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The Provision of Medium and Heavy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Remote Controlled Vehicles In-Service Support - UK5

Defence Equipment and Support · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 20 Sept 2026, 07:41.

Opportunity overview

The Ministry of Defence (the “Authority”) intends to award a contract to L3 Harris TRL Technology Ltd (“the Supplier”) for the provision of post design services and in service support (together the “ISS”) for Medium (T4) and Heavy (T7) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Remote Controlled Vehicles (the “RCVs”). The contract has an estimated value of £54,000,000, including VAT. The contract will be for eight (“8”) years with an additional three (“3”) one-year options.

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.

L3HARRIS TRL Technology Limited

Matched by exact name
Published award value
£45m
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-PPON PNGH-1228-VQDQ
Location
Tewkesbury, UKK13, GL208ND, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

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
715878481
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
In accordance with Section 41(1)(a) of the Procurement Act 2023 (the “Act”), the Authority intends to rely on the Single Supplier direct award justification, as set out in Paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 of the Act, to award a public contract directly to the Supplier not being an excluded Supplier. It is considered that a direct award is permissible under the Act on the basis that, due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only the Supplier can carry out the services. This is because the Supplier is a subsidiary of the OEM of the RCVs (L3 Harris) and therefore is the only operator that has the technical expertise and know-how of the equipment/RCVs to provide the required ISS to carry out in-depth fault identification, repair, and resolution and to assure reliability and safety of both RCV capabilities. Accordingly, the Supplier is considered as the only supplier that can provide the services required and there are no alternatives to those services as required by the Authority. The contract will not be awarded to an excluded supplier. A Contract Award Notice and Contract Details Notice will follow in accordance with Procurement Act 2023.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Defence Equipment and Support
Id
GB-PPON-PVRL-5831-GLMM

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PVRL-5831-GLMM

Address

Street Address
MOD Abbey Wood
Locality
Bristol
Postal Code
BS34 8JH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKK12

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
L3HARRIS TRL Technology Limited
Id
GB-PPON-PNGH-1228-VQDQ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PNGH-1228-VQDQ

Address

Street Address
Spectra House
Locality
Tewkesbury
Postal Code
GL208ND
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKK13

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
The Provision of Medium and Heavy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Remote Controlled Vehicles In-Service Support
Status
pending
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Has Renewal
Yes
Has Options
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
50111000
Description
Fleet management, repair and maintenance services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
71320000
Description
Engineering design services
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
50000000
Description
Repair and maintenance services

Value

Including VAT
54,000,000
Amount
45,000,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PNGH-1228-VQDQ
Name
L3HARRIS TRL Technology Limited

Contract period

Starts
1 Apr 2027, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2035, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Mar 2038, 23:59

Renewal

Description
three (“3”) one-year options

Options

Description
Options for additional purchase of both the T4 and T7 RCVs shall be included

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
088612-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
18 Sept 2026, 11:51
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
31 Mar 2027, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Bristol · UKK12 · BS34 8JH · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 088612-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·