Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Ministry of Defence · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Viking Arms Ltd SME
- Value
- £4,000,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Security, fire & defence equipment · Weapons, ammunition and associated parts (CPV 35300000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 004654-2021 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date8 Mar 2021
- Published8 Mar 2021Published the same day
Description
The Authority intends to place a Combined Support Enabling Contract to support the in-service fleet of Glock weapons and supporting ancillaries, in order to ensure they can meet their enduring and future capability needs across the UK Armed Forces Commands.
About the supplier
Viking Arms Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00865793).