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Army next generation deployable edge, computation, and storage capability

Ministry of Defence · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 3 Oct 2026, 22:47.

Opportunity overview

The Authority has identified a short-term requirement for hardware that is essential to support the success of upcoming military exercises. This contract shall provide a secure, field‑deployable, edge compute and data storage capability to support Corps and Divisional‑level headquarters in degraded, disconnected and denied environments. The requirement enables the hosting of workloads at SECRET and underpins readiness and deterrence activity in support of NATO and UK operations. This requirement supports the Army’s need to generate a next‑generation capability that can: 1) operate at SECRET, 2) integrate with the Hyperscale Cloud Solution (HCS), and 3) host mission‑critical decision support and targeting workloads in contested environments. This contract is required to enable credible readiness and deterrence demonstrations that support in de‑risking future delivery decisions through controlled deployment, testing and evaluation of a secure edge architecture. The capability must: • Function entirely offline in DDIL environments with no dependencies on other cloud regions or installations for setup or operation. • Provide access to low-latency AI models for local processing of text, video and translation. • Provide native kubernetes support to enable ease of migration, deployment and management of cloud-native applications. • Provide fleet management capabilities. • Provide a consistent experience to other environments and de-risk the migration of cloud applications from Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) Air Gapped (AG) to the edge; and, • Provide an architectural identical platform to the HCS to de-risk future platform migrations. The Authority is seeking nine (9) Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) edge devices (“Products”). The further requirements of these devices are considered sensitive in nature. The supply of GDC devices is delivered by British Telecommunications plc (BT). They are the sole authorised reseller of the specific devices.

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.

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
DDAI024A
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
PA23 – S5, P2 (“Prototype and Development”). This contract is for the supply of highly technical and specialist goods. The outcome of this contract will be used to test the suitability of the goods / devices, to ascertain the further viability of incorporated them into the wider architecture. The activity is undertaken to inform future delivery decisions and does not constitute full scale rollout, or any further comittment. PA23 – S5, P6, (a) (“Single Supplier – Technical Reasons”). Due to unavoidable technical facts, only a particular Supplier may provide the required goods. BT is the sole, UK-authorised, provider able to supply and integrate with appliances at SECRET whilst delivering seamless integration with the HCS. No reasonable alternative exist that can meet the requirement without unacceptable risk(s) to schedule, safety or delivery outcomes. PA23 – S5, P20, (“Defence and Security”). The contract is a Defence Authority Contract and must be awarded directly to enhance operational capability, readiness, safety and security of the armed forces. The requirement involves sensitive systems, classified infrastructure and access to SECRET level environments. Further, the requirement has been kept to a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and not a full-scale roll out.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
prototypesDevelopment
Entry 2
Id
singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights
Entry 3
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons
Entry 4
Id
defenceSecurityOperational

Special regime

defenceSecurity

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
MOD Corsham, Building 405, B2, Westwells Road,
Locality
Corsham
Postal Code
SN13 9NR
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKK15

Contact

Name
Commercial Lead

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Id
GB-COH-01800000

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
01800000

Address

Street Address
1 Braham Street
Locality
London
Postal Code
E1 8EE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI42

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
Air Gapped Edge Devices.
Status
pending
Main Procurement Category
goods
Above Threshold
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
35700000
Description
Military electronic systems
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
73410000
Description
Military research and technology

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
5,422,568
Amount
4,518,807
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-01800000
Name
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

Contract period

Starts
26 Mar 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2026, 23:59

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
022045-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
11 Mar 2026, 17:38
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
25 Mar 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Corsham · UKK15 · SN13 9NR · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 022045-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·