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Award

09 Sep 2026 at 10:36

Award

01 May 2024 at 15:08

TenderUpdate

25 Apr 2023 at 14:58

TenderUpdate

24 Feb 2023 at 08:26

Tender

06 Oct 2022 at 14:30

Planning

17 Feb 2022 at 22:45

Summary of the contracting process

Leidos Supply Limited, a Bristol-based defence-sector buyer, procured the supply of waterproof garments for UK delivery. The requirement covers weatherproof and waterproof clothing, ensembles, and garments made from coated or impregnated textile fabrics. It is a goods contract for protective clothing intended to support operational supply and continuity. The selected supplier is Cooneen Defence Ltd, based in Fivemiletown, which is recorded as an SME. The requirement was originally established for a single supplier under a framework arrangement, with the work centred on supplying garments that meet the authority’s specified technical requirements. Businesses active in defence clothing, technical outerwear, waterproof garment manufacture or specialist textile production are the closest commercial comparators.

This procurement is complete and has been awarded to Cooneen Defence Ltd. The original competition used an open procedure in late 2022; the recorded award route for the extension was a negotiated procedure without publication, justified as additional deliveries from the original supplier where changing supplier could create incompatibility or disproportionate technical difficulties. The contract was signed on 29 February 2024. Its advertised and awarded value is £15 million, with the contract originally due to end on 28 February 2028 and extended by 24 months, giving a total duration of six years. The award basis was price. Ten bids were recorded. The arrangement does not allow variants, renewals or options, and subcontracting is involved in the later award record.

For a supplier assessing future opportunities with this buyer, the procurement demonstrates sustained demand for defence-grade waterproof garments and the importance of uninterrupted supply. A credible competitor would need to manufacture or source waterproof clothing, ensembles and coated or impregnated textile garments, while consistently meeting detailed technical requirements and supporting operational delivery across the UK. The incumbent was selected because the buyer considered it capable of meeting those requirements within the required timescale, and because changing supplier posed transition and compatibility risks. Relevant businesses are therefore likely to need dependable production capacity, robust technical quality control, experience supplying protective or defence clothing, and the ability to maintain continuity at substantial scale. The existing supplier is an SME, indicating that specialist smaller manufacturers can participate in this market.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

LSL/DC/0141 - The Supply of Waterproof Garments - VEAT

Notice Description

Leidos Supply Ltd (LSL) intends to extend contract LSL/DC/0141 for a period of 24 months to ensure continuity of supply whilst the replacement procurement activity is completed, awarded and mobilised. LSL has reviewed its future requirements and determined that additional time is required to complete the successor procurement and associated implementation activities. The extension is necessary to maintain uninterrupted supply and avoid operational disruption during this period. LSL considers Cooneen Defence Ltd to be the supplier capable of delivering the specified Waterproof Garments in line with all technical requirements and within the timescale required by the Authority. The Authority considers that a change of supplier within the required timeframe would present significant operational and transition risks, creating a material risk to continuity of supply and operational support. The proposed extension does not materially alter the overall nature or scope of the contract. At the time of publication, expenditure under the contract remains below the original advertised contract value of PS15 million. The extension will enable the remaining contract value to be utilised over an extended delivery period, resulting in expenditure being spread across a total contract duration of six years rather than four years. It is considered that this contract can be extended without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 32 of Directive 2014/24/EC of the European Parliament (Regulation 72(1)(c) and Regulation 32(5)(b) of PCR 2015). The extension is intended solely to maintain continuity of supply whilst the replacement procurement is concluded, and the successor contract is implemented.

Lot Information

Lot 1

This contract was originally tendered under PCR2015 using the Open Procedure in late 2022 for a 4-year contract. The advertised awarded contract value was PS15M, with the current contract due to end on 28th February 2028. Leidos Supply Ltd. now intends to extend the contract by 24-months as additional time is required to complete the successor procurement and associated implementation activities. The extension is necessary to maintain uninterrupted supply and avoid operational disruption during this period. The proposed contract extension, is on the basis that the provisions of PCR Regulation 72 (Modification of Contracts during their term): 72 (1) (c): apply- i.e.: " ...Contracts and framework agreements may be modified without a new procurement procedure ..... where all of the following conditions are fulfilled:-- (i)the need for modification has been brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority could not have foreseen; (ii)the modification does not alter the overall nature of the contract; (iii)any increase in price does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract or framework agreement.

Procurement Information

Regulation 32(5)(b) : (5) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public supply contracts-- (b) for additional deliveries by the original supplier which are intended either as a partial replacement of supplies or installations or as the extension of existing supplies or installations where a change of supplier would oblige the contracting authority to acquire supplies having different technical characteristics which would result in incompatibility or disproportionate technical difficulties in operation and maintenance;

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-031886
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085256-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

18 - Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories


CPV Codes

18000000 - Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories

18220000 - Weatherproof clothing

18221000 - Waterproof clothing

18222200 - Ensembles

18224000 - Clothing made of coated or impregnated textile fabrics

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£15,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£15,000,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£15,000,000 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
9 Sep 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
24 Mar 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
22 Jul 2022Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Leidos Supply
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BRISTOL
Postcode
BS16 7FH
Postcode Area
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
Emersons Green
Westminster Constituency
Filton and Bradley Stoke

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Cooneen Defence Ltd

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