Official UK procurement notice
710264450_SERPENS Close Find Radar_Contract Award Notice
Authority: National Armament Director Group (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe National Armaments Director Group, part of the Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract for the supply of a Close Find Radar capability under the SERPENS project. The procurement comprises the manufacture, installation, testing, delivery, support and associated services required to provide a radar-based weapon locating capability for the British Army's. The contract includes associated training, documentation, logistics support and in-service support activities. The contractor will deliver the capability and associated services in accordance with the requirements set out in the procurement documentation.
- How the procedure runs: The procedure will follow the following steps to arrive at a Contract Award decision. • Publish Tender Notice • Issue Full ITT to Tenderers • Conditions of Participation Return • Conditions of Participation Evaluation • Stage 1 Interim Technical Tender Clarification Period • Stage 1 Interim Technical Tender Return • Authority's Stage 2 Tender Clarification Period • Stage 1 Interim Technical Tender Evaluation • Stage 1 Interim Technical Tender ITT Down selection to no more than 3 Tenderers • Dialogue with down selected Tenderers for Live Firing Data Gathering Event planning. • Down selected Tenderers to provide data pack for the purpose of initial design work. • Close Find Radar Live Firing Data Gathering Event • Stage 2 - Radar Model Validation Due Diligence Workshops (Dialogue) • Final Date for Tenderer Clarification Questions / Requests for additional information • The Authority issues Final Clarification Answers • Stage 2 Full Tender Return • Authority's Stage 2 Tender Clarification Period • Stage 2 Full Tender Evaluation • Authority Review and Approval Period • Tenderers notified of ITT result and Contract Award Full information on how the procurement procedure, including evaluation criteria and intended stages of evaluation, clarification and dialogue is detailed in the Invitation to Tender. Please note: QinetiQ are providing specialist radar and radar modelling expertise under the Engineering Delivery Partner (EDP) Framework, and are involved in evaluating some of the ITT criteria. For the avoidance of doubt DE&S will retain oversight and all evaluation scoring will be moderated by a crown servant.
CPV: Radar
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£94,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
The legal and financial capacity conditions of participation and the associated evaluation criteria are specified in the DEFFORM 47 Annex D - Conditions of Participation Guidance document. This will be made available at the publication of this Tender Notice.
Suppliers will be required to ensure they have registered on the Central Digital Platform and have maintained their organisation's details with sufficient fidelity with regard to the mandatory and discretionary exclusion criteria and debarment rules in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.
- Technical & professional ability
The full technical conditions of participation and the associated evaluation criteria are specified in the DEFFORM 47 Annex D - Conditions of Participation Guidance document. This will be made available to all on the publication of this Tender Notice.
The criteria headings are set out below:
Electronic Trading
Security of Information
TUPE
Quality Assurance
Prompt Payment
Carbon Reduction
Modern Slavery
Prospective contractors are required to hold Quality Management System certification to ISO 9001:2015 or suitable alternative standard, with the appropriate scope to deliver contract requirements, issued by a Nationally Accredited Certification Body. You will be required to provide a copy of the certificate(s) as directed by any Conditions of Participation associated with this Notice, and in any event, the winning supplier will be required to provide it for review prior to contract award. The contractual condition for quality will be Allied Quality Assurance Publication (AQAP) AQAP 2110.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
- Stage 1 Interim Technical Assessment: Full detail on the evaluation criteria can be found in the DEFFORM 47 Annex B Interim Technical Assessment Evaluation Criteria The Stage 1 Interim Technical Assessment will consist of criteria assessing the following: 1. Compliance with Key and Mandatory System Requirements within the SRD - Pass/Fail 2. Space, Weight and Power - Pass/Fail 3. Milestone Matrix - Scored 45% 4. Performance – Accuracy - Scored 40% 5. ILS – Training, Spares and Technical Documentation - Scored 15%
