Official UK procurement notice
DNO505-Genesis Upgrade · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
Sectors: Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages (30) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£176,377published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 3 Feb 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Hottinger Bruel & Kjaer UK Ltd2 awards
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA direct contract is required to upgrade the HBK Genesis Mainframe system with associated new data acquisition cards and Enterprise software.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- 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
- 10 Dec 2025, 10:08 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Feb 2026, 07:35 GMT
- Authority reference
DNO505-Genesis Upgrade- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-013206- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f27cFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
HBK are the OEM for the computer and are the only suppliers able to provide these components and software.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
12 Feb 2026 → 13 Feb 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends256 days ago12 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published256 days ago13 Feb 2026, 07:35 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Dec 2025- Transparency notice published10 Dec 2025, 10:08 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published3 Feb 2026, 15:05 GMTUK6
- Contract details notice published13 Feb 2026, 07:35 GMTUK7
- Contract signature expected13 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2
Awarded value £176,3771 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Contracts signed 1latest 13 Feb 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hottinger Bruel & Kjaer UK Ltd13 Feb 2026 – 31 Mar 2026 | £176,377same award published again · counted once | 3 Feb 2026standstill to 12 Feb 2026 | Standstill |
| Hottinger Bruel & Kjaer UK Ltd | £176,377 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 2 · Hottinger Bruel & Kjaer UK Ltd
- Signed
- 13 Feb 2026
- Value
- £176,377
- Period
- 13 Feb 2026 – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Payment on delivery
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- HOTTINGER BRUEL & KJAER UK LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender