MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · Awarded contract

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Supply and Repair of Musical Instruments for UK Armed Forces Bands and Schools

Awarded 30 Jun 2015

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Awarded30 Jun 2015

Value£470,000,000.00

Suppliersee attached document

AgencyMINISTRY OF DEFENCE

RegionUnited Kingdom

CategoryArts & Culture

Ended 7y 4mo ago4y term

Awarded 30 June 2015Expired 29 June 2019

About

The Ministry of Defence awarded a contract to see attached document for the supply and delivery of musical instruments, spares, consumables, associated products, sheet music, and repair services for musical bands and schools within the UK Armed Forces based in the UK and overseas.

The contract, valued at £470,000,000, involves a multi-participant framework agreement with up to eighty enabling contracts across generic groups such as sound engineering equipment, percussion, woodwind, brass, fretted and electrical, string, bagpipes, pianos, lighting engineering equipment, and musical instruments for military schools, all including repair services.

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