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715850502-UK1 - Pipeline Notice

Defence Equipment and Support · Central government

In brief

Defence Equipment and Support has announced plans to buy waste work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

It is a framework worth up to £4,666,667 excluding VAT: the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers, not one contract.

The contract runs for 4 years, up to 8 years with extensions, starting 1 April 2028.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 3 bids per contract for this buyer (from 15 awards in the last 12 months).

Framework

Winning puts you on a list of suppliers the buyer can call on; it does not guarantee work. The £4,666,667 is the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers over the framework's life, not one contract.

What the notice says

To provide a fully managed service for the collection and disposal or destruction of Specialist Waste, including Radioactive Waste for the National Armaments Directorate within the Ministry of Defence as well as for certain Declarers at other UK locations. The service will primarily cover Great Britain, with occasional collections in Northern Ireland. This will be a fully managed service. It will include administration and a customer interface delivering a compliant and cost-effective solution. The service scope includes transportation, storage prior to disposal and final disposal of waste. Types of waste to be managed include, but are not limited to: Specialist Waste: Body Armour, Visors, Stab Vests, Surveillance System components, cryptographic equipment, classified paper waste, discarded equipment. Radioactive Waste: broken dials, dials painted with radioactive materials, thorium coated lenses, tritium light sources or beta lights. Dials, watches and compasses. Valves and cockpit gauges.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 035582-2026

About the buyer

Defence Equipment and SupportLast 12 months

Procurements

233

Awards

80
All tenders and awards from Defence Equipment and Support

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From notice 035582-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 20 April 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.