Notice Information
Notice Title
712395451- PROJECT PIVOT (MID LIFE IMPROVEMENT OF L129A1)
Notice Description
The Dismounted Close Combat project team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract to LEI Ltd for Midlife Improvement / conversion of the UK Armed Forces in-service fleet of L129A1 Sharpshooter rifle to the L129A2 variant. This contract seeks to address obsolescence, availability of spares, and improvements to performance of the L129A1 rifle, resulting in the modified weapon becoming known as L129A2 variant. The contract shall include the additional procurement of the L129A2 variant to maintain the Total Fleet Requirement (TFR). It is not the Authority's intention to increase the TFR or replace the current fleet with an alternative weapon system.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-0ba897da-b0b2-4c30-b36e-3e65b397f450
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6ee887d7-c4ad-48da-b535-f3397f3925dc
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
50 - Repair and maintenance services
-
- CPV Codes
50841000 - Repair and maintenance services of weapons
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £20,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £20,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 3 Mar 202511 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 7 Feb 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 7 Feb 20251 years ago
- Contract Period
- 10 Feb 2025 - 9 Feb 2035 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
- Contact Name
- Ministry of Defence
- Contact Email
- deslestsp-dcc-comrclteam@mod.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRISTOL
- Postcode
- BS34 8JH
- Post Town
- Bristol
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK5 West of England
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Electoral Ward
- Stoke Park & Cheswick
- Westminster Constituency
- Filton and Bradley Stoke
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6ee887d7-c4ad-48da-b535-f3397f3925dc
3rd March 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://contracts.mod.uk/go/7586366701955C161875
712395451- PIVOT (MID LIFE IMPROVEMENT OF L129A1 (Sharpshooter rifle))-FTS -
https://contracts.mod.uk/go/1815389101955BF77133
712395451- PIVOT (MID LIFE IMPROVEMENT OF L129A1 (Sharpshooter rifle))-VTN
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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