7
Details
- Buyer
- Ministry of Defence
- Supplier(s)
- Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land
- Value
- £578,898
- Duration
- 2 years
- Topic
- Main battle tanks
- Published
- 8 November 2023
- Source
- uk:contracts_finder
Tender description
The Defence Equipment & Support Land Equipment Vehicle Support Team (VST), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, has awarded a single source contract to Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) ltd for the manufacture and supply of quantity 400 modified Firing Needle Assemblies (FNA) for the L30A1 (120mm) gun of the Challenger 2 (CR2) main battle tank. This is a safety critical internal component of the CR2 gun. The Authority has adopted a 10 day standstill period following the publication of a Voluntary Transparency Notice (VTN) that ended at 17:00 on Thursday 3rd August 2023. No challenges were received during this period. Please refer to the previously published VTN for further details of the requirement using the following link: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/06fe4306-7d31-4a11-9c4a-7a2a0faf7f63
Timeline
- Completed: Award date25 September 2023
- Completed: Award published8 November 2023Current notice
- Completed: Contract expiry date31 March 2025
About the buyer
The Ministry of Defence is a ministerial department that runs its acquisition and procurement activity through a dedicated commercial function, led by the Director Commercial. Defence Equipment & Support buys, supports and supplies equipment such as jets, warships and armoured vehicles for the armed forces. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation plans, builds and maintains the defence estate separately from equipment procurement. Suppliers can register on the Defence Sourcing Portal, the department's end-to-end eProcurement system for contract opportunities. Many purchasing agreements sit on the MOD Framework Library, its central list of framework routes to market.
Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.
Over the past 5 years, most of the Ministry of Defence's contract awards have been in IT services, architectural and engineering services and repair and maintenance.
Relevant CPV codes
- 35411100 · Main battle tanks
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@ministry-of-defence.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@ministry-of-defence.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@ministry-of-defence.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@ministry-of-defence.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@ministry-of-defence.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@ministry-of-defence.gov |
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