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Defence Equipment and Support
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Total contracts
325
Known spend
£31bn
298 disclosed
Average value
£104m
Per contract
Active suppliers
10
Last 5 years
Top suppliers
Last 5 years- 1
Thales UK Limited
£30m
- 2
Leonardo UK
£405m
- 3
General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited
£2bn
- 4
Lockheed Martin UK Ltd
£234m
- 5
BAE Systems (Operations) Limited
3 winslatest 27 Aug 2026£10m
- 6
SAAB (UK) LTD
£2bn
- 7
Chemring Countermeasures Ltd
2 winslatest 17 Jul 2026£200m
- 8
ST Engineering Advanced Material Engineering PTE. LTD
2 winslatest 23 Sept 2026£132m
- 9
SERCO Limited
£83m
- 10
Thermoteknix Systems Limited
£47m
What they buy
By CPV categoryIT servicesCPV 72
1 contract · £116m
Tender activity
Notices published per month — last 24 months
All contracts (325)
Procurement of office furniture
The procurement of office furniture to support Defence Infrastructure with the relocation of personnel from RAF Henlow to RAF Bassingbourn. The overall procurement will cost approx
715450453 - CCCT857 - upskilling 2025 unicourse
71335000 - Engineering Studies 1 (one) x student completing Electrical and Electronic Engineering HND - course duration 1(one) year 2 (two) x students completing Mechanical Enginee
Provision of post design services (PDS) for BBMF dakota
This tender is being launched for the provision of a Coordinating Design Organisation (CDO) and Post Design Services (PDS) in respect of the BBMF Dakota aircraft covering the follo
715352467- CCCT856- the open university, academic upskilling 2025
1a. Engineering (Mechanical Pathway) BEng Stage 1 X1 1b. Engineering (Mechanical Pathway) BEng Stage 2 X1 1c. Engineering (Mechanical Pathway) BEng Stage 3 X1 2. Engineering – BEng
Transparency notice - MP50 radios support & repair contract
This contract is for the Support and Repair of the MP50 Transceiver Hand-Held Radios, corresponding Basestations, and Ancillaries, operated with the PNG wireless intercom system in
715870491-PRocurement of general-purpose machine gun L7A2 weapon systems (GPMG system) and associated ancillaries
The Dismounted Close Combat Team, part of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) intends to award a contract to Heckler & Koch (UK) Limited (Ltd) for supply of General-Purpose Machine Gun L
715867499-RFI 800 micrograms fentanyl compressed lozenge with integral oromucosal application
UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) seeks to understand the commercial availability of fentanyl citrate lozenge products for acute pain relief. To inform our understanding of the current
701480380 - Seafox follow on support contract - TN UK 5
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 2-year
13 Pounder design organisation (DO)
This procurement seeks to competitively appoint a suitably qualified Design Organisation (DO) to provide through‑life design authority, engineering assurance, configuration managem
Post design services (PDS) & repairs for the mobile test facility (MTF) vehicle
The Situational Awareness Command and Control (SACC) Delivery Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (the Authority), intends to award a contract to BAE Systems (Operations) Limi
715862482-COmplex geometry body armour - UK1
UK MOD wishes to understand market current technology readiness levels regarding Complex Geometry Body Armour specific body armour solutions, including but not limited to; hard arm
BBMF integrated support programme (bisap) - engines
Provision of Design, Production and Maintenance services for BBMF Engines. The BBMF Integrated Support Arrangements Programme (BISAP) aims to deliver a consolidated cost-effective
703918454 - PA23 EOST support extension
Provision of Support, Repairs & Spares of the Electro-Optic Sensor Turret (EOST)
Combined procurement of wecdis/wais and obsolescence recovery - UK5
The Sense, Decide and Communicate C2TNC (SDC C2TNC) Project Team within Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, (“the Authority”) intends to enter i
UK5 - transparency notice
Defence Equipment and Support, part of the Ministry of Defence, intends to award a Defence and Security contract to BAE Surface Ships (BAES) for the Sting Ray Mid-Life Upgrade (SRM
712978450 - Medium range precision strike - RFI 2
Further RFI for MRPS. Link to opportunity listing for details of RFI 2 https://contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=58940
Crane power packs and valve blocks for crarrv
The requirement is for the supply of quantity 36 Power Packs (NSN 2590-99-300-9647) for introduction into the Crane systems on the Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle (
700004320 - PA23 hpasos transparency notice
The Procurement of a Chinook Aircrew Supplementary Oxygen System (HPASOS)
E7 EFB jeppesen software licenses to support OCU
E7 EFB Jeppesen Software Licenses to Support OCU Testing 12 licenses in quantity.
Project sensorem – military base perimeter security
Introduction: The Authority is inviting request for proposals from industry to deliver a scalable and sustainable Defence site surveillance capability under Project SENSOREM. Proje