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
- Leonardo UK Ltd
- Value
- £14,612,024
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Repair & maintenance · Repair and maintenance services of helicopters (CPV 50212000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 035099-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Jun 2025
- Published25 Jun 2025Published 23 days after the contract date
Description
Merlin Out Of Service Extension Programme (OSDEP) Assessment Phase 2 is to support the Merlin Mk4/4a through to an extended out of service date of 2024 to develop solutions in order to contract a D&M Contract.
About the supplier
Leonardo UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02426132).