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Published 22 Jul 2025, 11:55 BST

Official UK procurement notice

708071451 · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

Framework agreementServicesNegotiated without publication of a contract notice
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK
Framework ceiling (notional)Value not publishedframework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Awarded 13 Sept 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Land Environment Operating Centre Testing, Trialing & Advice

CPV: Test and evaluation of military vehicles

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Testing, Trialing & Advice
Delivery: UK

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • Lowest price
What this means for your bid
  • “708071451” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Legal basis
CELEX · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
22 Jul 2025, 11:55 BST
Last source update
22 Jul 2025, 11:55 BST
Authority reference
708071451
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-041945
Classification (CPV)
Test and evaluation of military vehicles
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
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Why no open competition

No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice; The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons

Published justification

The Specialist Vehicle and Uncrewed Land Systems (SVULS) Project Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to extend Contract 708071451 for the provision of Testing, Trialing and Advice with UTAC Limited for the testing, advice, and trialling of Land Environment (LE) wheeled vehicles by 18 months from September 25. The contract will have a nil value increase due to an underspend from the original estimated maximum value of £4M. Therefore the expected spend for this extension period is £2m to meet the original value of £4M.

The original VTN was publish 1st June 2023 for the Contract being completed through the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service which is lawful in accordance with Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons. This VTN is under the same grounds for the same rationale provided from the suitably qualified and experienced personnel (SQEP) from the SVULS Engineering team conducting analysis of the market capabilities and concluded that UTAC are still the sole economic operator with the necessary expertise, facilities, infrastructure, and capacity to conduct the full scope of required work.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Contracts signed 1latest 13 Sept 2023

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Trialing, Testing & Advice

    Signed
    13 Sept 2023
    Value
    £4,000,000
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence MOD Abbey Wood, Elm 1b, Bristol, UK, BS34 8JHContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Defence, Equipment & Support (DE&S)Review body Bristol

Framework contractors & participating bidders

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.