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715907496 - Lease of Aircraft Refuelling Equipment Solution to UGSAS

Construction MaterialsCPV 34133100

Value£268k

Deadline8 Sept 2026

Published10 Aug 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 10 Aug 202620 days leftCloses 8 Sept 2026

Who to contact

Joanna Chirwa

joanna.chirwa100@mod.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Tenders must be submitted via the Defence Sourcing Portal (www.contracts.mod.uk). In order to participate suppliers are required to register for an account which is free of charge.

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£268ktotal contract value

median £102k

this tender£0£2.9m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Transport Equipment band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 15,368 valued Transport Equipment tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Ministry of Defence publishes Transport Equipment work continuously — 460 notices, roughly one every 3 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

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The brief

Lease of Aircraft Refuelling Equipment Solution to Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities Air Squadron (UGSAS) at Glasgow International Airport (GIAP) valued at £268,000 (Ex VAT)

What it takes to bid this

12–20 daysof bid-team effort

£8.2k–£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

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