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Provision of Range Extension Equipment for Project Expanse

Ministry of Defence · award, contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 3 Oct 2026, 05:31.

Opportunity overview

Procurement of 6 x ASGARD power generation capability to support consistent, continuous charging of the DDS capability during Exercises and Operations. Total contract value £699,625.44. This contract was directly awarded under Framework RM6116 NS3 Lot 1C

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.

Ministry of Defence

Match pending…
Contract value
£1.7m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
5 Mar 2026
Award ID
030972-2026-715810483-1-1
Status
active
Location
Bristol, BS34 8JH, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV32571000 — Communications infrastructure
  • TED_TYPE_SUPPLIES_CONTRACTPURCHASE — Purchase

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
ocds-h6vhtk-067bf8
Main Procurement Category
goods
Procurement Method
limited
Procurement Method Details
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Why this procedure was chosen
The TacSys Service Executive (SE) within Defence Digital (DD), part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), have placed with Radiocoms Systems Ltd a 3-month contract for the Provision of Range Extension Equipment to the Dismounted Data System (DDS) for Project Expanse. It was considered that this contract can be placed using a Direct Award Procedure pursuant to Schedule 5, Paras 6 & 7 of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) due to the absence of reasonable alternatives to the good required as well as supply of repeat goods. 4 Light Brigade Combat Team (4LBCT), in support of NATO commitments for the Forward Land Force – Estonia (FLF-E), operate, at readiness, a dismounted situational awareness capability known as the Dismounted Data System (DDS) which was procured and delivered for 2 Battle Groups under Project ASGARD. As this capability remains in use post-ASGARD, Project EXPANSE is the requirement to procure more-of-the-same DDS equipment to meet the total scaling (5 Battle Groups) requirement for 4LBCT. This team now require a larger power generation capability to support increased range for the system during exercises and operations. The supplier has already provided the same goods for Project ASGARD before, and due to the short timeframe for delivery of the contract goods and the inability to test and standardise similar goods for the existing DDS within that timeframe, a decision was made to directly award a contract to Radiocoms Systems Ltd for more-of-the-same COTS items. Due to the above reasons the requirement will continue as a single source requirement.

Legal basis

Id
32009L0081
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
32571000
Description
Communications infrastructure

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_TYPE_SUPPLIES_CONTRACT
Id
PURCHASE
Description
Purchase

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id
D_EXTREME_URGENCY
Description
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
Entry 2
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id
D_TECHNICAL
Description
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Entry 3
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id
D_REPETITION_EXISTING
Description
New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
0

Delivery Location

Description
United Kingdom

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Ministry of Defence
Id
GB-FTS-7833

Identifier

Legal Name
Ministry of Defence

Address

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

Contact

Name
Attn: Kate Pelechata

Roles

buyer
Organisation 2
Name
Ministry of Defence
Id
GB-FTS-98592

Identifier

Legal Name
Ministry of Defence

Address

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

Roles

supplier
mediationBody
reviewContactPoint
Organisation 3
Name
Ministry of Defence
Id
GB-FTS-78957

Identifier

Legal Name
Ministry of Defence

Address

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

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1
Id
030972-2026-715810483-1-1
Status
active
Has Subcontracting
No

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-98592
Name
Ministry of Defence

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
030972-2026-715810483-1-1
Award ID
030972-2026-715810483-1-1
Status
active
Date Signed
5 Mar 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount
1,749,063.6
Currency
GBP

Period

Duration In Days
90

Recorded locations

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

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 030972-2026award, contract ·