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712395451- PROJECT PIVOT (MID LIFE IMPROVEMENT OF L129A1)

Ministry of Defence · published 3 Mar 2025. 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.

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Contracts Finder release ID6ee887d7-c4ad-48da-b535-f3397f3925dc-831410
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-0ba897da-b0b2-4c30-b36e-3e65b397f450
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-311382
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£20,000,000
award field
Tender value
£20,000,000
tender field
Procurement method
Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
Category
services
CPV
50841000
Repair and maintenance services of weapons
Delivery
British Oversea Territories
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The Dismounted Close Combat project team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract to LEI Ltd for Midlife Improvement / conversion of the UK Armed Forces in-service fleet of L129A1 Sharpshooter rifle to the L129A2 variant. This contract seeks to address obsolescence, availability of spares, and improvements to performance of the L129A1 rifle, resulting in the modified weapon becoming known as L129A2 variant. The contract shall include the additional procurement of the L129A2 variant to maintain the Total Fleet Requirement (TFR). It is not the Authority's intention to increase the TFR or replace the current fleet with an alternative weapon system.

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release3 Mar 2025
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published7 Feb 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published10 Feb 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published9 Feb 2035
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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Qioptiq Limited

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Published 3 Mar 2025 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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