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Ministry of Defence, DSTL, Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
Prototype Unmanned Ground Vehicles
Historical: no longer open for bids.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £3,750,000Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- Fri 20 Sep 2019A deadline does not apply to this historical notice. The source records Fri 20 Sep 2019, which is not an open deadline.
- Published
- 28 Sep 2019
- Region
- Any region
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
Dstl, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to award two contracts to QinetiQ and Horiba MIRA respectively (the 'Contractors'), in each case for the provision of a limited quantity of up to three technology demonstrator prototype Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) and autonomy software test rigs, in relation to, and in advance of, project Theseus, which is part of the Army's Transformation Fund programme.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 73410000
- 73000000 73400000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 28 Sep 2019Contract notice
Contract notice published 28 September 2019.
Release dc3e13cc-6aa2-43fb-947d-663fd924aecd
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05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- Only one release is held, so there is no change history.
06/ Questions
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- dc3e13cc-6aa2-43fb-947d-663fd924aecd
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- contract · Contract
- Last verified
- Sat 11 Apr 2026, 18:52 BST
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