Warships: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 35510000·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 10 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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| CEFAS26-115 ITT for a Small Autonomous Underwater Vehicle | Cefas | 16 Nov 2026 | 21d | £100,000 |
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
35512400 Unmanned underwater vehicles41 notices · 58%35512000 Submarines18 notices · 25%35512100 Strategic submarine nuclear fuelled10 notices · 14%35512200 Attack submarine nuclear fuelled9 notices · 13%35511200 Destroyers and frigates3 notices · 4%35511400 Amphibious crafts and ships2 notices · 3%35510000 Warships1 notices · 1%35513100 Mine hunter/minesweeper1 notices · 1%- 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
- Ammunition 12 · 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 government93%(66 notices)
66 of 71 notices are Central government (93%).Other public bodies1%(1 notices)
1 of 71 notices are Other public bodies (1%).Not classified6%(4 notices)
4 of 71 notices are Not classified (6%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| Ministry of Defence | Central government | 46 | 7 | 0 |
| Submarine Delivery Agency | Central government | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| Defence Science and Technology Laboratory | Central government | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| National Armament Director Group | Central government | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| MHC Team | not classified | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cefas | not classified | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| National Oceanography Centre | Other public bodies | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| PEDT - MOD | Central government | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Platform Equipment Delivery Team | not classified | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Platform Equipment Delivery Team - 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 18 of 71 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 | — | — | — | |
| 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.
Contract92%(65 notices)
65 of 71 notices are Contract (92%).Framework8%(6 notices)
6 of 71 notices are Framework (8%).
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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 / restricted41%(29 notices)
29 of 71 notices are Limited / restricted (41%).Route not published25%(18 notices)
18 of 71 notices are Route not published (25%).Selective18%(13 notices)
13 of 71 notices are Selective (18%).Open11%(8 notices)
8 of 71 notices are Open (11%).Direct award4%(3 notices)
3 of 71 notices are Direct award (4%).
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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 threshold84%(16 notices)
16 of 19 notices are Above threshold (84%).Below threshold16%(3 notices)
3 of 19 notices are Below threshold (16%).
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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 (18) · 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.
7 of 17 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.
0 of 10 awards where the winner declared its size.
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 · 50 awards to 32 suppliers
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Atlantas Marine Ltd | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| Thales UK Limited | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| HII UNMANNED SYSTEMS, INC | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Huntington Ingalls Industries | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Wight Ocean Ltd | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Critical Maritime Systems & Support Ltd | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| HII Unmanned Systems | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| BAE Systems Surface Ships 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 · 14 of 71 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in warships
2 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| CEFAS26-115 ITT for a Small Autonomous Underwater Vehicle | Cefas | 16 Nov 2026 | 21d | £100,000 |
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 3551. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 22 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.