Defence services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 75220000·Services · class·in Administration, defence and social security services
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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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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 5 lots from 5 competitions run by 3 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. All 5 lots are from older notices, which count bids received.
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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 25 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
Newest open tenders
1 of 2 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| The Provision of OBSIDIAN Support | Ministry of Defence | 6 Jan 2027 | 71d | £2,375,000 |
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
75221000 Military defence services48 notices · 56%75220000 Defence services28 notices · 33%75222000 Civil defence services3 notices · 3%- Justice services 78 · 12m
- Provision of services to the community 78 · 12m
- Administrative services of agencies 77 · 12m
- Fire-brigade and rescue services 66 · 12m
- Public security, law and order services 52 · 12m
- Administration services 40 · 12m
- Foreign affairs and other services 36 · 12m
- General public services 31 · 12m
- Benefit services 30 · 12m
- Supporting services for the government 13 · 12m
- All of Administration, defence and social security services →
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 government94%(81 notices)
81 of 86 notices are Central government (94%).Education & universities1%(1 notice)
1 of 86 notices is Education & universities (1%).Not classified5%(4 notices)
4 of 86 notices are Not classified (5%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Defence | Central government | 62 | 2 | 1 |
| National Armament Director Group | Central government | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| Submarine Delivery Agency | Central government | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Home Office | Central government | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| TEST FTS | not classified | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Air Defence & Windfarm Mitigation Systems (ADWiMS) Delivery Team, Defence Equipment & Support, Ministry of Defence | Central government | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Defence Equipment and Support | not classified | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ministry of Defence, Strategic Command Commercial, Defence Intelligence | Central government | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| ROYAL AIR FORCE | not classified | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| UK Strategic Command, Commercial - Ministry of Defence | Central government | 1 | 0 | 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 15 of 86 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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| South West England | — | — | — | |
| East of England | — | — | — | |
| Greater London | — | — | — | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | — | |
| 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%(74 notices)
74 of 86 notices are Contract (86%).Framework14%(12 notices)
12 of 86 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.
Selective40%(34 notices)
34 of 86 notices are Selective (40%).Route not published23%(20 notices)
20 of 86 notices are Route not published (23%).Limited / restricted20%(17 notices)
17 of 86 notices are Limited / restricted (20%).Direct award13%(11 notices)
11 of 86 notices are Direct award (13%).Open5%(4 notices)
4 of 86 notices are Open (5%).
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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 notice)
1 of 10 notices is 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 (39) · 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 many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 5 lots from 5 competitions run by 3 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. All 5 lots are from older notices, which count bids received.
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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.
16 of 38 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 1 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
5 of 19 awards where the winner declared its size.
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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.
1 of 39 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 · 44 awards to 36 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 34% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| JD2E Ltd | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| IrvinGQ Limited | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Thales UK Limited | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| General Dynamics Land Systems UK | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| MBDA UK Ltd | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Mabway Limited | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2Excel Aviation Limited | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Advance Expert Systems | 1 | 1 | 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 · 19 of 86 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in defence services
2 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| The Provision of OBSIDIAN Support | Ministry of Defence | 6 Jan 2027 | 71d | £2,375,000 |
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 7522. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 26 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.