Notice Information
Notice Title
Supply of Remote Video Viewing Aids [RVVA] / Industrial Borescope
Notice Description
DE&S Deca on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has a requirement to maintain a Remote Video Viewing Aids [RVVA] / Industrial Borescope capability, for use by Inspection, Testing and Repair Teams for aircraft maintenance and repair operations. The RVVA inventory estimated at 360 units has been rendered obsolete by the manufacturers and suppliers. Consequently, this equipment will no longer be supported post March 2026. Therefore, there is an emerging requirement to procure new replacement RVVA, together with a maintenance and training support package, in order to maintain an RVVA capability.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: 2 x Option years would be considered as an extension
Renewal: 2 x Option years
Planning Information
To sustain the capability, MOD is exploring potential future solutions, that will underpin the defence and security of the UK in the future, and as such DE&S Deca will be holding a Market Engagement Event it will be held at MOD Sealand Welsh Road, Deeside, CH5 2LS and is likely to commence on the 16th of June 2025. The objective of the Market Engagement Event is to understand the capacity and capability of the industrial base to support this capability requirement. If you would like to take part in the Market Engagement Event Please submit an expression of interest by emailing to des-deca-mst-procurement@mod.gov.uk. Please include the following reference ‘ 713458450 - Supply of Remote Video Viewing Aids [RVVA] / Industrial Borescope'. Once all expression of interest has been reviewed, we will email back the details of the event. Please email your expression of interest to the email provided by EOD 5th of June 2025. Where relevant and appropriate, this market engagement event may be followed by further engagement exercise which will be notified through normal channels (e.g. Defence Sourcing Portal, Find a Tender) For the avoidance of doubt, this notice is not informing the market of an imminent procurement. All costs pertaining to the completion of this response are to be borne by the responders. Please note, procurement dates and values in this notice are subject to governance and should not be viewed as a firm commitment. This Market Engagement Event is purely to gain market knowledge to support the Statement of Requirement and is not the launch of a new procurement.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-051cac
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068657-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
-
- CPV Codes
38540000 - Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring
71632200 - Non-destructive testing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £9,300,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £9,300,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 27 Oct 20251 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 13 Mar 20264 months to go
- Future Notice Date
- 2 Feb 20262 months to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 30 Apr 2026 - 30 Apr 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEFENCE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPORT
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Georgia Jackson
- Contact Email
- des-deca-mst-procurement@mod.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- FLINTSHIRE
- Postcode
- CH5 2LS
- Post Town
- Chester
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL3 North Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL34 Flintshire and Wrexham
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Flintshire
- Electoral Ward
- Queensferry and Sealand
- Westminster Constituency
- Alyn and Deeside
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068657-2025
27th October 2025 - Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025329-2025
22nd May 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024494-2025
22nd May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
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