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
- STS Defence Ltd SME
- Value
- £1,166,772,105
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Telecoms equipment · Satellite communications equipment (CPV 32531000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 079452-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date4 Nov 2025
- Published3 Dec 2025Published 29 days after the contract date
Description
The production and installation of Integrated UHF SATCOM & EFMTE 4.2 baseline satellite communications equipment for the Royal Navy's T26 fleet Ships 4 to 8.
About the supplier
STS Defence Ltd: every public contract they have won.