Official UK procurement notice
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION DCTO D4 Autonomous MASS systems and VTE Framework.
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Framework period Ends 14 Oct 2025starts 14 Oct 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionREQUEST FOR INFORMATION DCTO D4 Autonomous MASS systems and VTE Framework - Please see documentation at link provided
CPV: Test and evaluation of military vehicles · Test and evaluation of warships
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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).
What this means for your bid
- “REQUEST FOR INFORMATION DCTO D4 Autonomous MASS systems and VTE…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure 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
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Sept 2025, 13:39 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Sept 2025, 13:39 BST
- Authority reference
RFI0063- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-060501- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a409Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
29 Sept 2025 → 14 Oct 2025 · 3 dates- Planning notice published392 days ago29 Sept 2025, 13:39 BST
- Market engagement378 days ago13 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
Please see documentation at this link for full details: www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/98a75ba4-66e5… ↗
- Contract starts378 days ago14 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published29 Sept 2025, 13:39 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