PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

IRM22/7628 - Contract for the Repair, Remanufacture & Maintenance of ESW CR2 APU

Ministry of Defence · published 31 Oct 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.

Contracts Finder release IDc6c3f1c9-ae16-40f2-a024-bc37b2b45267-870413
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-e01de3d3-1ef8-4a3a-bdf7-bcb1486ba343
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-182065
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£30,000,000
award field
Tender value
£30,000,000
tender field
Procurement method
Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
Category
services
CPV
50100000
Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment
Delivery
West Midlands, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Babcock Land Defence Limited (BLDL), acting as Agent for the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded a Single Source Contract to Van Kappel Ltd for the Repair, Maintenance & Overhaul of the Challenger 2 ESW Auxiliary Power Units for a duration of 4 Years with 3 x 1 Option Years. Please note, this Notice announces a Contract Award for the purposes of transparency only and is not a request for expressions of interest. It is considered that the contract has been awarded to Van Kappel Ltd using the negotiated procedure without prior publication pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons as Van Kappel Ltd are the only supplier with the specific know-how, STTE and ownership of the bespoke OEM designed APU Test Set and associated tooling. The UK Ministry of Defence is not in a position to be able to identify the exact technical requirements which are required to ensure the safety and suitability of the repairs, and that the interoperability of the Auxiliary Power Units with the platform is not compromised to be able to provide the equipment support services required by the UK Ministry of Defence. The Authority reserve the right to add further items of a similar nature to the contract post award. Please note, Babcock Land Defence Limited is acting as agent on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, in the first instance interested parties may contact Babcock with queries relating to this procurement.

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release31 Oct 2025
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published30 Sept 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published20 Oct 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published20 Oct 2029
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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Published 31 Oct 2025 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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