Notice Information
Notice Title
712920450-Swing Arm Gun Mount (SAGM) & Mk15 Pedestal Spares, Repairs & Post Design Services
Notice Description
712920450-Swing Arm Gun Mount (SAGM) & Mk15 Pedestal Spares, Repairs & Post Design Services 5 year contract
Procurement Information
The Lethality & Protect/Gunnery Systems & Munitions Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (the Authority) intends to award a contract for a period of five years to ISTEC Services Limited for Spares, Repairs and Post Design Services for the Swing Arm Gun Mount (SAGM). The estimated total contract value is PS1.7M. In accordance with Section 2 of the Procurement Act 2023 this procurement is governed by the Procurement Act 2023. 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 applies, due to technical and Safety reasons. Only ISTEC Services LTD has access to that technical information and the Authority does not have the necessary rights to enable another contractor to access the information
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-060c16
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007466-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK5 - Transparency Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
50 - Repair and maintenance services
-
- CPV Codes
50640000 - Repair and maintenance services of warships
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,400,833 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £1,400,833 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 28 Jan 20263 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 27 Jan 2026Expired
- Award Date
- 28 Jan 20263 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 2 Nov 2026 - 31 Oct 2031 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEFENCE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPORT
- Contact Name
- Billy Gilmore
- Contact Email
- billy.gilmore410@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.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007466-2026
28th January 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006984-2026
27th January 2026 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005705-2026
22nd January 2026 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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