Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bd7-c876-71b9-adea-3df8e58ff8b1/uk1-project-olchar pending GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # UK1 - Project OLCHAR [Ministry of Defence](https://tendernation.io/buyers/ministry-of-defence) Estimated value £2,000,000 Published 6 Mar 2026 Deadline Rolling deadline ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender The Authority is undertaking preliminary market engagement to understand and assess the availability and maturity of industry’s capability of contributing to the development of a sovereign, safe by design Fuzing System incorporating an Electronic Safe & Arm Device (ESAD), intended for use across a range of armed uncrewed systems. The requirement concerns a common, platform agnostic safety and arming solution over which the Ministry of Defence will retain full intellectual property rights to enable future manufacture, modification and competitive integration. ## CPV classification Designs Source Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-066483-2026-03-06T15:36:54Z [View official notice](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-066483-2026-03-06T15:36:54Z) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Ministry of Defence: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/ministry-of-defence) [Sector More Printed matter & publishing tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/printed-matter-publishing) ## More tenders like this [Heaton Reception Road Enhancement · Northern Trains Limited · 34 days left · 20 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a145df-117d-72ed-82eb-fa982f8ae9fe/heaton-reception-road-enhancement) [Forms – Nabava obrazaca za potrebe obračuna i naplate vodnih naknada, uključivo ispis i kuvertiranje · Hrvatske vode, pravna osoba za upravljanje vodama · 8 days left · 26 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-84b3-7383-b360-8d0256797642/croatia-forms-nabava-obrazaca-za-potrebe-obracuna-i-naplate-vodnih-naknada) [Paper or paperboard registers, account books, binders, forms and other articles of printed stationery – Dostawa artykułów biurowych na rzecz Urzędu Miasta Łodzi oraz miejskich jednostek organizacyjnych w 2027 r. · Miasto Łódź - Urząd Miasta Łodzi · 30 days left · 17 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-51ba-72d2-a0d2-12d5948b19b9/poland-paper-or-paperboard-registers-account-books-binders-forms-and-other) [Forms – RV über die Lieferung von Formblättern und Formularsätzen für die Bayer. Polizei · Freistaat Bayern, vertreten durch das Logistikzentrum der Bayerischen Polizei (LZBP) · 29 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-11de-7375-b728-90cbd8516ef1/germany-forms-rv-uber-die-lieferung-von-formblattern-und-formularsatzen-fur) [Library books – Rahmenvertrag über die Medienversorgung der Bibliotheken der Goethe-Institute im Ausland · Goethe-Institut e.V. - Zentrale · 31 days left · 18 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a1420f-fe73-7012-aa8f-63d61f0b20e1/germany-library-books-rahmenvertrag-uber-die-medienversorgung-der-bibliothek) [Library books – Fourniture de livres, de périodiques, d'ouvrages techniques, de documents audiovisuels et divers pour les services communaux. · Mairie de Nogent-sur-Marne · 30 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-9055-73d6-b01b-52aab0c3ccc7/france-library-books-fourniture-de-livres-de-periodiques-douvrages-techni)