Ammunition: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 35330000·Supplies · class·in Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
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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.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 15 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
Newest open tenders
1 of 1 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Carbine and Self-loading Pistol (SLP) Non-Lethal Training Munitions | Civil Nuclear Police Authority (CNPA) / Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) | 10 Nov 2026 | 15d | £900,000 |
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
35330000 Ammunition17 notices · 40%35331300 Grenades3 notices · 7%35332200 Sea mines3 notices · 7%35332100 Torpedoes2 notices · 5%35333100 Bombs2 notices · 5%35331000 Ammunition for firearms and warfare1 notices · 2%35331100 Bullets1 notices · 2%35331200 Shells1 notices · 2%- Surveillance and security systems and devices 189 · 12m
- Firefighting, rescue and safety equipment 169 · 12m
- Individual equipment 41 · 12m
- Military aircrafts 24 · 12m
- Weapons, ammunition and associated parts 18 · 12m
- Warships 16 · 12m
- Police equipment 11 · 12m
- Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance 10 · 12m
- Firearms 8 · 12m
- Emergency and security equipment 8 · 12m
- All of Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment →
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Central government67%(29 notices)
29 of 43 notices are Central government (67%).Police, fire & emergency23%(10 notices)
10 of 43 notices are Police, fire & emergency (23%).Local authorities2%(1 notices)
1 of 43 notices are Local authorities (2%).Not classified7%(3 notices)
3 of 43 notices are Not classified (7%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| Ministry of Defence | Central government | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| National Armament Director Group | Central government | 14 | 7 | 0 |
| Civil Nuclear Police Authority (CNPA) / Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) | Police, fire & emergency | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Defence Equipment and Support | not classified | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| The Metropolitan Police Federation | Police, fire & emergency | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 Forces Procurement | not classified | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greater Manchester Combined Authority - GMP | Local authorities | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime | Central government | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Metropolitan Police Service | Police, fire & emergency | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire | Police, fire & emergency | 1 | 1 | 0 |
11 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 12 of 43 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| East Midlands | — | — | — | |
| South West England | — | — | — | |
| North West England | — | — | — | |
| South East England | — | — | — | |
| Scotland | — | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract86%(37 notices)
37 of 43 notices are Contract (86%).Framework14%(6 notices)
6 of 43 notices are Framework (14%).
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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.
Direct award30%(13 notices)
13 of 43 notices are Direct award (30%).Selective21%(9 notices)
9 of 43 notices are Selective (21%).Open21%(9 notices)
9 of 43 notices are Open (21%).Limited / restricted14%(6 notices)
6 of 43 notices are Limited / restricted (14%).Route not published14%(6 notices)
6 of 43 notices are Route not published (14%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold90%(9 notices)
9 of 10 notices are Above threshold (90%).Below threshold10%(1 notices)
1 of 10 notices are Below threshold (10%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (23) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
10 of 23 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
0 of 23 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
Who winsi
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.
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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.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 34 awards to 23 suppliers
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| GMK Limited | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| BAE Systems Surface Ships Ltd | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| EPA Manufacturing Limited | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ian Edgar (Liverpool) Limited | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| NAMMO Raufoss AS | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Primetake Limited | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| BAE Systems Bofors AB | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Highland Outdoors Ltd | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 9 of 43 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in ammunition
1 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Carbine and Self-loading Pistol (SLP) Non-Lethal Training Munitions | Civil Nuclear Police Authority (CNPA) / Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) | 10 Nov 2026 | 15d | £900,000 |
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.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 3533. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 16 Oct 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- 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.