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715870491-Procurement of General-Purpose Machine Gun L7A2 weapon systems (GPMG System) and associated ancillaries

Defence Equipment and Support · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 1 Oct 2026, 02:42.

Opportunity overview

The Dismounted Close Combat Team, part of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) intends to award a contract to Heckler & Koch (UK) Limited (Ltd) for supply of General-Purpose Machine Gun L7A2 weapon systems (GPMG System) and associated ancillaries. The contract will be for a term of 10 years and have an estimated value of £70 million (inc VAT).

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.

Heckler & Koch (UK) Limited

Matched by number
Published award value
£58.3m
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH 04314268
Location
Nottingham, UKF14, NG7 2TD, 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
715870491
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
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 (single supplier – technical reasons) applies. This is because H&K upgraded the GPMG System to its current configuration in 2007. This is known as the L7A2 Mid-Life Improvement (MLI) configuration and is a materially different technical baseline than the previous configuration, incorporating a number of safety-critical modifications. Only H&K UK therefore has the technical documentation to continue to supply the GPMG System in the L7A2 configuration.

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

Suitability

Sme
Yes

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

Name
Dismounted Close Combat Team

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
Heckler & Koch (UK) Limited
Id
GB-COH-04314268

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
04314268

Address

Street Address
Unit 3 Easter Park, Lenton Lane
Locality
Nottingham
Postal Code
NG7 2TD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKF14

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
pending
Main Procurement Category
goods
Above Threshold
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
35320000
Description
Firearms

Value

Including VAT
70,000,000
Amount
58,333,333.33
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-04314268
Name
Heckler & Koch (UK) Limited

Contract period

Starts
29 Jun 2026, 00:00
Ends
29 Jun 2036, 23:59

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
053554-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
5 Jun 2026, 17:39
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
29 Jun 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

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

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 053554-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·