Notice Information
Notice Title
Ring Sights In-Service Support
Notice Description
Ring Sights In-Service Support Contract
Procurement Information
1. The Lethality & Protect Team part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) intends to award a contract of up to five years to Ring Sights Defence Group Ltd for Contracting services for the Ring Sights Provision of In-Service Support from January 2026 with an estimated value of 250K. 2. This Procurement falls to be regulated under the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 2023). It is considered this Contract be placed under Chapter 3, Section 41 - Direct Award Specials Cases (1)(a) of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 2023). This is for Technical Reasons in accordance with: Schedule. 5 para. 7. The public contract concerns the supply of goods, services or works by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to, or partial replacement of, existing goods, services or works in circumstances where-- (a)a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and (b)the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance. 3. L&P cannot contract with another economic entity as the performance of the Contract requires access to technical information and the necessity to use specific Know-how expertise to carry out the requirement of repairs and post design service elements. Ring Sights Defence Group Ltd hold the specific know-how, tools and means needed to meet the MOD's In-Service Support (ISS) requirement concerning the sights. In addition, Ring Sights are the DA (Design Authority and OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturer).
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-055cf7
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038964-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
50 - Repair and maintenance services
-
- CPV Codes
50842000 - Repair and maintenance services of weapon systems
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £211,250 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Jul 20257 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 9 Jul 20257 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- kieran.thomas158@mod.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRISTOL
- Postcode
- N/A
- Post Town
- Not specified
- Country
- Not specified
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- Not specified
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- Not specified
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- Not specified
- Delivery Location
- TLJ22 East Sussex CC
-
- Local Authority
- Not specified
- Electoral Ward
- Not specified
- Westminster Constituency
- Not specified
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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