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Prior notice United Kingdom Services

13 Pounder Design Organisation (DO)

Buyer: Defence Equipment and Support

Published
16 September 2025
Submission deadline
9 January 2026
Estimated value
£2,500,000
Place of performance
UK
Procedure
Open procedure
Lots
1
Notice number
057144-2025
Reference
ocds-h6vhtk-05586e
Official source
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Description

1. Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) require a Design Organisation (DO) for the Ordnance, Quick Firing 13 Pounder Gun and Limber to ensure its availability, reliability and maintainability until it’s Out of Service Date (OSD) of 2030. The 13 Pounder DO include subsequent Post Design Services (PDS) that have core and non-core activities. This Project will provide assurance that capability can be retained in-service to enable Kings Troop to safely fulfil their State Ceremonial and Public Duties until the OSD in 2030 (Potential to change). 2. This Preliminary Market Engagement Notice has been issued to provide information to the market that DE&S TOWED is planning to procure Design Authority for 13pd and needs further intel to understand the feasibility of the requirement to enable it to develop the procurement strategy. 3. The tasks required to maintain the 13 Pounder Capability are as follows: Configuration Management Plan - Develop and maintain a comprehensive Configuration Management Plan. Ensure the plan includes all associated tasks, such as maintaining configuration baselines, status records, drawings, and Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs). Design Documentation - Upda…

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