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CF-AWARD-712540453 - Procurement of Armour Plates

Ministry of Defence · published 5 Nov 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 ID9d4e00bf-b8db-4705-833c-09946d3f2ea5-870909
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-2b4522b2-5fa0-49a8-821e-d54301cd0e63
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-278884
Release typeawardUpdate
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£110,000
award field
Tender value
£110,000
tender field
Procurement method
Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
Category
goods
CPV
35815100
Bullet-proof vests
Delivery
South West, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The Dismounted Close Combat (DCC) Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), has awarded a 1 year supplies contract for the procurement of LWA IV+ SA04 Armour Plates from NP Aerospace Ltd (NPA). The Authority will be undertaking a Single Source Contract due to the "Technical or Exclusive Rights" held by NPA as the OEM and sole provider of this equipment. The estimated total contract value is £110,000 (inc VAT), below the DPSCR 2011 Threshold for goods. Therefore, a contracting authority is not required to publish a Voluntary Transparency Notice (VTN) or observe a standstill before awarding the contract.

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release5 Nov 2025
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published2 Dec 2024
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published2 Dec 2024
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published1 Dec 2025
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 5 Nov 2025 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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