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Provision of Body Armour for the Ministry of Defence Police

Ministry of Defence · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 3 Oct 2026, 19:17.

Opportunity overview

Single supplier - technical reasons This is an equipment contract for the provision of body armour for Armed Firearms Officers (AFOs) within the Ministry of Defence Police (MDP). All serving MDP officers are capable of being armed and therefore it is a force wide requirement to issue body armour to all AFOs routinely. The contract will be awarded in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) and the Procurement Regulations 2024. It is considered that this contract can be awarded by way of a Direct Award to Safariland UK Ltd in accordance with Section 41 and Schedule 5 - Single Supplier, paragraph 6 of the PA23 due to the unique technical reasons relating to this procurement. The MDP Body Armour requirement necessitates a solution that is certified to a minimum protection level of HO3. The holistic MDP Body Armour solution is currently certified to HO3 using the P44 & P07 lightweight plates made by Safariland UK Ltd, as well as hard plates, plate carriers and other ancillaries also manufactured by Safariland UK Ltd. Testing and certification of the body armour solution is completed as a whole system based on the above components. No other providers are known to offer plates compatible with the existing system that are also capable of maintaining the holistic systems certification to HO3 required, without also requiring the procurement of a whole new system of plates, carriers and ancillaries. Procurement of such a new system which result in unreasonable incurrence of otherwise avoidable additional costs and underutilisation of existing stocks of the certified solution carriers and ancilliaries.

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.

Safariland UK LTD

Matched by normalised name
Contract value
£1.7m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
10 Mar 2026
Including VAT
£2m
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-PPON PHVL-9923-GNXP
Location
Liverpool, UKD72, L3 9QJ, 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
BP5 MDP BA
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Single supplier - technical reasons This is an equipment contract for the provision of body armour for Armed Firearms Officers (AFOs) within the Ministry of Defence Police (MDP). All serving MDP officers are capable of being armed and therefore it is a force wide requirement to issue body armour to all AFOs routinely. The contract will be awarded in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) and the Procurement Regulations 2024. It is considered that this contract can be awarded by way of a Direct Award to Safariland UK Ltd in accordance with Section 41 and Schedule 5 - Single Supplier, paragraph 6 of the PA23 due to the unique technical reasons relating to this procurement. The MDP Body Armour requirement necessitates a solution that is certified to a minimum protection level of HO3. The holistic MDP Body Armour solution is currently certified to HO3 using the P44 & P07 lightweight plates made by Safariland UK Ltd, as well as hard plates, plate carriers and other ancillaries also manufactured by Safariland UK Ltd. Testing and certification of the body armour solution is completed as a whole system based on the above components. No other providers are known to offer plates compatible with the existing system that are also capable of maintaining the holistic systems certification to HO3 required, without also requiring the procurement of a whole new system of plates, carriers and ancillaries. Procurement of such a new system which result in unreasonable incurrence of otherwise avoidable additional costs and underutilisation of existing stocks of the certified solution carriers and ancilliaries.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

defenceSecurity

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
Ministry of Defence
Id
GB-PPON-PHVX-4316-ZVGZ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PHVX-4316-ZVGZ

Address

Street Address
Kentigern House, 65 Brown Street
Locality
Glasgow
Postal Code
G2 8EX
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKM82

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
Safariland UK LTD
Id
GB-PPON-PHVL-9923-GNXP

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PHVL-9923-GNXP

Address

Street Address
Suites C,D,E,F, 14th Floor The Plaza, Old Hall Street
Locality
Liverpool
Postal Code
L3 9QJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKD72

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
goods

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
18410000
Description
Special clothing

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PHVL-9923-GNXP
Name
Safariland UK LTD

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Title
Provision of Body Armour for the Ministry of Defence Police Force
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
10 Mar 2026, 00:00
No Agreed Metrics Rationale
Below £5M inclusive of VAT.

Period

Starts
10 Mar 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2029, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
2,042,455.13
Amount
1,702,045.94
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
A-13411
Document Type
contractSigned
Description
conflictOfInterest
Format
application/octet-stream
Entry 2
Id
023809-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
17 Mar 2026, 09:00
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Glasgow · UKM82 · G2 8EX · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS
  1. 008470-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 016338-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 023809-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·