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Defence Equipment and Support

Procurement & Support of Dynamic Rotary Gun & Conductivity Tester - UK4

Engineering & ArchitectureCPV 71632200
Value£910k
Deadline4 Aug 2026
Published16 Jun 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 16 Jun 202611 days leftCloses 4 Aug 2026
Who to contact
DES-DECA-MST-Procurement@mod.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

All tenders are to be submitted on the DSP DSP Opportunity https://contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=61193 DSP ITT https://contracts.mod.uk/go/16258085019ECFC2ECFE

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£910ktotal contract value
median £95k
this tender£0£2.0m

This is a large award for Engineering & Architecture — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 33,646 valued Engineering & Architecture tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

There is a requirement to procure Dynamic Rotary Guns and Conductivity Measurement Testers used within the Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) community within the UK.

There is currently no equipment in service and the need is vital to continue to support the NDT community

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

There is currently no equipment in service

There is currently no equipment in service and the need is vital to continue to support the NDT community.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidProfessional indemnity insurance (often £5–10m)
  • Show at bidChartered leads (CEng / RIBA / RICS) named with CVs
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060933
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
056791-2026
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