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
- NP Aerospace Ltd SME
- Value
- £110,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
- Sector
- Security, fire & defence equipment · Bullet-proof vests (CPV 35815100)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Dec 2024
- Published5 Nov 2025Published 338 days after the contract date
Description
The Dismounted Close Combat (DCC) Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), has awarded a 1 year supplies contract for the procurement of LWA IV+ SA04 Armour Plates from NP Aerospace Ltd (NPA). The Authority will be undertaking a Single Source Contract due to the "Technical or Exclusive Rights" held by NPA as the OEM and sole provider of this equipment. The estimated total contract value is £110,000 (inc VAT), below the DPSCR 2011 Threshold for goods. Therefore, a contracting authority is not required to publish a Voluntary Transparency Notice (VTN) or observe a standstill before awarding the contract.
About the supplier
NP Aerospace Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03472480).