Buyer profile · Central government
Defence Equipment and Support tenders and contracts
Official name on notices: DE&S Deca
- Tenders published
- 27
- About one every 14 days
- Contracts awarded
- 63
- To 64 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £470m
- 42 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £980k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 5
- 10 coming up
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £1.23mestimated
- £10mestimated
- £9.92mframework ceiling
- £500kestimated
- £5.88mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £30mestimated
- £295mestimated
- £23mframework ceiling
- Value not stated
- £1.9bnestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £4mestimated
- £125mframework ceiling
- £12.5mestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 11 of 12 months.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
What its tenders ask for
Accreditations and conditions its notices mention in the last 12 months. Always check the tender documents.
Who it buys from
Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)29%
- Direct award (no competition)71%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Defence Equipment and Support has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 42 days
- Longer than 98% of central government buyers
- Based on 17 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 29%
- Lower than 60% of central government buyers
- Based on 121 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 46%
- Lower than 60% of central government buyers
- Based on 65 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 2.5
- Fewer than 80% of central government buyers
- Based on 14 awards
- Split into lots
- 4%
- Lower than 60% of central government buyers
- Based on 27 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 71%
- Higher than 76% of central government buyers
- Based on 121 procurements
- Cancelled
- 11%
- Higher than 92% of central government buyers
- Based on 27 tenders
Compared with other central government buyers
This buyer: 42 days
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 0 |
| 20–25 days | 5 |
| 25–30 days | 20 |
| 30–35 days | 23 |
| 35–40 days | 4 |
| 40–45 days | 3 |
| 45–50 days | 0 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
This buyer: 2.5
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 4 |
| 2–4 bids | 25 |
| 4–6 bids | 13 |
| 6–8 bids | 4 |
| 8–10 bids | 4 |
| 10–12 bids | 4 |
| 12–14 bids | 0 |
| 14–16 bids | 0 |
| 16–18 bids | 1 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 1 |
This buyer: 29%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 19 |
| 10–20% | 16 |
| 20–30% | 15 |
| 30–40% | 14 |
| 40–50% | 8 |
| 50–60% | 10 |
| 60–70% | 7 |
| 70–80% | 10 |
| 80–90% | 9 |
| 90–100% | 12 |
This buyer: 46%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 3 |
| 10–20% | 5 |
| 20–30% | 11 |
| 30–40% | 13 |
| 40–50% | 20 |
| 50–60% | 19 |
| 60–70% | 11 |
| 70–80% | 15 |
| 80–90% | 12 |
| 90–100% | 3 |
Each column is a group of central government buyers with similar figures. The coloured column holds Defence Equipment and Support.See the full scoreboard
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.
No contracts we hold from Defence Equipment and Support end in the next 90 days.