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ASH In-Service Support Transparency Notice

Defence Equipment and Support · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 27 Sept 2026, 17:57.

Opportunity overview

The Protect Delivery Team, part of the Ministry of Defence, has awarded a contract to Entserv UK Limited for ASH In-Service Support. ASH is software for the electronic Render Safe Procedure (RSP) for Ordnance Munition & Explosives (OME). The contract is for a period of up to 5 years (3 years plus 2 options to extend by a year) with value of up to £2,857,548.41(incl. VAT) including 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.

EntServ UK Limited

Matched by number
Contract value
£2.4m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
31 Mar 2026
Including VAT
£2.9m
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 00053419
Location
Farnborough, UKJ37, GU14 7BF, 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
715728477
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Reference 2026/S 000-013533 It is considered that this contract can be awarded under section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023 because the direct award justification specified in paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 (technical reasons) applies. This is because a change in supplier would require a transfer of the disaster recovery servers and network link which would in turn require a new set of cyber security assurances and penetration testing. The ASH system would be unusable until this was complete as it would not be cyber secure. Due to the nature of the requirement this capability gap would introduce an unacceptable level of risk. Given the bespoke nature of the ASH system, the absence of alternative suppliers with the required technical expertise, and the significant operational and financial risks associated with transitioning to a new supplier, a direct award to Entserv UK Limited is the only viable option, there is no reasonable alternative.

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
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
EntServ UK Limited
Id
GB-COH-00053419

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
00053419

Address

Street Address
110 Pinehurst Road, Farnborough Business Park
Locality
Farnborough
Postal Code
GU14 7BF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ37

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
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
72300000
Description
Data services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
48731000
Description
File security software package
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
48732000
Description
Data security software package
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
48750000
Description
Storage media loading software package
Entry 5
Scheme
CPV
Id
48771000
Description
General utility software package
Entry 6
Scheme
CPV
Id
48782000
Description
Storage management software package
Entry 7
Scheme
CPV
Id
48783000
Description
Content management software package

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-00053419
Name
EntServ UK Limited

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
1 Apr 2026, 00:00
No Agreed Metrics Rationale
This Contract is for the contination of services currently being provided, the introduction of new bespoke KPIs would provide no additional benefit and would duplicate exisiting performance management mechanisms. Therefore the Authority considers that the inclusion of KPIs would be disproportionate to the nature of the requirement and unnecessary to ensure the continued delivery of the service. The contract is under the £5 million inc VAT Threshold for the mandated inclusion of KPIs.

Period

Starts
1 Apr 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Mar 2031, 23:59

Renewal

Description
2x 1 -year options to extend the contract duration.

Value

Including VAT
2,857,548.41
Amount
2,381,290.34
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
059281-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
24 Jun 2026, 10:47
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

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

Notice and amendment history

4 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

4 VERSIONS
  1. 008617-2026Pipeline notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 013533-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 025468-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  4. 059281-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·