Weapons, ammunition and associated parts. Light Weapons, Photographic and Batteries (LWPB) project team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), intends to award a Contract amendment to Law Enforcement International Ltd for the procurement of additional LM7 Sharpshooter Rifles including spares and accessories. It is considered that the amendment to this Contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 28(3)(a)of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(b)(i)(bb). – of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011). This is because a change of supplier would oblige the contracting authority to acquire goods having different technical characteristics which would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation and maintenance of the existing goods. The length of the overall contract will be no later than 11th November 2014.