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
- Value
- £95,840,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Repair & maintenance · Repair and maintenance services of military vehicles (CPV 50630000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 007937-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Feb 2025
- Published4 Mar 2025Published 10 days after the contract date
Description
The Ministry of Defence (the Authority) intends to enter into a service contract with Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) for the Repair, Maintenance and Modification of Various Line Replacement Units (LRUs) and Frame Electrical Layouts (FELs), for a period of 7 years. The estimated total contract value is £95.84M. The contract will support the following platforms from the outset: Bulldog, Challenger 2, CRARRV, Panther, Titan, Trojan, Terrier, Warrior. In accordance with regulation 4 of the Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/697) this procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 as amended (in particular by SI 2019/697 and SI 2020/1450). Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate. It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification…
About the supplier
Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00414948).