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
- Lockheed Martin UK
- Value
- £129,350,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Security, fire & defence equipment · Unmanned aerial vehicles (CPV 35613000)
- Official notice
- 100131-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Dec 2022
- Published22 Oct 2026Published 1415 days after the contract date
Description
The TIQUILA Programme was advertised to deliver MUAS capability for Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) in Packable and Portable loads in support of field operations. Delivery was to be undertaken by a Systems Integrator (SI), working with suppliers to meet developing demands and keep pace with emergent technology and threats. The solution was expressly described as evolving, modular and upgradeable. The SI's through-life delivery and sustainment responsibilities included: • provision of Packable MUAS and man-portable MUAV capability, using a common Ground Control Station and relevant payloads; • goods and services supporting that capability; • a modular technical and digital architecture using open-standard interfaces to enable integration of new capabilities and upgrades; • maintaining awareness of novel and emergent technology applicable to TIQUILA; and • implementing Supplier Enabling Arrangements and/or other subcontract arrangements to engag…
About the supplier
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