Awarded contract

713661450 - SAWCS SCU In Service Support

Details

Supplier(s)
Ultra Maritime UK Ltd
Value
£2,712,309
Duration
6 years
Topic
Repair and maintenance services of military electronic systems
Published
17 April 2025

Tender description

The Secretary of State for Defence (the Authority), through the Sonar and Maritime Sensors (SaMS) Project Team within Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), intends to place a 5.5-year contract, with Ultra Maritime UK (UMUK) for the In-Service Support of the Submarine Acoustic Warfare Control System (SAWCS) Stores Control Unit (SCU). SAWCS is a bespoke Inboard countermeasure control system developed exclusively for Royal Navy (RN) submarines. It is used with Submarine Counter-measure Acoustic Device (SCAD) 101/102 providing defence to RN submarines from hostile torpedoes by providing a torpedo decoy capability. Support will be provided to the RN submarines fitted with SAWCS to maintain availability of the units, including spares maintenance, engineering support and obsolescence management. ## Contract award Title: Submarine Acoustic Warfare Control System (SAWCS) Store Control Unit (SCU) In Service Support (ISS)

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published17 April 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date17 April 2025
  3. Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2031in 4 years

About the buyer

Defence Equipment and Support is a central government executive agency that buys and supports equipment for the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force on behalf of the Ministry of Defence. Suppliers register on the Defence Sourcing Portal, where every opportunity above a set value is advertised. Contracts Finder carries the same tender and contract opportunities for wider visibility. Air, Land and Sea are DE&S's three capability areas, each running its own procurement. The Defence Suppliers Forum is the main channel for strategic industry engagement. Trade associations such as ADS, Make UK and techUK help route opportunities to businesses.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of Defence Equipment and Support's contract awards have been in repair and maintenance, security and defence equipment and transport equipment.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 50660000 · Repair and maintenance services of military electronic systems

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