Official UK procurement notice
Supply of Portable Appliance Testers
Authority: Defence Equipment and Support (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a Request for Information (RFI) for the procurement Portable Appliance Testers for Tri-Service use.
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has a requirement to procure an estimated qty 2000 Portable Appliance Testers over a period of up to 4 years on behalf of the Operational Infrastructure Delivery Team (OIDT), part of Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S).
CPV: Circuit testers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- 22 May 2025, 14:50 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Sept 2025, 16:27 BST
- Authority reference
714933450- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-060290- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051e5eFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
22 May 2025 → 20 Dec 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published22 May 2025, 14:50 BST
- Latest notice published396 days ago26 Sept 2025, 16:27 BST
- Market engagement361 days ago31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
Please review the content within the RFI and provide a response to DES-Deca-MST-Procurement@mod.gov.uk by no later than 23:59 on 31/10/25.
NOTE; This RFI is to gain information with no guarantee to become a tender / procurement.
All costs incurred completing this RFI are to be borne by the suppliers.
Opportunity link to DSP;
- Tender notice expected153 days ago27 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 52 days20 Dec 2026
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2025- Pipeline notice published22 May 2025, 14:50 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published26 Sept 2025, 16:27 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 (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender