Expired contract

GB-Cambridge: UKRI-4707 BAS - RRS Sir David Attenborough - Spares and maintenance services for the Thrusters

Details

Value
£88,728
Duration
7 months
Topic
Repair and maintenance services of ships
Published
7 March 2025

Tender description

The vessel is due to undertake her term dry docking in August and September 2025. As such the vessel's TWG thruster will be opened and presented to Class for survey as part of this 5-year special docking. During the strip down and survey, the shaft and other critical seals within the thruster will be changed out as part of the routine five year annual maintenance requirements. OEM attendance will be required to undertake specific measurements with regards to clearances, wear etc and to compile a report for BAS and the attending Class Surveyor.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date21 February 2025
  2. Completed: Award published7 March 2025
    Current notice
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date26 September 2025

About the buyer

UK Research & Innovation is the non-departmental public body that brings together the seven research councils, Research England and Innovate UK, and runs its own supplier portal. Suppliers register and respond to e-tenders on that portal, an Atamis system. Opportunities are also advertised on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender. Framework agreements let by the body, including one for office furniture, are published on Find a Tender. Tenders from the national laboratories run by the Science and Technology Facilities Council appear on the same portal. The UK Industrial Liaison Office gives UK companies advance notice of tenders from international facilities such as CERN and ESO.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of UK Research & Innovation's contract awards have been in business services, laboratory and precision equipment and repair and maintenance.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 50241000 · Repair and maintenance services of ships

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