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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: 064117/S 000-2026
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Not specified
Regulation of procurement: Not applicable
Type of bid required: Not applicable

UKPGA UK2: Preliminary Market Engagement Notice

I) Contracting Authority/Entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Defence Equipment and Support
National registration number: PVRL-5831-GLMM

Postal address: MOD Abbey Wood
Town: Bristol
Region: Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Postal code: BS34 8JH
Country: United Kingdom

Email: DES-GBADWL-Comrcl-SharedMailbox@mod.gov.uk

Internet address

I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Public authority – central government

II) Object
II.1.1) Title
C-UAS Electronic Warfare
Reference number: ocds-h6vhtk-06c62b

II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies

II.1.4) Short description
Introduction
1. ‘Operation Scorpius’ is an initiative that was established in February 2022, to bring together various teams from different parts of the MoD to coordinate its various activities in support of Ukraine. Taskforce Kindred (TFK), a team of MoD staff within Operation Scorpius, manages the response to requests from the Armed Forces Ukraine (AFU) and works with DE&S to source the required equipment.
2.TFK have a requirement to understand the current EW marketplace in the UK to provide continued and resilient EW capability to the AFU. Therefore, in consultation with the AFU, TFK has agreed that EWBR1 procurement will focus on Electronic Warfare (EW) Capability and will concentrate efforts on the following System Configurations:
EWBR1-a: Soldier-Portable / Worn; or,
EWBR1-b: Vehicle Hosted; or,
EWBR1-c: UxV-Hosted; or,
EWBR1-d: Emplaced.
3.This Request for Information (RFI) is only seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) regarding the C-UAS Electronic Warfare System Capability Area
For further information please see link below

II.2) Description
II.2.1) Title
Contract/Lot No
1

II.2.2) CPV codes
Main CPV code
35000000

II.2.7) Contract dates (estimated)
Start
2026-09-30 00:00
End
2027-03-31 23:59
Duration
6 months 2 days

VI) Complementary information
Link to source/bidding documents

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
2026-07-08 11:49

VI.6) Engagement information
Engagement deadline
2026-08-10 23:59
Engagement process description
If you wish to participate, please carefully review the attached document, which contains detailed information regarding the requirement and outlines what we are seeking in your responses.
Please see link below for document:

Please submit your responses in PDF format to des-gbadwl-comrcl-sharedmailbox@mod.gov.uk by close of play (COP) on Monday 10th August 2026.
Any submissions received after this deadline may be rejected at the Authority’s sole discretion.
If you have any questions, please email des-gbadwl-comrcl-sharedmailbox@mod.gov.uk