AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
The Ministry of Defence, with Babcock Land Defence Limited acting as agent, has concluded a framework agreement with G3 Systems Ltd for repair and maintenance of specified operational hygiene and field-catering infrastructure equipment.
Published outcomeAward 1 is active and linked to an active contract record signed on 5 October 2026. The stated contract value is £2,747,000 excluding VAT (£3,296,400 gross).
Market significanceThis is a four-year defence equipment repair framework with two one-year options. It covers eight identified equipment items and permits similar items to be added through RFQs; no business volume is guaranteed.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
G3 Systems Ltd
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £2,747,000 net; £3,296,400 gross GBP · Active award and active contract
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Award 1 names G3 Systems Ltd as its supplier and relates to lot 1. Contract 1 linked to award 1 states these total contract values.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Tender notice published
98% confidence30 April 2026
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Release history records tender notice 040060-2026 dated 2026-04-30.
Award decision date
95% confidence24 August 2026
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Award record 1 gives award_date as 2026-08-24.
Contract award notice published
98% confidence11 September 2026
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Release history records contract award notice 086184-2026 dated 2026-09-11.
Contract signed and started
99% confidence5 October 2026
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Contract 1 is active, gives dateSigned and period startDate as 2026-10-05.
Contract details notice published
99% confidence8 October 2026
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Contract document 095010-2026 gives datePublished as 2026-10-08.
Base term end
99% confidence4 October 2030
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Contract 1 period endDate is 2030-10-04T23:59:59+01:00.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£2,747,000
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Contract 1 value.amount is 2747000 GBP; the notice description also states a contract value of £2,747,000.00.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£3,296,400
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 3296400 GBP.
Value allocation
98% confidenceThe published value is for contract 1 / award 1; no separate lot-level value is supplied.
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Lot 1 has no value_amount, while contract 1 is linked to award 1.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Base duration
99% confidence4 years, from 5 October 2026 to 4 October 2030
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Contract period runs from 2026-10-05 to 2030-10-04; the description states a four-year framework.
Options
96% confidenceTwo optional one-year extensions
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Contract 1 hasOptions is true and options description states '2 x 1 Year Options Framework Agreemen'.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceRepair and maintenance of operational hygiene system, personal sanitation portable and operational field catering system equipment.
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Tender description defines repair provision for OHS Laundry Transportable, PSP and OFCS equipment.
In-scope equipment
99% confidenceEight items: OHS Laundry Transportable; OHS Personnel Sanitation Portable; Burner Module; OFCS Oven; OFCS Power Supply Unit; OFCS Slave Start Distribution Box; OFCS Burner with Burner Box; and Field Water Heater.
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Tender description lists eight items and their associated reference numbers.
Classification
99% confidenceCPV 50532400 — Repair and maintenance services of electrical distribution equipment.
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Award item additional classification and tender description both identify CPV 50532400.
Potential scope changes
95% confidenceSimilar items may be added during the contract lifetime following RFQs.
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Tender description reserves the Authority's right to add similar items following Requests for Quotations.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceSelective procurement using a competitive flexible procedure.
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Tender procurementMethod is selective and procurementMethodDetails is 'Competitive flexible procedure'.
Framework arrangement
98% confidenceClosed framework without reopening competition.
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Tender techniques.frameworkAgreement identifies type as closed and method as withoutReopeningCompetition.
Competition information
99% confidenceNumber of tenders, bidder identities, evaluation scores and award rationale were not supplied in the published data.
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No such fields are present in the supplied notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Commercial model
99% confidenceFramework agreement; no business volume is guaranteed.
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Tender description says no business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting framework agreement.
Pricing
96% confidenceFirm pricing for year 1, with annual adjustment from each anniversary for years 2–4 aligned to the PPI index.
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Framework description states one-year firm pricing and subsequent annual price adjustment aligned to PPI for years 2–4.
Performance management
96% confidenceKPIs are to measure delivery and quality, with remedies for poor performance.
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Tender description states that the framework shall include KPIs and remedies for poor performance.
Quality requirement
98% confidenceSupplier must hold and maintain ISO 9001:2015 certification or equivalent accreditation relevant to the requirement.
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Tender description specifies ISO 9001:2015 or equivalent quality accreditation.
Cyber risk profile
98% confidenceLevel 0 (basic).
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Tender description states 'Cyber Risk Profile: Level 0 (basic)'.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Demand certainty
97% confidenceThe framework creates no guaranteed call-off volume, so the stated contract value should not be interpreted as guaranteed supplier revenue.
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Tender description explicitly says no business is guaranteed under the framework; contract 1 supplies the published aggregate value.
Operational focus
95% confidenceThe requirement combines repair of sanitation, laundry, catering, power-distribution and water-heating equipment used in operational settings.
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This follows the eight listed equipment items in the tender description.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award and contract evidence
99% confidenceHigh-quality post-award evidence is available: the award and contract are active, the supplier is identified, and contract signature, start, end and value fields are published.
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Awards 1 and contract 1 are active; contract 1 includes dateSigned, period and value; award 1 identifies the supplier.
Lot allocation
99% confidenceOne lot is published and linked to the sole award, but the lot has no title, description or individual value.
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Lot 1 is complete and award 1 relates to it; lot record title, description and value_amount are null.
Publication timing inconsistency
98% confidenceThe top-level process published timestamp is 11 September 2026, whereas the supplied contract-details document was published on 8 October 2026. The release history supports both dates for different notices.
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process.published_at is 2026-09-11; document 095010-2026 and release history give 2026-10-08; release history also gives an award notice on 2026-09-11.
Unpublished competition detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice includes tender count, tender prices, evaluation results and detailed award rationale.
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No fields containing these data appear in the supplied records.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or separate value.
- Information not supplied in the published notice includes tender count, bidder list, tender pricing, evaluation scores and detailed award rationale.
- The published aggregate contract value is not broken down by equipment item or lot.
- The framework notice describes two one-year options but does not state whether or when either will be exercised.
- The top-level process published timestamp and the contract-details publication date differ because they correspond to different releases; both dates are retained without treating them as the same event.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
G3 Systems LtdMinistry of Defenceoperational infrastructure equipment repairdefence maintenance frameworkIRM23/7660CPV 50532400
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the framework?
G3 Systems Ltd is the supplier named for award 1 and the linked active contract.
What is the published contract value?
£2,747,000 excluding VAT and £3,296,400 including VAT.
When does the base term end?
The published base contract period ends on 4 October 2030, subject to the stated options.
Is work guaranteed under the framework?
No. The notice states that no business is guaranteed under the framework.
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