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Lebanese Armed Forces Border Security Support

Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office · Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 18:26.

Opportunity overview

This contract will deliver infrastructure, training, mentoring, logistics and vehicle sustainment, and strategic and operational support to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), strengthening border security, enhancing state authority, and supporting stability and conflict mitigation across Lebanon in a complex and evolving security environment. The requirement will primarily support LAF activities along the Lebanese-Syrian border, with flexibility to support authorised activity in Southern Lebanon, contributing to increased Lebanese state control, border security and stability through a more capable, sustainable and operationally effective LAF. The value of the contract for the initial 7-month period is £2,999,924, with the option to scale-up and/or extend the contract for an additional 6 months at a maximum value of £2,000,000 at the sole discretion of the Authority, for a maximum total contract value of £4,999,924.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

ARK Group DMCC

Matched by number
Published award value
£5m
Awarded
31 Aug 2026
Award ID
ocds-b5fd17-242540b7-1882-4363-a1f0-41d22104f7a7-1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH FC035638

Classification

  • CPV75211300 — Foreign military-aid-related services
  • CPV75220000 — Defence services

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
tender_540913/1608368
Status
complete
Procurement Method
selective
Procurement Method Details
Call-off from a framework agreement
Main Procurement Category
services

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
75211300
Description
Foreign military-aid-related services

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
75220000
Description
Defence services

Tender Period

Ends
31 Aug 2026, 00:00

Contract period

Starts
1 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2027, 23:59

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
No

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Country Name
British Oversea Territories
Entry 2
Country Name
Channel Islands
Entry 3
Country Name
Europe
Entry 4
Country Name
Isle of Man
Entry 5
Country Name
Rest of the World
Entry 6
Country Name
United Kingdom

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-CFS-181125
Name
Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office

Identifier

Legal Name
Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office

Address

Street Address
FCDO, King Charles Street
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1A 2AH
Country Name
England

Contact

Details

Roles

buyer
Organisation 2
Id
GB-COH-FC035638
Name
ARK Group DMCC

Identifier

Legal Name
ARK Group DMCC
Scheme
GB-COH
Id
FC035638

Address

Street Address
Unit No: 3307-3 Mazaya Business Avenue BB1, Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Dubai, 211860, United Arab Emirates

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No

Roles

supplier

Award information

Award 1
Id
ocds-b5fd17-242540b7-1882-4363-a1f0-41d22104f7a7-1
Status
active
Date
1 Sept 2026, 00:00
Published
30 Sept 2026, 17:05

Value

Amount
4,999,924
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-FC035638
Name
ARK Group DMCC

Contract period

Starts
1 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2027, 23:59

Documents

Entry 1
Id
1
Document Type
awardNotice
Description
Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Published
30 Sept 2026, 17:05
Format
text/html
Language
en

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · SW1A 2AH · England
  • Delivery location · British Oversea Territories
  • Delivery location · Channel Islands
  • Delivery location · Europe
  • Delivery location · Isle of Man
  • Delivery location · Rest of the World
  • Delivery location · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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  1. 9b7f326d-4f5b-47f3-8892-2085230713d7-916084Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder ·