, 15:02 BSTUK7
- Contract details notice published7 Nov 2025, 16:42 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £51,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 6 Oct 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Aviation Spares & Repairs LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender