Award

Manufacture of Civilian Armoured Vehicles

  • FCDO Services

UK5: Transparency notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-067107

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04faf8 (view related notices)

Published 21 October 2025, 1:47pm



Scope

Reference

XLYPA/103/25JM

Description

This contract is for the award of Civilian Armoured Vehicles for deployment overseas before the end of 2025. These vehicles will replace existing assets that have been deemed no longer fit for purpose in high risk locations.


Contract 1. Manufacture of Civilian Armoured Vehicles

Supplier

Contract value

  • £950,000 excluding VAT
  • £950,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Earliest date the contract will be signed

3 November 2025

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 3 November 2025 to 31 December 2025
  • 1 month, 28 days

Main procurement category

Goods

CPV classifications

  • 34114000 - Specialist vehicles

Other information

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes


Procedure

Procedure type

Direct award

Direct award justification

  • Single supplier - intellectual property or exclusive rights
  • Single supplier - technical reasons

The supplier has demonstrated it has the capability and capacity to provide the required specified vehicles within acceptable timescales to minimise the current risk to overseas personnel. Rapid deployment is required following changed suitability status of existing vehicles in a number of high risk locations. FCDO Services plans to release the formal tender for a new framework covering this type of good in November 2025 negating the need to direct award without competition in the future.


Supplier

BABCOCK VEHICLE ENGINEERING LIMITED

  • Companies House: 00434529
  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PJTW-1122-VCQJ

33 Wigmore Street

London

W1U 1QX

United Kingdom

Region: UKI32 - Westminster

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1. Manufacture of Civilian Armoured Vehicles


Contracting authority

FCDO Services

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PXRT-4666-VHHJ

Hanslope Park

Milton Keynes

MK19 7BH

United Kingdom

Region: UKJ12 - Milton Keynes

Organisation type: Public authority - central government