- Stage 2 Full Tender Assessment: Full detail on the evaluation criteria can be found in the DEFFORM 47 Annex C Full Tender Assessment Evaluation Criteria The Stage 2 Full Tender Assessment will consist of criteria assessing the following: 1. Delivery SoR Compliance - Pass/Fail 2. Compliance with Key and Mandatory System Requirements within the SRD - Pass/Fail 3. DEFFORM 565 and F1686 (Overseas) Pass/Fail 4. PM, Governance & Delivery Strategy - Scored 18% 5. Performance Accuracy - Scored 16% 6. SRD Compliance (Priority 1) - Scored 10% 7. ILS SOR Compliance Matrix - Scored 8% 8. Safety - Scored 6% 9. Human Factors Integration (HFI ) - Scored 6% 10. Through Life Support - Scored 6% 11. Transition - Scored 5% 12. Training Design & Delivery - Scored 5% 13. Social Value 2.3 - Education & Training - Scored 2.5% 14. Social Value 3.4 - Collaboration (Supply Chain) - Scored 2.5% 15. Social Value 4.1 - Additional Environmental Benefits - Scored 2.5% 16. Social Value 6.2 - Supporting in work progression - Scored 2.5% 17. Product Development Commitment - Scored 2% 18. Supply Chain Security and Resilience - Scored 2% 19. UK SMEs - Scored 2% 20. Critical Material - Scored 2% 21. Supply Chain Disruption - Scored 2%
- Economic & financial standing
The legal and financial capacity conditions of participation and the associated evaluation criteria are specified in the DEFFORM 47 Annex D - Conditions of Participation Guidance document. This will be made available at the publication of this Tender Notice.
Suppliers will be required to ensure they have registered on the Central Digital Platform and have maintained their organisation's details with sufficient fidelity with regard to the mandatory and discretionary exclusion criteria and debarment rules in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.
- Technical & professional ability
The full technical conditions of participation and the associated evaluation criteria are specified in the DEFFORM 47 Annex D - Conditions of Participation Guidance document. This will be made available to all on the publication of this Tender Notice.
The criteria headings are set out below:
Electronic Trading
Security of Information
TUPE
Quality Assurance
Prompt Payment
Carbon Reduction
Modern Slavery
Prospective contractors are required to hold Quality Management System certification to ISO 9001:2015 or suitable alternative standard, with the appropriate scope to deliver contract requirements, issued by a Nationally Accredited Certification Body. You will be required to provide a copy of the certificate(s) as directed by any Conditions of Participation associated with this Notice, and in any event, the winning supplier will be required to provide it for review prior to contract award. The contractual condition for quality will be Allied Quality Assurance Publication (AQAP) AQAP 2110.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Defence & security
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Mar 2025, 11:42 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Sept 2026, 13:28 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 2 Jun 2026
- Authority reference
710264450_SERPENS Close Find Radar- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-016313- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ec06Find a Tender
- How it runs
The procedure will follow the following steps to arrive at a Contract Award decision.
- Publish Tender Notice
- Issue Full ITT to Tenderers
- Conditions of Participation Return
- Conditions of Participation Evaluation
- Stage 1 Interim Technical Tender Clarification Period
- Stage 1 Interim Technical Tender Return
- Authority's Stage 2 Tender Clarification Period
- Stage 1 Interim Technical Tender Evaluation
- Stage 1 Interim Technical Tender ITT Down selection to no more than 3 Tenderers
- Dialogue with down selected Tenderers for Live Firing Data Gathering Event planning.
- Down selected Tenderers to provide data pack for the purpose of initial design work.
- Close Find Radar Live Firing Data Gathering Event
- Stage 2 - Radar Model Validation Due Diligence Workshops (Dialogue)
- Final Date for Tenderer Clarification Questions / Requests for additional information
- The Authority issues Final Clarification Answers
- Stage 2 Full Tender Return
- Authority's Stage 2 Tender Clarification Period
- Stage 2 Full Tender Evaluation
- Authority Review and Approval Period
- Tenderers notified of ITT result and Contract Award
Full information on how the procurement procedure, including evaluation criteria and intended stages of evaluation, clarification and dialogue is detailed in the Invitation to Tender.
