Tactical Communications Systems
Government Commercial AgencyEstimated Value
£727,000,000 – £4,700,000,000
Deadline
16 February 2026
Published
9 September 2026
Type
Not specified
At a glance
- Estimated value
- £727,000,000 - £4,700,000,000
- Closing date
- 16 February 2026 (closed)
- Published
- 9 September 2026
- Location
- North West
- Type
- open procedure
- Contract ends
- 25 June 2029 (expect a re-tender before then)
- Likely incumbent
- Serco Limited, current contract ends August 2034
- Published on
- Find a Tender
Overview
Specialised military-grade tactical communication and information systems, including hardware, software, associated design, implementation, and support services. To be deployed in active battlefield environments for critical real-time operational tactical communications, with potential cross-government Defence and Security sectoral applications.
It expands on the offering under Lot 1c of the RM6116 Network Services 3 agreement. This competition is for the award of framework one in the scheme of frameworks.
Framework one (1) is for a term of 36 months. Estimated contract dates 26 June 2026 to 25 June 2029.
Key dates
- Duration
- 36 months
Additional details
Framework two (2) is intended for a term of 36 months. Estimated contract dates 26 June 2029 to 25 June 2032.
Framework three (3) which is the final framework will last 24 months subject to Framework two (2) lasting the full term. Estimated contract dates 26 June 2032 to 25 June 2034.
The open framework will last 8 years in total. Due to technical difficulties the original version of this notice published on 08.07.2026 had a number of lots allocated to the wrong contract.
This notice has been edited to correct the allocation of lots. There has been no change to the material substance of the notice.
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Award Details
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BlackTree Technologies Limited
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Centiant Intl Limited
£4,700,000,000
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C Software Ltd
£4,700,000,000
£4,700,000,000
Drumgrange Ltd
£4,700,000,000
Elbit Systems UK Limited
£4,700,000,000
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Ericsson Ltd
£4,700,000,000
Espanaro Ltd
£4,700,000,000
£4,700,000,000
£4,700,000,000
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Helsing Limited
£4,700,000,000
i-4P Consulting Ltd
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Invisio Communications Ltd
£4,700,000,000
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L3Harris Communications Systems UK Limited
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Malvern Optical Limited
£4,700,000,000
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£4,700,000,000
£4,700,000,000
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MilDef Limited
£4,700,000,000
Nova Aerospace Limited
£4,700,000,000
£4,700,000,000
£4,700,000,000
£4,700,000,000
£4,700,000,000
£4,700,000,000
Rheinmetall Electronics UK
£4,700,000,000
RINA Tech UK Limited
£4,700,000,000
Rockwell Collins
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£4,700,000,000
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Sierra Nevada Corporation Mission Systems UK, LTD
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EXSEL DESIGN AND INTEGRATION LIMITED
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KNL Networks Oy
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Open Cosmos Ltd
£4,700,000,000
Prolinx Limited
£4,700,000,000
Radionor Communications AS
£4,700,000,000
£4,700,000,000
Vitavox (a Division of Secomak Ltd)
£4,700,000,000
£4,700,000,000
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£4,700,000,000
AMIOSEC LTD
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Antillion Limited
£4,700,000,000
Bertin Exensor Limited
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£4,700,000,000
£4,700,000,000
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Juma Communications Ltd
£4,700,000,000
Labrys Technologies Limited
£4,700,000,000
MEL Aviation Ltd
£4,700,000,000
Modux Limited
£4,700,000,000
ODM GmbH
£4,700,000,000
£4,700,000,000
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£4,700,000,000
Systematic Software Engineering Limited
£4,700,000,000
Xi Systems Ltd
£4,700,000,000
ZeroAlpha Solutions
£4,700,000,000
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Likely incumbents
Suppliers who won similar work from this buyer in the last 5 years.
- 1
SERCO LIMITED
7 contracts wonlatest 30 Oct 2026ends 18 Aug 2034£134bn
total awarded
- 2
ACCENTURE (UK) LIMITED
7 contracts wonlatest 30 Oct 2026ends 6 Aug 2030£28bn
total awarded
- 3
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total awarded
- 4
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6 contracts wonlatest 16 Sept 2026ends 18 Aug 2034£149bn
total awarded
- 5
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6 contracts wonlatest 9 Sept 2026ends 5 Aug 2030£28bn
total awarded
SERCO LIMITED is the most likely incumbent based on recency and category match. To win, bidders typically need a clearly differentiated proposition or a price advantage.
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Crown Commercial ServiceKey Dates
Published
9 September 2026
Submission deadline
16 February 2026
Notice type
contractAmendment
Source
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