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
- £144,000,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Laboratory & precision equipment · Optical instruments (CPV 38600000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 077637-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Oct 2025
- Published27 Nov 2025Published 37 days after the contract date
Description
Babcock Land Defence Limited (BLDL), acting as Agent for the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded a Single Source Contract to Hall and Watts Defence Optics Ltd for the Supply of C2A2 Sight Spares and Associated Items, for a duration of 3 years with 2 x 1 Option Years.
About the supplier
Hall and Watts Defence Optics Ltd: every public contract they have won.