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Heavy Roadside Recovery
AI Summary
The Ministry of Defence is preparing to award a Heavy Roadside Recovery Contract that will provide specialised recovery and roadside assistance for the British Army’s heavy wheeled vehicle fleet across the United Kingdom and potentially throughout Europe. The contract will cover a broad spectrum of platforms, including the Boxer family (Boxer, Boxer RCH155, Boxer variants), FUCHS, Heavy Protected Mobility, M3 Amphibious Rig, MAN 10×10 bridging variants, Mastiff Ridgeback and Wolfhound, with the expectation that several hundred vehicles may be supported once the requirement is finalised. Prospective suppliers are invited to attend an Industry Day to gain insight into the vehicles, recovery requirements, and potential scale of coverage, and to submit expressions of interest that demonstrate established capabilities, innovative commercial models or technical solutions that could enhance resilience, scalability and value.
The engagement aims to assess market capacity, test the feasibility of the emerging requirement, and understand commercial delivery models and risk factors. Discussions will refine service requirements, performance standards and cost drivers in preparation for a formal competition. The requirement remains in development and will be refined following market engagement, with full vehicle specifications and recovery details to be supplied in future tender documents.
All recovery and roadside assistance services must be capable of supporting the heavy wheeled platforms identified above and will be evaluated against the technical specifications and performance standards that will be disclosed in forthcoming documents.
Description
The requirement relates to roadside recovery services for heavy wheeled military vehicles operating throughout the United Kingdom and potentially elsewhere in Europe.
Recovery support required for current and emerging heavy fleet holdings including; Boxer, Boxer RCH155, Boxer Variants, FUCHS, Heavy Protected Mobility, M3 Amphibious Rig and MAN 10×10 bridging variants. To also include Mastiff Ridgeback and Wolfhound.
Full vehicle specifications and recovery details will be included with future tender documents.
For planning purposes, suppliers should assume that the potential supported fleet could be in the order of several hundred vehicles, subject to refinement as the requirement develops. The Authority may provide further indicative fleet information at the Industry Day to help suppliers consider scale, coverage, resource assumptions and cost drivers.
Some representative vehicle types relevant to this requirement are also expected to be present at Defence Vehicle Dynamics (DVD) in September. Suppliers unable to inspect all relevant vehicles during the Industry Day may therefore use DVD as an additional opportunity to understand the likely scale, access constraints and recovery considerations associated with the platforms in scope.
The Authority welcomes engagement from organisations offering established capabilities, novel commercial models, collaborative delivery arrangements or innovative technical solutions that may enhance the delivery, resilience, scalability and value for money of a future Heavy Roadside Recovery Contract. The anticipated requirement remains in development and is subject to refinement following market engagement activity.
The engagement is intended to:
Assess market capability and capacity.
Test the feasibility of the emerging requirement.
Understand commercial delivery models.
Inform the Authority's procurement strategy.
Identify risks and barriers to delivery.
Refine service requirements and performance standards.
Better understand cost drivers and affordability considerations.
This engagement will support development of the requirement prior to any formal competition.
Estimated date of publication of contract notice: 2026-12-01T23:59:59+00:00
Contract location: UK
Engagement process description
The Authority is holding an Industry Day on 12 November 2026 at MOD Ashchurch, Gloucestershire.
The event is expected to include:
Overview of the Heavy Roadside Recovery Contract requirement.
Presentation of the Authority's emerging requirement.
Discussion of potential contracting approaches.
Opportunity for supplier questions and feedback.
Discussion of commercial risks, assumptions and market constraints.
The Authority welcomes Expressions of Interest from:
Heavy recovery and roadside assistance operators.
Specialist heavy transport and low-loader providers.
Vehicle recovery organisations supporting HGV, abnormal load, plant, construction, mining, agricultural or military vehicle fleets,
Incident management providers.
Organisations able to provide nationwide recovery coverage or surge capacity.
Prime contractors, SMEs and consortiums.
Suppliers do not need to have prior Ministry of Defence experience to participate. The Authority is particularly interested in understanding the widest possible range of market capabilities, delivery models and innovative approaches that could support the future Heavy Roadside Recovery Contract.
Suppliers wishing to attend should register by 31st October 2026 here;
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/UDX03wReW9
Lot: 1
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: En