Published date: 5 January 2024

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 26 January 2024

Contract summary

Industry

  • Weapons and ammunition disposal services - 90523100

Location of contract

BS34 8JH

Procurement reference

tender_406293/1299075

Published date

5 January 2024

Closing date

26 January 2024

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The MOD would like to better understand the current landscape for recycling, regenerating, or repurposing of Soft Armour.

1. How does your business recycle, regenerate, or repurpose soft armour? Including all components/raw materials and what are the final products you produce?
2. If your business does not make final products, please indicate, and provide details on the various companies you sell to and what they use it for?
3. The specific grade/composition of material produced, post recycling/regeneration/re-purposing, and how this is determined (i.e., testing methodology)?
4. The applicability of the recycling/regeneration/re-purposing process to other "high tenacity fibres", e.g., Aramids, Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP), Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRP) etc?
5. Who do you currently do this for?
6. What is your businesses capacity both to hold and process soft armour?
7. What security measure do you undertake for holding this type of equipment and what process do you use to certify demilitarisation?
8. How does your business provide and sustain sustainability throughout?
9. At what value do you currently buy soft armour for?
10. Any other information you can provide on the cost of the process in terms of money and sustainability of the process?

Please note this RFI is purely for research purposes only and not the initiation of the formal contracting process.

More information

Additional text

https://contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=57554 - DSP Link for Opportunity Listing

About the buyer

Contact name

DCC Commercial

Address

MoD Abbey Wood, 4110, Cedar 2b,
Bristol
BS34 8JH
England

Email

DESLESTSP-DCC-ComrclTeam@mod.gov.uk

Website

https://des.mod.uk/