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
- Rolls-Royce PLC
- Value
- £47,000,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Repair & maintenance · Aircraft-engine repair services (CPV 50211212)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 007275-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Feb 2025
- Published26 Feb 2025Published the same day
Description
The A400M Project Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to place a 3 year contract with options totalling a further 24 months, for the provision of in-service support services at Maintenance Level 2 (ML2) for the TP400 engine with Rolls-Royce PLC. Contract Start date 01 October 2026
About the supplier
Rolls-Royce PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01003142).