Official UK procurement notice
715862501-Provision of a Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIOps) Training Facility
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of a Maritime Interdiction Operations training facility at RM Bickleigh and option to purchase an additional facility at CTCRM.
Please see Invitation to Tender documentation for further detail.
The Cyber Risk Profile for this requirement identified by the Cyber Security Model (CSM) Risk Assessment is Level 1.
Please note:
The Contracting Authority may carry out a future, subsequent procurement of similar goods/services/works and rely on the direct award ground at Schedule 5, paragraph 8.
- No preliminary market engagement: In this instance, a preliminary market engagement notice was not published due to requirement timescales and because the contracting authority believes it has sufficient knowledge of the market based on previous, similar requirements. A site visit is also being offered to tenderers prior to the tender return date.
CPV: Rope climbing equipment · Towers · Training aids and devices · Training and simulation in warships · Training facilities building · Wall and rope climbing equipment · Wall climbing equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£1,233,300
- Economic & financial standing
Full details are included in the Invitation to Tender document.
- Technical & professional ability
Full details are included in the Invitation to Tender document.
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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 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).
- Financial: Full details of the Financial Evaluation criteria and scoring are included in the Invitation to Tender document
- Technical: Full details of the Technical Evaluation criteria and scoring are included in the Invitation to Tender document.
- Economic & financial standing
Full details are included in the Invitation to Tender document.
- Technical & professional ability
Full details are included in the Invitation to Tender document.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £1,049,362 (twice the annual value).
Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Ministry of Defence buys Playground equipment (CPV 3753): the notice lists a non-UK location
No market comparison: the notice lists a non-UK delivery location. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Playground equipment (CPV 3753) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
The notice lists delivery in Czechia, so this procedure has no confirmed single UK region; the buyer’s figure reads its other awards, each against its own delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
No decision dates published to compare.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid46%
2–332%
4–617%
7+5%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate60%
Within ±2%22%
Above estimate18%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1Published estimate£1.2m
This lot lists only non-UK delivery addresses. Supplier examples below come from UK award history and are not checked for this delivery area.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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This lot has only non-UK delivery countries in its published addresses, so the UK model forecast is withheld.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Rockwell Collins Australia PtyWorked for this buyer | 712614450 PNT PO Muns Procurement Voluntary Transparency Noticenotice published Nov 2024 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Brigantes Consulting LimitedWorked for this buyer | UK4 - Tender Noticeruns to Dec 2028 | — | £8.5m | Similar wording and category |
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £8.5m3 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago | 2 live · £8.5m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 | |
| £7.3m24 awards in 36m · last this month | 9 live · £4.1m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 13% below n=5 | |
| £1.7m17 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 6 live · £771k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 2% below n=3 | |
| £651k9 awards in 36m · last 8 months ago | 1 live · £60k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 2% below n=3 | |
| £350k2 awards in 36m · last 9 months ago | 1 live · £33k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 7% below n=1 |
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.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- 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.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Oct 2026, 13:52 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Oct 2026, 13:23 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 10 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
715862501- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-093371- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area in notice
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077fc4Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Payments to be made in accordance with Terms & Conditions. Full details are included in the Invitation to Tender document.
- Risks
The following risks could occur which could affect contract delivery or performance:
Changes in laws or regulations resulting in a need to amend the Contract timescales, costs, deliverables or scope.
Unexpected delays to delivery timescales due to either Authority, Contractor or third party actions resulting in a need to amend the Contract timescales, costs, deliverables or scope.
Unexpected changes to costs due to either Authority, Contractor or third party actions resulting in a need to amend the Contract timescales, costs, deliverables or scope.
Unexpected changes to volume of deliverables due to either Authority, Contractor or third party actions resulting in a need to amend the Contract timescales, costs, deliverables or scope.
Unexpected changes to scope of deliverables due to either Authority, Contractor or third party actions resulting in a need to amend the Contract timescales, costs, deliverables or scope.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Defence Sourcing Portal- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 27 Oct 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 15 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders must be submitted through the Defence Sourcing Portal at contracts.mod.uk ↗
Timeline
2 Oct 2026 → 25 Nov 2026 · 6 dates- Tender notice published24 days ago2 Oct 2026, 13:52 BST
- Latest notice published21 days ago5 Oct 2026, 13:23 BST
- Clarification questions by12 days ago15 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 1 day27 Oct 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 15 days10 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 29 days25 Nov 2026
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Oct 2026- Tender notice published2 Oct 2026, 13:52 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published5 Oct 2026, 13:23 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 27 Oct 2026, 15:00 GMT5 Oct 2026, 13:23 BST+0 days · was 27 Oct 2026, 10:00 GMT
Published amendments (1)
Tender submission deadline changed from 10:00 on 27 October 2026 to 15:00 on 27 October 2026.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender