Guides to UK defence procurement
Practical guides for suppliers bidding for UK defence and security contracts. Each one is checked against official sources, which are listed at the end of the guide.
How to bid for MOD contracts
A practical route to bidding for Ministry of Defence contracts under the Procurement Act 2023: who buys, which registrations you need, where opportunities appear, what to check before bidding and what happens after you submit.
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How to read a UK contract notice
What each part of a UK tender notice and contract award notice means under the Procurement Act 2023 — notice types, estimated values and VAT, lots, frameworks, deadlines and standstill — with a worked MOD example.
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How long do MOD tenders stay open?
The legal minimum tendering periods under the Procurement Act 2023, and how long above-threshold, open-procedure UK defence tenders in our dataset allowed between publication and the submission deadline.
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Reference pages
Pages built from the notice data we collect, refreshed automatically.
- MOD tenders: the latest open Ministry of Defence tenders
- Defence awards tracker: monthly UK defence award statistics
- Buyer profiles: Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA), Defence Digital
- Glossary: Procurement Act notice types and procurement terms
- Methodology: our sources, refresh cadence and how we classify defence notices
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