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Published 31 Oct 2025, 11:54 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

The Repair, Remanufacture & Maintenance of ESW CR2 APU

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

Framework agreementServicesNegotiated without publication of a contract notice

Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG21)

Framework ceiling (notional)Value not publishedframework ceiling, not attributable revenue

Awarded 30 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Babcock Land Defence Limited (BLDL), acting as Agent for the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded a Single Source Contract to Van Kappel Ltd for the Repair, Maintenance & Overhaul of the Challenger 2 ESW Auxiliary Power Units for a duration of 4 Years with 3 x 1 Option Years.

CPV: Maintenance and repair services · Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment

How this framework works

From the published notice

Bids received: 1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed

What it takes to win
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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 more

What this means for your bid

“The Repair, Remanufacture & Maintenance of ESW CR2 APU” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Legal basis: CELEX · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
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: 31 Oct 2025, 11:54 GMT
Last source update: 31 Oct 2025, 11:54 GMT
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-070039
Classification (CPV): Maintenance and repair servicesRepair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment
Delivery area: West Midlands (UKG21)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05d7d9 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: Babcock Land Defence Limited (BLDL), acting as Agent for the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded a Single Source Contract to Van Kappel Ltd for the Repair, Maintenance & Overhaul of the Challenger 2 ESW Auxiliary Power Units for a duration of 4 Years with 3 x 1 Option Years.
Please note, this Notice announces a Contract Award for the purposes of transparency only and is not a request for expressions of interest.
It is considered that the contract has been awarded to Van Kappel Ltd using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons as Van Kappel Ltd are the only supplier with the specific know-how, STTE and ownership of the bespoke OEM designed APU Test Set and associated tooling. The UK Ministry of Defence is not in a position to be able to identify the exact technical requirements which are required to ensure the safety and suitability of the repairs, and that the interoperability of the Auxiliary Power Units with the platform is not compromised to be able to provide the equipment support services required by the UK Ministry of Defence.
The Authority reserve the right to add further items of a similar nature to the contract post award.
Please note, Babcock Land Defence Limited is acting as agent on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, in the first instance interested parties may contact Babcock with queries relating to this procurement.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 30 Sept 2025

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

The Repair, Remanufacture & Maintenance of ESW CR2 APU
Signed
30 Sept 2025
Value
£1,440,000,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityCentral Government Building B15, MOD Donnington, Telford, TF2 8JTContact name, email

Framework contractors & participating bidders

1 commercial party on the notice

Van Kappel LimitedFramework contractor06623677 Unit 1 Roman Way, Crusader Park, Warminster, Wiltshire, Warminster, BA12 8SP

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.