Scope
Reference
715473451
Description
1. Background. Under Project ATTILA, the Authority are seeking to de-risk and accelerate future procurement of an attritable, modular, autonomous, heavy payload UGV by exploiting current in-service vehicles within a time and cost bound contract. This contract seeks to procure and spirally develop an optionally crewed minefield breaching system based on WARRIOR, capable of being used in the UK and overseas by a Royal Engineer Unit.
2. SSUN. The Authority requires an optionally crewed attritable minefield breaching capability that can be spirally developed to de-risk and accelerate future procurement of a modular, autonomous, heavy payload Uncrewed Ground Vehicle.
3. The project is broken down into two concurrent phases to be placed under a single contract:
a. Phase 1. Procurement of a Minimum Deployable Capability (MDC) of up to six optionally crewed systems based on an in-service donor vehicle (WARRIOR) with Front End Equipment (FEE) for use as a Battlegroup (BG) minefield breaching capability.
b. Phase 2. Development and iteration of MDC to move from remote to autonomous operation and refine requirements for future UGV procurement.
Please note, suppliers will be asked to confirm as part of their PSQ response that they are able to provide six optionally crewed minefield breaching systems able to generate a safe lane comparable to current in-service platforms (details to be provided as part of the PSQ). This section will be PASS/FAIL - suppliers who are unable to provide this capability in the timelines requested will be discounted from the competition.
Total value (estimated)
- £12,000,000 excluding VAT
- £15,000,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 January 2026 to 31 March 2028
- Possible extension to 30 March 2029
- 3 years, 2 months, 30 days
Description of possible extension:
An optional extension period of 1 year will be included, which will be taken up at the Authory's discretion.
Options
The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid.
An optional extension period of 1 year will be included, which will be taken up at the Authory's discretion.
Main procurement category
Goods
CPV classifications
- 34113200 - All-terrain vehicles
Contract locations
- UK - United Kingdom
Participation
Technical ability conditions of participation
Suppliers interested in tendering must be able to provide the Phase 1 deliverables by the date confirmed within the PSQ in order to be invitied to ITT stage. Further details will be provided within the PSQ.
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Submission
Publication date of tender notice (estimated)
1 September 2025
Submission type
Requests to participate
Deadline for requests to participate
26 September 2025, 11:59pm
Submission address and any special instructions
The competition (including the PSQ and ITT) will be managed via the Defence Sourcing Portal. Interested supliers must be registered on this platform.
Tenders may be submitted electronically
Yes
Languages that may be used for submission
English
Suppliers to be invited to tender
Minimum 1 suppliers
Award decision date (estimated)
18 November 2025
Other information
Payment terms
Payment will be made via EXOSTAR and CP&F.
Procedure
Procedure type
Competitive flexible procedure
Competitive flexible procedure description
The Authority will publish the planned procurement notice to alert industry of our intention to avertise our requirement, with the PSQ to be published via the DSP at a later date. Suppliers who pass the PSQ stage will be invited to view the tender documentation. We intend to hold an industry day after the PSQ stage and ahead of the ITT submission date to allow suppliers who were invted to the ITT stage the oppurtunity to ask additional questions.
Documents
Documents to be provided after the tender notice
Documentation will be uploaded to the PSQ to provide context to the procurement
Contracting authority
Ministry of Defence
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PHVX-4316-ZVGZ
Army Headquarters, Marlborough Lines, Monxton Road
Andover
SP11 8HT
United Kingdom
Contact name: Kayleigh Lewis
Email: kayleigh.lewis116@mod.gov.uk
Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence
Region: UKJ36 - Central Hampshire
Organisation type: Public authority - central government