Closed tender

715173450 - Purification Equipment (PE) Request for Information (RFI)

Details

Value
£41,666,666
Published
23 August 2025
Submission
20 September 2025

Tender description

This is a Request for Information (RFI), not a tendering opportunity. The Authority wishes to identify the commercial market’s ability to tender solutions to meet this future procurement. It will in turn allow the Authority to accurately plan for activities and may assist in deciding the future procurement strategy and scoping of the requirement. The Purification Equipment (PE) Contract shall deliver the supply and support of essential equipment needed to control the breathable atmosphere on board Submarines, including Authority training establishments. The services to be delivered throughout the Contract shall include Service Management in order to meet and deliver the contractual requirements, Obsolescence Management in order to proactively management obsolescence for all in-scope equipment, support to maintain a spares inclusive upkeep service including equipment procurement and delivery, and equipment upkeep management including strip, survey and repair of equipment, maintenance activity of equipment, technical support, Operational Defect (OpDef) and defect support, training services, and equipment installation. Post Design Services (PDS) shall be included to cover any work in scope of tasking. The Purification Equipment (PE) RFI can be found as an attachment to this Opportunity Listing, and the Authority welcomes responses to the questions at Annex A. The Authority requests that any responses be provided by 23:59hrs 19/09/2025. NOTE - This RFI has been published for the purposes of Market Sounding – understanding the reaction of the market to the proposed requirement. No formal procurement process has been launched. This RFI is for information only and may assist in deciding the future procurement strategy and scoping of the requirement. This request is not a commitment by the UK Ministry of Defence to place an order or a Tender in the future.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published23 August 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date20 September 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.

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