712395451- PROJECT PIVOT (MID LIFE IMPROVEMENT OF L129A1)
Details
- Buyer
- Ministry of Defence
- Supplier(s)
- Qioptiq Ltd
- Value
- £20,000,000
- Duration
- 10 years
- Topic
- Repair and maintenance services of weapons
- Published
- 3 March 2025
- Source
- uk:contracts_finder
Tender description
The Dismounted Close Combat project team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract to LEI Ltd for Midlife Improvement / conversion of the UK Armed Forces in-service fleet of L129A1 Sharpshooter rifle to the L129A2 variant. This contract seeks to address obsolescence, availability of spares, and improvements to performance of the L129A1 rifle, resulting in the modified weapon becoming known as L129A2 variant. The contract shall include the additional procurement of the L129A2 variant to maintain the Total Fleet Requirement (TFR). It is not the Authority's intention to increase the TFR or replace the current fleet with an alternative weapon system.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date10 February 2025
- Completed: Award published3 March 2025Current notice
- Next: Contract expiry date9 February 2035in 8 years
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
- 50841000 · Repair and maintenance services of weapons
Decision makers
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| 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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