{ "tag": [ "compiled" ], "id": "ocds-h6vhtk-04fd69-2025-06-30T11:42:06+01:00", "date": "2025-06-30T11:42:06+01:00", "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-04fd69", "initiationType": "tender", "parties": [ { "id": "GB-PPON-PVRL-5831-GLMM", "name": "Defence Equipment and Support", "identifier": { "scheme": "GB-PPON", "id": "PVRL-5831-GLMM" }, "address": { "streetAddress": "MOD Abbey Wood", "locality": "Bristol", "postalCode": "BS34 8JH", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom", "region": "UKK12" }, "contactPoint": { "name": "Penko Vargulev", "email": "DESLEVS-FHET@mod.gov.uk" }, "roles": [ "buyer" ], "details": { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defence-equipment-and-support", "classifications": [ { "scheme": "UK_CA_TYPE", "id": "publicAuthorityCentralGovernment", "description": "Public authority - central government" } ] } } ], "buyer": { "id": "GB-PPON-PVRL-5831-GLMM", "name": "Defence Equipment and Support" }, "planning": { "milestones": [ { "id": "engagement", "type": "engagement", "description": "As part option analysis, the Authority is inviting industry to participate in a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise in support of the development of our acquisition strategy for MDL HET. Specifically, we seek information from industry to help us: a. Establish the potential for an Off The Shelf (OTS) solution to meet the MDL HET requirement. b. Obtain a greater awareness of what the market can currently provide to inform the MDL HET requirement. c. The requirement includes the acquisition, repair, maintenance, inspection and, through-life service options through innovative partnered solutions. d. To inform through life cost and cost of ownership. e. To potentially inform further pre-market engagement activity. This PME is an information gathering exercise. We are looking to understand the potential for adopting or adapting solutions that are already in production. Your responses should be based on solutions that are already in-production. A questionnaire, consisting of 20 questions, will be distributed by e-mail following participants' requests to partake sent to DESLEVS-FHET@mod.gov.uk. The questionnaire document describes in detail the process for completing and requests that all responses are submitted by the deadline of 1200hrs noon, Monday 2 June 2025 GMT. Any requests received after the dates within this notice will be sent a copy of the questionnaire for information purposes only. Due to the timescales associated with this PME, the Authority is only able to answer clarification questions that are submitted no later than 1200hrs, 16 May 2025 GMT, to this email address: DESLEVS-FHET@mod.gov.uk with 'FHET PME Clarification Question' clearly stated in the subject title. We will endeavour to provide our answers by 1200hrs, 23 May 2025 GMT. For the sake of equality of information, a list of clarification questions and the Authority's response to those questions will be made available to all. Submitted questionnaires will be compiled for analysis and processed to inform the Authority's approach and procurement strategy. Any comments, indications of interest, participation, or non-participation by any organisation at this stage will not influence the process, selection and/or award decision for any future possible procurement, nor will it be taken as a supplier's committed position. Non-participation in this pre-market engagement will not be taken into account in any related future procurement. For the avoidance of doubt, this PME does not constitute a commitment to launch a formal procurement procedure.", "dueDate": "2025-06-02T23:59:59+01:00", "status": "scheduled" } ], "documents": [ { "id": "013122-2025", "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice", "noticeType": "UK2", "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013122-2025", "datePublished": "2025-04-04T14:25:16+01:00", "format": "text/html" }, { "id": "013398-2025", "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice", "noticeType": "UK2", "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013398-2025", "datePublished": "2025-04-07T13:46:57+01:00", "format": "text/html" }, { "id": "016204-2025", "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice", "noticeType": "UK2", "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016204-2025", "datePublished": "2025-04-22T12:21:11+01:00", "format": "text/html" }, { "id": "024668-2025", "documentType": "plannedProcurementNotice", "noticeType": "UK1", "description": "Pipeline notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024668-2025", "datePublished": "2025-05-22T12:03:34+01:00", "format": "text/html" }, { "id": "036032-2025", "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice", "noticeType": "UK2", "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036032-2025", "datePublished": "2025-06-30T11:42:06+01:00", "format": "text/html" } ] }, "tender": { "id": "713667451-RFI", "legalBasis": { "id": "2023/54", "scheme": "UKPGA", "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents" }, "title": "Materiel Distribution Land (MDL) Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET) PME RFI", "description": "The Ministry of Defence (the Authority) under the Materiel Distribution Land (MDL) programme is developing a requirement project for Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET) platform. Initially circa 70 to 90 vehicles with an integrated support solution service for an initial period of ten years, with potential options to increase the acquisition volume and extend beyond the initial support period. Aspirational Full Operating Capability (FOC) is June 2029. This requirement aims to introduce a new, technologically advanced system for the delivery of heavy and out-of-gauge equipment, with a minimum threshold of eighty-five (85) metric tonnes, featuring improved low mobility lift capabilities. This system will significantly improve and sustain the operational movement of heavy, mission-critical equipment well into the future. The primary role is to transport heavy armoured equipment, including armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) and main battle tank (MBT), but it must also be capable of moving lighter equipment into the theatre of operations. Additionally, this equipment will be used during peacetime for training delivery both in the UK and overseas. A PIN has previously been released for this requirement reference 2025/S 000-002913.", "items": [ { "id": "1", "additionalClassifications": [ { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "34000000", "description": "Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation" } ], "relatedLot": "1" } ], "value": { "amountGross": 378000000, "amount": 315000000, "currency": "GBP" }, "mainProcurementCategory": "goods", "specialRegime": [ "defenceSecurity" ], "aboveThreshold": true, "lots": [ { "id": "1", "contractPeriod": { "startDate": "2027-07-01T00:00:00+01:00", "endDate": "2039-07-01T23:59:59+01:00" }, "status": "planned" } ], "communication": { "futureNoticeDate": "2026-03-31T23:59:59+01:00" }, "status": "planned", "amendments": [ { "id": "013398-2025", "description": "A change has been made to clarify that a publication date of tender notice is not yet defined." }, { "id": "016204-2025", "description": "This Notice has been amended to extend the response submission deadline from 1200hrs noon, Friday 16 May 2025 GMT to 1200hrs noon, Monday 2 June 2025 GMT. The clarification questions deadline has also been extended to 1200hrs, 16 May 2025 GMT." }, { "id": "036032-2025", "description": "This Notice has been amended to clarify that any requests received after the dates within the notice will be sent a copy of the questionnaire for information purposes only." } ] }, "language": "en" }