Scope
Reference
RPH/0136
Description
Provide as many new 4-wheel drive, double cab pickups as possible within the budget of £200,000 (inc VAT) they must all be left hand drive (LHD), have 4 doors, have a tow bar with associated electrical kit and have air conditioning. The end user of the vechicles will be the Moldovan MOD.
Further to this they should all comply with the below technical specifications as minimum:
Fuel type: Diesel
Gearbox/transmission: Automatic
No of seats: 5
Engine Size: between 2.4 and 2.8 litres
Fuel tank capacity: 80 litres
Tow bar connector: 13 pin (with associated electrical kit)
Towing capacity: 3,500kg
Fuel consumption min: 30mpg
Colour preference: Dark Grey
Wheels: 17- or 18-inch wheels
Tyres: All season tyres / all-weather tyres
Additional requirements: Hardtop pick up box cover
Delivery location:
Hîncești Highway 84
Chișinău
Republic of Moldova
MD 2021
The Supplier shall be responsible for obtaining all required Import and Export Licences required in support of supplying the contract deliverables.
Support not required as part of this requriement however, the vechicles should be capable of being supported by OEM or a licensed dealership in Moldova.
Total value (estimated)
- £166,667 excluding VAT
- £200,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Contract dates (estimated)
- 29 September 2025 to 31 March 2026
- 6 months, 2 days
Main procurement category
Goods
CPV classifications
- 34113000 - 4-wheel-drive vehicles
Contract locations
- MD - Moldova
Engagement
Engagement deadline
3 June 2025
Engagement process description
The purpose of this preliminary market engagement is to understand the feasibility and the market's ability to respond to the requirement. In order to facilitate this, please could intrested suppliers provide answers to the following questions:
- Are you able to deliver vehicles meeting the requirement scope to Moldova? If so what would be an estimation of your delivery timescales.
- Please detail the specific make and model of vehicle that you would propose to deliver to meet the requirement scope.
Please submit only your answers to the above PME questions to DESOpsDir-RPT@mod.gov.uk stated in this notice, using 'Supply of Double Cab Pick Ups PME' as the email subject.
Note: This notice does not signal the beginning of a procurement, nor a guarantee that any procurement activity will commence. Potential suppliers that act on any information received through this pre-market engagement do so entirely at their own risk.
Participation
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Submission
Publication date of tender notice (estimated)
10 July 2025
Contracting authority
Defence Equipment and Support
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PVRL-5831-GLMM
MOD Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
United Kingdom
Contact name: Katherine Gibaut
Email: DESOpsDir-RPT@mod.gov.uk
Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defence-equipment-and-support
Region: UKK12 - Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Organisation type: Public authority - central government