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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)
Supply and support of hoses, pipe engineering work and valves (HPV) for royal navy vessels
Supply of Spares, Repairs, Post Design and Technical Services of Hoses, Pipe Engineering Work and Valves (HPV) for Royal Navy Vessels
715794488 - PPA/017 - naval firefighting helmet & communication system
Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), Power, Propulsion and Auxiliaries (PPA), on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, is exploring options to procure a replacement Firefighting Helm
Connectivity assurance testing for the ajax programme
The DE&S CV2 Portfolio team part of the Secretary State for Defence (the Authority”) intends to award a contract to General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited for the provision of Con
Hpasos MK2 support
Procurement and support of the Helicopter Pilot and Aircrew Supplementary Oxygen System (HPASOS) MK2.
715855513 - UK2 - preliminary market engagement
Space portfolio and ISTARI Industry Day – Monday 29th June This industry day will be delivering an update on the National Armament Directive’s (NAD’s) Space portfolio landscape, pr
715124450 TWE 3
TWE is a temporary structure designed to provide a safe and ambient working environment including extreme and austere weather conditions. TWE can house a fully armed Attack Aircraf
4255-1 Hydraulic jacks
Purchase 8x 12 tonne tripod hydraulic jacks (CLG) NSN 1730-00-912-3998 are required to be purchased in replacement of 8x that have been deemed Beyond Economical Repair (BER). 12T J
UK2 - IFF701 calibration services
The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) faces an urgent operational challenge to calibrate 40 IFF701(TI) Test Sets.
715070450 Sonar 2054IR in-service support (ISS)
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 6-year
P8 anti-submarine warfare finish (P8-ASWF) demonstration and manufacture
There is an intention to direct award a procurement in the coming weeks for the provision of: Integration of the Sting Ray MOD1 Torpedo (SR1) onto the Poseidon 8 (P-8) aircraft. Th
715850502-UK1 - pipeline notice
To provide a fully managed service for the collection and disposal or destruction of Specialist Waste, including Radioactive Waste for the National Armaments Directorate within the
715850503-UK1 - pipeline notice
To provide a fully managed service for the collection and disposal of Hazardous and General Waste for the National Armaments Directorate within the Ministry of Defence as well as f
CSV/M3-ISS - M3 amphibious rig in-service Support-UK5
Combat Support Vehicles (CSV), part of the UK Ministry of Defence (“the Authority”), intends to place a new contract to provide Level 4 repairs, Post Design Services (PDS), and tec
Contract FOR THE renewal OF AN independent support contract FOR THE provision OF maritime classification AND certification services between combat ships operations (CSO) hydrographic & patrol ships (H&P) TEAM & DNV services UK limited
THE PROVISION OF MARITIME CLASSIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION SERVICES Defence Equipment & Support, Ships Support (Hydrographic and Patrol), part of the Ministry of Defence (MoD), int
Fibre optic compass system (FOCS) in-service support (ISS)
The Ministry of Defence (MOD), acting through Sense Decide and Communicate (SDC) - Command and Control, Target, Navigation, Communications (C2TNC), intends to undertake preliminary
Airfield clearance, sweeping and de-icing vehicles
The extant Airfield Clearance contracts were placed over three seperate contracts which expired on 31 March 2026. The three contracts were competitively let, and the Authority has
DGM/1909 -framework agreement for the repeat procurement of small & medium calibre ammunition
This contract provides the UK MOD with small and medium calibre ammunition. This notice is stating the UK MOD's intent to extend this contract by a period of 2 years until 2028.
715639470 - Provision of tiger support
Provision of TIGER software licences and support.
715733472 Thermal clip-on system (TCOS) UK 5
The Ministry of Defence intends to award a Combined Support Contract to Thermoteknix Systems Limited for: i) the additional supply of the in-service Thermal Clip-On Systems (“TCOS”
ADMR/003 - provision of communications equipment UK7
Supply of communications equipment for an urgent capability requirement to support ongoing operations. Equipment includes cables and antennas. Direct Award of this below threshold