Official UK procurement notice
Land LDEW - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice (PMEN)
Authority: Defence Equipment and Support (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUncrewed Air Systems (UAS) are a key threat in modern conflict. To understand the current
maturity in the application of Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW) technology against this threat, UK MOD is seeking companies to submit proposals for the following:
- LDEW system (effector, power, cooling, sensor) to destroy small UAS at ranges of 1km+
- Availability to deliver within 12 months ideally
- System to be hosted on a land vehicle platform
- UK system content to be declared – 50% by value and above expected
- Total budget up to £20M for multiple systems
- Collaboration between industry partners to form a solution welcomed
Testing range/facilities to be provided by government, as a demonstration of systems would be required as part of any procurement.
CPV: Defence services · Development of security equipment · Electronic warfare systems and counter measures · Military research and technology · Research and Development services on security and defence materials
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- 13 Jun 2025, 19:55 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Jun 2025, 19:55 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-032428- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0548e9Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
13 Jun 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 4 dates- Planning notice published13 Jun 2025, 19:55 BST
- Market engagement11 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
This notice is for the Authority to understand the current state of the market of LDEW systems in the land environment. The description is deliberately high level and outcome based, so as not to unduly limit the use cases or technologies to which responses might refer. The Authority wishes to understand the current maturity, performance, cost, and availability of LDEW systems to be operated in counter UAS roles.
The authority intends to hold 1-2-1 sessions with interested suppliers who hold the appropriate level of security clearance between 16/06/2025 – 11/07/2025, however there may be scope to hold a market engagement day dependant on the level of response received from interested partied.
Should you be interested in these requirements, please contact FMC-StratProgs-CWDEW-Group@mod.gov.uk
This notice is solely for the purpose of engaging the market to gather information. It does not constitute a call for competition or form part of any formal procurement process. Participation in this engagement will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any future procurement, nor will it bind the Authority to proceed with any specific course or action.
- Tender notice expected28 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published13 Jun 2025, 19:55 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender