Official UK procurement notice
The Provision of Medium and Heavy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Remote Controlled Vehicles In-Service Support - UK5
Authority: Defence Equipment and Support (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Ministry of Defence (the “Authority”) intends to award a contract to L3 Harris TRL Technology Ltd (“the Supplier”) for the provision of post design services and in service support (together the “ISS”) for Medium (T4) and Heavy (T7) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Remote Controlled Vehicles (the “RCVs”).
The contract has an estimated value of £54,000,000, including VAT. The contract will be for eight (“8”) years with an additional three (“3”) one-year options.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- 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
- 18 Sept 2026, 11:51 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Sept 2026, 11:51 BST
- Authority reference
715878481- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-088612- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077548Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
In accordance with Section 41(1)(a) of the Procurement Act 2023 (the “Act”), the Authority intends to rely on the Single Supplier direct award justification, as set out in Paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 of the Act, to award a public contract directly to the Supplier not being an excluded Supplier.
It is considered that a direct award is permissible under the Act on the basis that, due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only the Supplier can carry out the services. This is because the Supplier is a subsidiary of the OEM of the RCVs (L3 Harris) and therefore is the only operator that has the technical expertise and know-how of the equipment/RCVs to provide the required ISS to carry out in-depth fault identification, repair, and resolution and to assure reliability and safety of both RCV capabilities.
Accordingly, the Supplier is considered as the only supplier that can provide the services required and there are no alternatives to those services as required by the Authority.
The contract will not be awarded to an excluded supplier. A Contract Award Notice and Contract Details Notice will follow in accordance with Procurement Act 2023.
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 18 Sept 2026- Transparency notice published18 Sept 2026, 11:51 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected31 Mar 2027, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| L3HARRIS TRL Technology LimitedThe Provision of Medium and Heavy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Remote Controlled Vehicles In-Service Support1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2035 · up to 31 Mar 2038Extensions: three (“3”) one-year options · Options: Options for additional purchase of both the T4 and T7 RCVs shall be included | £45,000,000 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- L3HARRIS TRL Technology LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender