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708071451

Ministry of Defence · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 06:11.

Opportunity overview

Land Environment Operating Centre Testing, Trialing & Advice

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.

UTAC UK Limited

Match pending…
Contract value
£4m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
12 Sept 2023
Award ID
041945-2025-70871451-1
Status
active
Location
Bedford,, UK, MK45 2JQ, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV73433000 — Test and evaluation of military vehicles

Lots

  • Testing, Trialing & AdviceValue not stated

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
708071451
Status
complete
Procurement Method
limited
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Why this procedure was chosen
The Specialist Vehicle and Uncrewed Land Systems (SVULS) Project Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to extend Contract 708071451 for the provision of Testing, Trialing and Advice with UTAC Limited for the testing, advice, and trialling of Land Environment (LE) wheeled vehicles by 18 months from September 25. The contract will have a nil value increase due to an underspend from the original estimated maximum value of £4M. Therefore the expected spend for this extension period is £2m to meet the original value of £4M. The original VTN was publish 1st June 2023 for the Contract being completed through the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service which is lawful in accordance with Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons. This VTN is under the same grounds for the same rationale provided from the suitably qualified and experienced personnel (SQEP) from the SVULS Engineering team conducting analysis of the market capabilities and concluded that UTAC are still the sole economic operator with the necessary expertise, facilities, infrastructure, and capacity to conduct the full scope of required work.

Legal basis

Id
32009L0081
Scheme
CELEX

Techniques

Has Framework Agreement
Yes

Classification

Id
73433000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Test and evaluation of military vehicles

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
D_PROC_NEGOTIATED_PRIOR_CALL_COMPETITION
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice
Entry 2
Id
D_TECHNICAL
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Has Options
No
Description
Testing, Trialing & Advice

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Lowest price
Type
price

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-155262
Name
Ministry of Defence

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UK
Locality
Bristol
Postal Code
BS34 8JH
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
MOD Abbey Wood, Elm 1b

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
MINISTRY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Entry 2
Id
02
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Defence

Identifier

Legal Name
Ministry of Defence

Contact

Name
Hayley Williams
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-155263
Name
UTAC UK Limited

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UK
Locality
Bedford,
Postal Code
MK45 2JQ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Millbrook,

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Legal Name
UTAC UK Limited
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-155264
Name
Defence, Equipment & Support (DE&S)

Roles

reviewBody

Address

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

Identifier

Legal Name
Defence, Equipment & Support (DE&S)

Award information

Award 1
Id
041945-2025-70871451-1
Title
Trialing, Testing & Advice
Status
active
Has Subcontracting
Yes

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-155263
Name
UTAC UK Limited

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
041945-2025-70871451-1
Title
Trialing, Testing & Advice
Status
active
Award ID
041945-2025-70871451-1
Date Signed
13 Sept 2023, 00:00

Value

Amount
4,000,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Bristol · UK · BS34 8JH · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-0563b3-2025-07-22T11:55:15+01:00compiled ·