Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Range Extension Equipment for Project Expanse
Notice Description
Procurement of 6 x ASGARD power generation capability to support consistent, continuous charging of the DDS capability during Exercises and Operations. Total contract value PS699,625.44. This contract was directly awarded under Framework RM6116 NS3 Lot 1C
Procurement Information
The TacSys Service Executive (SE) within Defence Digital (DD), part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), have placed with Radiocoms Systems Ltd a 3-month contract for the Provision of Range Extension Equipment to the Dismounted Data System (DDS) for Project Expanse. It was considered that this contract can be placed using a Direct Award Procedure pursuant to Schedule 5, Paras 6 & 7 of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) due to the absence of reasonable alternatives to the good required as well as supply of repeat goods. 4 Light Brigade Combat Team (4LBCT), in support of NATO commitments for the Forward Land Force - Estonia (FLF-E), operate, at readiness, a dismounted situational awareness capability known as the Dismounted Data System (DDS) which was procured and delivered for 2 Battle Groups under Project ASGARD. As this capability remains in use post-ASGARD, Project EXPANSE is the requirement to procure more-of-the-same DDS equipment to meet the total scaling (5 Battle Groups) requirement for 4LBCT. This team now require a larger power generation capability to support increased range for the system during exercises and operations. The supplier has already provided the same goods for Project ASGARD before, and due to the short timeframe for delivery of the contract goods and the inability to test and standardise similar goods for the existing DDS within that timeframe, a decision was made to directly award a contract to Radiocoms Systems Ltd for more-of-the-same COTS items. Due to the above reasons the requirement will continue as a single source requirement.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-067bf8
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030972-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
-
- CPV Codes
32571000 - Communications infrastructure
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,749,063 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Apr 2026Yesterday
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 5 Mar 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Not Specified
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
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
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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