Please note: QinetiQ are providing specialist radar and radar modelling expertise under the Engineering Delivery Partner (EDP) Framework, and are involved in evaluating some of the ITT criteria. For the avoidance of doubt DE&S will retain oversight and all evaluation scoring will be moderated by a crown servant.
- Risks
There is a risk that during the course of the tendering period that the Live Firing Data Gathering Event activity, which is part of the assessment criteria and confidence score of Criteria 2.05 – Performance Accuracy is unable to go ahead due to circumstances unforeseen to the Authority.
In the event that this risk materialises the Authority reserves the right to amend the Award Criteria linked to this event under Section 24 of the Procurement Act 2023.
For all of the below stated known risks the Authority is providing this information in the event that a permitted modification in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 is required in the future. This modification would be exercised in accordance with Schedule 8, Paragraph (5) of the Procurement Act 2023 – Materialisation of a Known Risk.
Under Contract there is a risk that the system may require modification to hardware and/or software to enable integration with FC BISA, or an equivalent messaging system, and any associated hardware to realise the full SERPENS capability. It is not possible to mitigate the risk prior to the launch of the procurement as the system we are procuring is subject to the outcome of the competition and the extent of any hardware or software modification cannot be appropriately scoped.
Under Contract there is a risk that the system may require modification to hardware to enable integration and/or installation onto a Foxhound vehicle to realise the full SERPENS capability. It is not possible to mitigate the risk prior to the launch of the procurement as the system we are procuring is subject to the outcome of the competition and the extent of any hardware modification cannot be fully de-risked until the CFR technical solution is known.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 22 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline
- 22 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 21 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
The link to the Conditions of Participation PSQ is here:
contracts.mod.uk/go/6588586401965DF9D983 ↗
All tendering documentation will be uploaded to the SERPENS Close Find Radar AWARD data room from the date of this Tender Notice and requests for access should be submitted to the SERPENS multiuser at desle-fims-arty-serpens-pj@mod.gov.uk
The link to the SERPENS Close Find Competition Award Portal is here:
award.commercedecisions.com/serpens/web/login ↗
Access to the SERPENS data room may be subject to demonstration of appropriate security clearance up to OFFICIAL SENSITIVE held by the requestee prior to admission into the AWARD Portal.
The Conditions of Participation and corresponding guidance document for evaluation will be published on the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) and is publicly available to all suppliers from the publication of this Tender Notice.
Timeline
12 Mar 2025 → 15 Sept 2026 · 9 dates- Planning notice published12 Mar 2025, 11:42 GMT
- Tender notice published22 Apr 2025, 15:57 BST
- Next notice expected22 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions by21 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline22 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent189 days ago21 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by146 days ago2 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts133 days ago16 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published41 days ago15 Sept 2026, 13:28 BST
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Mar 2025- Planned procurement notice published12 Mar 2025, 11:42 GMTUK3
- Tender notice published22 Apr 2025, 15:57 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active22 Apr 2025, 15:57 BST
- Contract award notice published15 Sept 2026, 13:28 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete15 Sept 2026, 13:28 BST
- Procurement method changed15 Sept 2026, 13:28 BST
- Contract signature expected25 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRC UK LIMITED710264450_SERPENS Close Find Radar25 Sept 2026 – 31 Mar 2033 · up to 31 Mar 2037Extensions: Four (4) x 12 months options to extend in-service support. · Options: Four (4) x 12 months options to extend in-service support. | £74,359,725 | 21 Apr 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- did not winSAAB UK Ltd · Greater London
- did not winBAE SYSTEMS MARINE LIMITED · South East England
- wonSRC UK LIMITED · East Midlands
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
3 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- BAE SYSTEMS MARINE LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
- SAAB UK LtdBidder / tenderer
- SRC UK LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender