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OpenStage · planning

Ministry of Defence

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement

Communications EquipmentCPV 72268000
Value£1,800,000
Deadline
Published25 Feb 2026
RegionNationwide

£1,800,000 — stated in the notice

Who to contact
Jessica Applegate
desspace-comrcl@mod.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£1.8mtotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£3.5m

This is a large award for IT Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

This is a UK2 Preliminary Market Engagement Notice for the PRIMUS II Ground Station Support Solution.

Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) is preparing the market to provide suppliers the opportunity to deliver a comprehensive support solution for the PRIMUS Ground Station.

This requirement covers through-life support for hardware and software of the Ground Station.

This procurement shall be considered for competitive tender via the Space Technology Solutions Dynamic Market (RM6370), should you be interested in this procurement - please register to the Dynamic Market.

Further notices relating to the requirement will be published on the Find a Tender Service in due course.

Link to The Space Technology Solutions Dynamic Market: https://supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/dm/RM6370?nav=0 Update: The Authority has amended the estimated dates for this notice for PRIMUS II In‑Service Support Solution.

The Authority wishes to thank suppliers for the time and attention given to the material issued to date, and advises suppliers to remain alert to future procurement activity.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

This is a UK2 Preliminary Market Engagement

This is a UK2 Preliminary Market Engagement Notice for the PRIMUS II Ground Station Support Solution.

02

Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) is preparing

Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) is preparing the market to provide suppliers the opportunity to deliver a comprehensive support solution for the PRIMUS Ground Station.

03

This requirement covers through-life support for hardware

This requirement covers through-life support for hardware and software of the Ground Station.

04

This procurement shall be considered for competitive

This procurement shall be considered for competitive tender via the Space Technology Solutions Dynamic Market (RM6370), should you be interested in this procurement.

05

Update: The Authority has amended the estimated

Update: The Authority has amended the estimated dates for this notice for PRIMUS II In‑Service Support Solution.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named in obligation language, 0 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Crown Commercial Service frameworksays mustFrameworks & routes to market
This procurement shall be considered for competitive tender via the Space Technology Solutions Dynamic Market (RM6370), should you be interested in this procurement - please register to the Dynamic Market.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065c19
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
016913-2026
View the original notice on Find a Tender

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.

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