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Ministry of Defence

Submarine Escape and Survival Equipment (SESE) Contract Award Notice

Leisure GoodsCPV 37414800
Value£12.6m
Awarded31 Jan 2025
Published27 Jan 2026
RegionSouth West
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£12.6mtotal contract value
median £78k
this tender£0£13.6m

This is a large award for Musical, Sports & Leisure Goods — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 1,946 valued Musical, Sports & Leisure Goods tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The purpose of Submarine Escape and Survival Equipment (SESE) is to allow submariners to evacuate from a disabled submerged submarine, without external assistance, in a safe and controlled manner.

The intention of the equipment is to keep the escapee dry and protected from the environment during and after ascent, and to provide buoyancy, freeboard, and thermal insulation at the surface.

The SESE is a whole-body suit comprising a one-size fits all Submarine Escape Survival Suit (SESS) and a Single person life raft all contained in a protective valise.

A competitive procurement has been conducted for supply of 3884 operational SESE and 120 training variant SESE and ad hoc repairs of training variant SESE on a tasking basis.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The intention of the equipment is

The intention of the equipment is to keep the escapee dry and protected from the environment during and after ascent, and to provide buoyancy, freeboard, and thermal insulation at the surface.

02

A competitive procurement has been conducted

A competitive procurement has been conducted for supply of 3884 operational SESE and 120 training variant SESE and ad hoc repairs of training variant SESE on a tasking basis.

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