PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

709073450 - In-Service Support of Hazardous Environment Search Equipment (HESE) Contract Award Notice (CAN)

Ministry of Defence · published 16 Jan 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID5a7f1c0c-c984-49ab-a843-02e52eab6090-879580
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-32d3fb67-2a05-4b06-9c79-b6c4fa282b70
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-330014
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

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Award value
£3,381,343
award field
Tender value
£3,381,343
tender field
Procurement method
Restricted procedure (above threshold)
Category
services
CPV
50000000
Repair and maintenance services
Delivery
South West, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

PROTECT DT, part of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (the Authority), have awarded a contract to Tower Supplies for the In-Service Support of Hazardous Environment Search Equipment (HESE). The contract is for an initial period of 3 years with x4 1-year options to extend to a total duration of 7 years. The total estimated Contract Value (including options) is £3,381,342.97 (ex VAT). This contract has been placed via a competitive procurement using the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations (DSPCR) 2011 Restricted Procedure utilising the weighted value for money evaluation criteria. Tower Supplies was awarded the Contract as they submitted the highest scoring, compliant bid in accordance with the evaluation criteria set out in the Invitation to Tender. All Tenderers were notified of the Contract Award Decision on 07th November 2025. The Contract was subsequently awarded 24th November 2025 with a Contract Effective date of 1st December 2025.

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release16 Jan 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published23 Nov 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published1 Dec 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published30 Nov 2028
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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Tower Supplies

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 16 Jan 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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