Ministry of Defence: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

GOV.UK register: Ministerial departmentNHS ODS: GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTCentral governmentSouth East EnglandLondon

Official UK PPONPHVX-4316-ZVGZWebsitegov.uk ↗

Open now16next deadline 27 Oct 2026
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Tenders you can still bid for.

Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.

Notices, last 12 months472-18% vs prior 12 months (573)
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Notices published in the last 12 months.

Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.

Typical bids per lot152.5% single-bid · 162 bid reports
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.

Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.

Based on 162 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Last 24 months, all categories.

Top-3 supplier share4%of 2,134 awarded procedures · 1,441 suppliers
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.

Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.

2,134 awarded tenders, 1,441 different suppliers.

Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.

All awards we hold.

Contracts ending ≤18 months19793 within 6 months · 100 estimated
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.

Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.

An end date does not confirm a new procurement.

Published award value, 24m£5.8bnnet · on 626 of 644 published values · 18 repeated amounts set aside · top 5 = 29%
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.

Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.

Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.

Open notices

16 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build

All 16 open notices for this authority →

What they buy
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What kind of work is bought here.

Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.

Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each

How they buy
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How work here is packaged.

Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.

Last 24 months · 1,045 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
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How work here is packaged.

Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.

  • Contract92%(959 notices)
    959 of 1,045 notices are Contract (92%).
  • Framework8%(85 notices)
    85 of 1,045 notices are Framework (8%).
  • Dynamic purchasing system0%(1 notices)
    1 of 1,045 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (0%).
Procedure route
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Which procedures buyers here use.

Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.

  • Limited / restricted23%(245 notices)
    245 of 1,045 notices are Limited / restricted (23%).
  • Direct award22%(230 notices)
    230 of 1,045 notices are Direct award (22%).
  • Route not published19%(201 notices)
    201 of 1,045 notices are Route not published (19%).
  • Open19%(196 notices)
    196 of 1,045 notices are Open (19%).
  • Selective17%(173 notices)
    173 of 1,045 notices are Selective (17%).
Typical bids per lot
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.

Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.

Based on 162 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Last 24 months, all categories.

1robust · n=16252.5% of lots drew a single bid
Deadline → award
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How long this buyer takes to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on this buyer’s own tenders.

Based on 96 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.

Last 24 months.

50 daysrobust · n=96
Notice amendments
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.

Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.

Based on 1,045 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

Last 24 months.

0213 of 1,045 notices amended
Award vs estimate
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.

Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.

Based on 43 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

Last 24 months.

1.3% below estimaterobust · n=43

Who wins here
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Which suppliers win the most here.

Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.

All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records

SupplierProceduresShareLast 24mAward recordsLast activity
Thales UK Limitedframework/DPS on 8401.9%94317 Dec 2025
Leonardo UK Ltd271.3%93030 Jun 2026
Bae Systems (Operations) Limited221%3249 Mar 2026
Ian Edgar (Liverpool) Limitedframework/DPS on 9200.9%225—
BAE Systems Surface Ships Ltdframework/DPS on 3180.8%323—
Rheinmetall BAE Systems Landframework/DPS on 8170.8%617—
Carwood Motor Unitsframework/DPS on 12160.7%220—
Serco Limitedframework/DPS on 3150.7%31723 Mar 2026

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 4% of 2,134 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 1,441 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.

Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.

Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.

£5.8bnSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 626 of 644 published single-supplier values; the five largest make 29%.
Typical single-supplier award (24m)
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The middle published award value for this buyer.

Middle value of the same awards as the total above.

Last 24 months.

£636k middle valuerobust · n=626Middle half £130k–£3.9m; 18 awards with ambiguous equal values within a procedure excluded from both figures.
Largest published awards
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The biggest published awards.

Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice.

A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check.

SupplierAwardedTermPublished value
712874452 - OI/0094 - Field Electrical Power Supplies - Support (FEPS-S)Babcock Land Defence Limited——£514,800,000 †
TTHC/0017 Torpedoes Repair and Maintenance (TRAM)BAE Systems Surface Ships Ltd——£405,762,737 †
Torpedoes Repair and Maintenance ContractBAE Systems Surface Ships Ltd——£297,000,000 †
MOD Palantir Enterprise AgreementPalantir Technologies UK Ltd17 Dec 20253 yrs£240,600,000
≈ £80m/yr
In Service Support of Queen Elizabeth Class Integrated Navigation and Bridge Systems, and In Service Support for VM250 Radar, Astute Ships Inertial Navigation System, MK39 Gyroscope across Multiple Naval Platforms (QEC INBS).Northrop Grumman UK Ltd——£204,936,740 †

Contracts ending
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.

Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.

An end date does not confirm a new procurement.

960 of 2,505 contracts carry an end date, 550 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

Soonest 10 of 197 contracts ending within 18 months.

Recent procedures

Latest 50 of 3,250 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement

ProcedureStatusPublishedPublished value
The Provision of SNCO Engineering Foundation Degree Scheme RunnHigher education servicesOpen19 Oct 2026£990,000
Acquisition of SKYDIO X10D Uncrewed Air System UK4Unmanned aerial vehiclesOpen20 Oct 2026£120,000
Acquisition of SKYDIO X10D Uncrewed Air System UK4Unmanned aerial vehiclesOpen15 Oct 2026£120,000
715935471 - UK4 - Tender NoticeBuilding surveying servicesOpen12 Oct 2026£207,500
British Gurkas Nepal White Fleet Vehicle Replacement4-wheel-drive vehiclesOpen3 Sept 2026£1,910,833
UK DTE Projects (various upcoming)Agricultural buildings construction workOpen8 Sept 2026—
801500 - FRF-01663 - Deployable Medical DiagnosisAwarded / complete24 Oct 2026—
801499 - FRF-01664 - R&D Medical Monitoring MachinesAwarded / complete24 Oct 2026—
715975495 - Radio Star - UK5Awarded / complete23 Oct 2026—
Air Traffic Control (ATC) and Operational Control Satcom Data Link Service - UK5Awarded / complete23 Oct 2026—
DDAITF005 - LOE 2 EM Advantage - Data IntegrationAwarded / complete23 Oct 2026—
TIQUILA Programme Mini-Uncrewed Air Systems (MUAS) NoticeUnmanned aerial vehiclesAwarded / complete22 Oct 2026—
Provision of Driven Personnel Transport Support for British Forces Cyprus (BFC)Hire of buses and coaches with driverAwarded / complete22 Oct 2026£9,068,000
Gladiator and Spartan Core Systems and Services (Amended)Training and simulation in military electronic systemsOpen22 Oct 2026£50,000,000
UK2 - Deployable Maritime Secure Analysis Capability – Preliminary Market EngagementIT services: consultingPlanning22 Oct 2026£1
Provision of Independent Domestic Violence Advocate Services UK05Awarded / complete22 Oct 2026—
IRM26/7744 The Supply Of Field Supplies And Associated ItemsFrameworkField kitchensPlanned21 Oct 2026£1,500,000
715859473 – Provision of Senior Investigating Officer Op Dialled Contingent LabourInvestigation servicesAwarded / complete21 Oct 2026£176,000
Headspace Gas Chromatograph Mass SpectrometerSpectrometersAwarded / complete20 Oct 2026£310,000
715933488 - In-Barracks Equipment Support (IBES) outputs for the Support Helicopter Force (SHF) and Commando Helicopter Force (CHF).Engineering support servicesPlanned20 Oct 2026£37,000,000

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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.
  • One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
  • Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
  • Contract end dates. 960 of 2,505 published contracts have an end date; 550 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar.
  • 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.