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
- CFS Aeroproducts Ltd
- Value
- £241,666.63
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award - Non competitive negotiated
- Sector
- Laboratory & precision equipment · Research, testing and scientific technical simulator (CPV 38970000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date11 Feb 2026
- Published16 Feb 2026Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
UK7 Contract Details Notice. Regulated below-threshold (PA 2023 section 5) direct award defence and security contract. No optional period/s. Additional requirements to support specific project related tasks are defined and authorised through Task Authorisation Forms (TAFs). TAFs shall be used to capture additional flying hours, plus any design engineering, manufacturing and certification work that may be required. The contract was awarded directly to a supplier that is not an excluded supplier. Direct award justification applies in accordance with section 41 and schedule 5, para 2 (c) and para 7 (a) and (b) of the PA 2023.
About the supplier
CFS Aeroproducts Ltd: every public contract they have won.