Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence
MOD Abbey Wood, #1240, Spruce 0A
Bristol
BS34 8JH
For the attention of
McCormack Conor
Email(s)
Country
United Kingdom
Section two: Object of the contract
two.1) Description
two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 14: Research and development services and evaluation tests
two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
• Provision of services to continue to carry out Research and Development activity on the ZODIAC Prototype capability to further mature the Prototype into a functional capability that is suitable to scale and to de-risk any future ZODIAC procurement that may take place.
• Provision of Industry support to Field Army Exercises to continue to test the Prototype on Exercise.
two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
two.2) Total final value of contract(s)
two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)
Value: £19,871,268.89
Excluding VAT
Section four: Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice
This contract is exempt from the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) in line with Schedule 2 of PA23 and has been Direct Awarded to Roke Manor Research in line with the principles of Schedule 5 of PA23.
Section five: Award of contract
Contract No
715456450
five.1) Date of contract award decision
13 August 2025
five.2) Information about offers
Number of offers received
1
Number of offers received by electronic means
1
five.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
Roke Manor Research Limited
Hampshire
Romsey
SO51 0ZN
Email(s)
Country
United Kingdom
five.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: £19,871,268.89
Excluding VAT
If annual or monthly value
Number of years: 2