Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence
Rowan 2C #8207, MOD Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Contact
Maia Harris
For the attention of
Maia Harris
Email(s)
Country
United Kingdom
one.2) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
one.3) Main activity
Defence
one.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities:
No
Section two: Object of the contract
two.1) Description
two.1.1) Title attributed to the contract
709073450 - In-Service Support of Hazardous Environment Search Equipment (HESE)
two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 1: Maintenance and repair services
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
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.
two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 50000000 - Repair and maintenance services
two.2) Total final value of contract(s)
two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)
Value: £3,381,342.97
Excluding VAT
Section four: Procedure
Type of procedure
Restricted
four.2) Award criteria
four.2.1) Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Cost. Weighting 40
2. Non-Cost. Weighting 60
four.2.2) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: no
four.3) Administrative information
four.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
709073450
four.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
Notice number: 2024/S 000-032776 of 11 October 2024
Other previous publications
Notice number: 2023/S 000-026633 of 8 September 2023
Section five: Award of contract
Contract No
709073450
five.1) Date of contract award decision
7 November 2025
five.2) Information about offers
Number of offers received
2
Number of offers received by electronic means
2
five.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
Tower Supplies
3 Yarrow Road, Poole, Dorset
Poole
BH12 4TS
Email(s)
Simon.beaumont@towersupplies.com
Country
United Kingdom
five.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: £3,381,342.97
Excluding VAT
If annual or monthly value
Number of years: 7
five.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: Yes
Value or proportion of the contract likely to be sub-contracted to third parties:
Not known
Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be sub-contracted:
Breathe Safety Group Ltd are subcontracted to deliver aspects of the requirement
Section six: Complementary information
six.1) Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
six.3) Procedures for appeal
six.3.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures
PROTECT DT
Rowan 2C #8207, MoD Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Email(s)
Country
United Kingdom