Official UK procurement notice
62498827 - Maritime Reliability Centred Maintenance Support Services
Authority: National Armament Director Group (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo support the Maritime Engineering HQ in maintaining safe, defensible and auditable maritime maintenance arrangements across authorised Royal Navy, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, submarine, surface-ship and shore-establishment environments.
The requirement covers enduring Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) support, maintenance-management-system data stewardship, specialist maintenance advice, RCM training, auditing, Engineering Through Life Support (ETLS), RCM studies and controlled support to the transition from the Unit Maintenance Management System (UMMS) to the Defence Equipment Engineering and Asset Management System (DEEAMS).
CPV: Engineering support services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewal
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Defence & security
- 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 2026, 08:57 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Oct 2026, 13:46 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097492- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07834dFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
The proposed contract is for the re-let of existing maritime governance and data support services during a live operational and digital transformation period. It is considered that the direct award of this contract is justified in accordance with Schedule 5, paragraph 7 of the Procurement Act 2023. A change in supplier during the transformation period would result in a materially different service outcome because the replacement supplier would need to recreate, validate and operate existing arrangements whilst supporting controlled migration to the new digital system. This difference would create disproportionate technical difficulties in operation, maintenance, assurance, data stewardship and transition for HM Ships, Submarines, Royal Fleet Auxiliary platforms and associated shore establishments. The Authority intends to compete the successor requirement in 2032, subject to successful completion and maturity of the transformation programme.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- —
Timeline
8 Oct 2026 → 31 Mar 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published19 days ago8 Oct 2026, 08:57 BST
- Latest notice published11 days ago15 Oct 2026, 13:46 BST
- Next notice expected11h ago26 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 154 days31 Mar 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Oct 2026- Pipeline notice published8 Oct 2026, 08:57 BSTUK1
- Transparency notice published15 Oct 2026, 13:46 BSTUK5
- Status changed to complete15 Oct 2026, 13:46 BST
- Contract signature expected3 Aug 2027, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xpedite Group of Companies LimitedSME3 Jan 2028 – 30 Jan 2033 | £36,000,000 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Xpedite Group of Companies LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender