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Published 8 Sept 2026, 16:01 BST

Official UK procurement notice

European Agency Fuel Cards 2027 - 2031

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

GoodsAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages (30) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£5,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 1 Mar 2027from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrsends 30 Jul 2031 · starts 31 Jul 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Ministry of Defence anticipates a future requirement for the provision of European Agency Fuel Card services. The requirement is expected to include access to roadside fuels, vehicle additives and electric vehicle charging facilities across Europe, supported by card management, billing, reporting and control services. This Pipeline Notice is intended to provide early visibility of a potential forthcoming procurement and does not constitute a call for competition or a commitment by the Authority to commence a procurement process.

CPV: Agency fuel cards

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 4 yrsSME
Contract period: 31 Jul 2027 – 30 Jul 2031 (4 yrs)
Eligibility: SME eligible
30163100 Agency fuel cards

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Ministry of Defence buys Magnetic cards (CPV 3016), and who usually turns up

Ministry of Defence’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Magnetic cards (CPV 3016) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerMinistry of Defence · division 30
The marketMagnetic cards (CPV 3016) · South East England (authority’s region)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 2 of 10 known-size awards · market: CPV 3016 · South East England (authority’s region), n=5
20%0%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

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. The market figure counts awards delivered in South East England (authority’s region).

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no winner locations published · market: CPV 3016 · South East England (authority’s region), n=5
—0%

No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: division 30 · South East England (authority’s region), n=7
—13 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 13 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 10 of 15 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 3016 · South East England (authority’s region), n=6
67%17%

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer271 lots with bid counts · all categories
46% had one bid
The market12 lots with bid counts · division 30 · South East England (authority’s region)
17% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid46% / 17%
Buyer: 126 of 271 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 12 lots with published bid counts.
2–331% / 8%
Buyer: 85 of 271 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 12 lots with published bid counts.
4–617% / 25%
Buyer: 47 of 271 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 12 lots with published bid counts.
7+5% / 50%
Buyer: 13 of 271 lots with published bid counts. Market: 6 of 12 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer92 lots with estimate and award · all categories
60% below estimate
The market7 lots with estimate and award · division 30 · South East England (authority’s region)
14% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate60% / 14%
Buyer: 55 of 92 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 1 of 7 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%22% / 57%
Buyer: 20 of 92 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 4 of 7 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate18% / 29%
Buyer: 17 of 92 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 2 of 7 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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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.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 301648 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£5.0m
Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 12 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet17% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 12 similar lots
1 bid17%
2 of 12 similar past lots received 1 bid (17%).
2–38%
1 of 12 similar past lots received 2–3 (8%).
4–625%
3 of 12 similar past lots received 4–6 (25%).
7+50%
6 of 12 similar past lots received 7+ (50%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 6.5 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £5.0m, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

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.

SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueWhy listed
Allstar Business Solutions LimitedLive contractUK Agency Fuel Cards 2026 Pipeline Noticeruns to Oct 2030—£761kMatched as the earlier contract

Who could compete for this lot?
i

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.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

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
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Planned procurement
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
8 Sept 2026, 16:01 BST
Last source update
10 Sept 2026, 12:41 BST
Authority reference
DOEA/0093
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-085857
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Agency fuel cards
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f3b2 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

7 Sept 2026 → 31 Jul 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published51 days ago
    7 Sept 2026, 15:06 BST
  2. Latest notice published48 days ago
    10 Sept 2026, 12:41 BST
  3. Market engagement30 days ago
    28 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST

    Request for Information (RFI) UK2 Early Engagement Notice

    For further information, including the specific questions being asked as part of this Request for Information and details of how to respond, please visit the following link:

    contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opport… ↗

  4. Today
    29 Oct 2026
  5. Tender notice expectedin 123 days
    1 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT
  6. Contract startsin 274 days
    31 Jul 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Sept 2026
  1. Pipeline notice published
    7 Sept 2026, 15:06 BST
    UK1
  2. Pipeline notice published
    8 Sept 2026, 16:01 BST
    UK1
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    10 Sept 2026, 12:41 BST
    UK2
  4. Published value published: £5,000,000
    10 Sept 2026, 12:41 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PHVX-4316-ZVGZ Abbey Wood South, Bristol, South West, BS34 8JHContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Preliminary market engagement notice planningPreliminary market engagement noticeUK2Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender