Official UK procurement notice
Provision of SITAWARE · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCommercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software suite
CPV: Software support services
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
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Defence & security
- 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
- 9 Jul 2026, 18:44 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Jul 2026, 10:34 BST
- Authority reference
715875480- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-065030- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c806Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Defence Security Qualifying New Award; Defence Security Operational
- Published justification
Army, part of the UK Ministry of Defence intends to award a five-year enterprise licence contract to Systematic Software Engineering Limited to support the Army’s SitaWare Battlefield Management Software. The contract will have an estimated value of £95,714,000.00 (Ninety -five million and seven hundred and fourteen thousand pounds). This procurement is governed by the Procurement Act 2023. It is considered that this contract can be awarded under Section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023 because the direct award justifications specified in paragraph 6 and 7 of Schedule 5 apply.
Systematic is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) for SitaWare and is therefore the only supplier with access to the product’s technical design information. Only Systematic can provide the level of technical support and training required to safely operate, maintain, and evolve the Army’s current SitaWare-based capabilities. There is therefore an absence of competition for technical reasons, only Systematic have the necessary technical expertise, knowledge and capability to deliver the requirement at the standard required. Moving to a different supplier would result in incompatibility with existing systems and create disproportionate technical, operational, and organisational difficulties.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
9 Jul 2026 → 1 Jan 2027 · 3 dates- Planning notice published110 days ago9 Jul 2026, 18:44 BST
- Next notice expected109 days ago10 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 65 days1 Jan 2027
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Jul 2026- Pipeline notice published9 Jul 2026, 18:44 BSTUK1
- Transparency notice published10 Jul 2026, 10:34 BSTUK5
- Status changed to complete10 Jul 2026, 10:34 BST
- Procurement method changed10 Jul 2026, 10:34 BST
- Contract signature expected31 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Systematic Software Engineering LtdSME1 Jan 2027 – 31 Dec 2031Options: Additonal Licencing and Tasking | £76,571,200 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Systematic Software Engineering LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender