Contract award · 23 Apr 2025

Typhoon Engine Support Solution (TESS)

Ministry of Defence awarded “Typhoon Engine Support Solution (TESS)” to Rolls-Royce PLC for £563m on 23 Apr 2025. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionRepair & maintenanceSouth West

Value £563m
WinnerRolls-Royce PLC

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.

What “without competition” means

Key facts

Buyer
Ministry of Defence · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Value
£562,767,379.06
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Repair & maintenance · Repair and maintenance services of aircraft engines (CPV 50211210)
Timeline
  1. Contract date23 Apr 2025
  2. Published23 Apr 2025Published the same day

Description

Repair services & maintenance of the EJ200 Typhoon engines

About the supplier

Other awards in the same procurement

Call-offs and awards published under the same process (for example a framework or dynamic purchasing system).

Date Contract Supplier Value
26 May 2023 Rolls-Royce PLC £500m

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