Official UK procurement notice
Project ATILLA · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement description- Background. Under Project ATTILA, the Authority are seeking to de-risk and accelerate future procurement of an attritable, modular, autonomous, heavy payload UGV by exploiting current in-service vehicles within a time and cost bound contract. This contract seeks to procure and spirally develop an optionally crewed minefield breaching system based on WARRIOR, capable of being used in the UK and overseas by a Royal Engineer Unit.
- SSUN. The Authority requires an optionally crewed attritable minefield breaching capability that can be spirally developed to de-risk and accelerate future procurement of a modular, autonomous, heavy payload Uncrewed Ground Vehicle.
- The project is broken down into two concurrent phases to be placed under a single contract:
a. Phase 1. Procurement of a Minimum Deployable Capability (MDC) of up to six optionally crewed systems based on an in-service donor vehicle (WARRIOR) with Front End Equipment (FEE) for use as a Battlegroup (BG) minefield breaching capability.
b. Phase 2. Development and iteration of MDC to move from remote to autonomous operation and refine requirements for future UGV procurement.
Please note, suppliers will be asked to confirm as part of their PSQ response that they are able to provide six optionally crewed minefield breaching systems able to generate a safe lane comparable to current in-service platforms (details to be provided as part of the PSQ). This section will be PASS/FAIL - suppliers who are unable to provide this capability in the timelines requested will be discounted from the competition.
- How the procedure runs: The Authority will publish the planned procurement notice to alert industry of our intention to avertise our requirement, with the PSQ to be published via the DSP at a later date. Suppliers who pass the PSQ stage will be invited to view the tender documentation. We intend to hold an industry day after the PSQ stage and ahead of the ITT submission date to allow suppliers who were invted to the ITT stage the oppurtunity to ask additional questions.
CPV: All-terrain vehicles
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewalPublished value£12,000,000
- Technical & professional ability
Suppliers interested in tendering must be able to provide the Phase 1 deliverables by the date confirmed within the PSQ in order to be invitied to ITT stage. Further details will be provided within the PSQ.
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).
- Technical & professional ability
Suppliers interested in tendering must be able to provide the Phase 1 deliverables by the date confirmed within the PSQ in order to be invitied to ITT stage. Further details will be provided within the PSQ.
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
- Past planning notice
- 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
- 21 Aug 2025, 15:13 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Aug 2025, 11:40 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Nov 2025
- Authority reference
715473451- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-051881- Latest notice
- Pipeline notice (UK1)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058c41Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Payment will be made via EXOSTAR and CP&F.
- How it runs
The Authority will publish the planned procurement notice to alert industry of our intention to avertise our requirement, with the PSQ to be published via the DSP at a later date. Suppliers who pass the PSQ stage will be invited to view the tender documentation. We intend to hold an industry day after the PSQ stage and ahead of the ITT submission date to allow suppliers who were invted to the ITT stage the oppurtunity to ask additional questions.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 26 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline
- 26 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
The competition (including the PSQ and ITT) will be managed via the Defence Sourcing Portal. Interested supliers must be registered on this platform.
Timeline
21 Aug 2025 → 1 Jan 2026 · 6 dates- Planning notice published21 Aug 2025, 15:13 BST
- Latest notice published28 Aug 2025, 11:40 BST
- Tender notice expected15 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline395 days ago26 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by342 days ago18 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts299 days ago1 Jan 2026
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Aug 2025- Planned procurement notice published21 Aug 2025, 15:13 BSTUK3
- Pipeline notice published28 Aug 2025, 11:40 BSTUK1
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 (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: Documentation will be uploaded to the PSQ to provide context to the procurement
Notices published for this procedure
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender