Expired contract

Marine Works - RRS Discovery Refit 25

Details

Value
£36,946
Topic
Reconditioning services of ships or boats
Published
22 July 2025

Tender description

***** THIS IS A CONTRACT DETAILS NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This procurement is being concluded without competition due to an absence of competition for technical reasons. Shield Environmental have on-going knowledge and experience with the particular systems onboard the vessel and hold strategic spares, this enables them to react quickly and at short notice for urgent and time critical response to maintain the vessel's schedules. ## Contract award

Timeline

  1. Completed: Contract expiry date24 May 2025
  2. Completed: Award published22 July 2025
    Current notice
  3. Completed: Award date22 July 2025

About the buyer

National Oceanography Centre is one of the world's top oceanographic institutions, and a dedicated procurement team runs its purchasing. Contracts above threshold are advertised through Contracts Finder and Find a Tender. Much of its buying goes through pre-negotiated framework agreements and the Crown Commercial Service. A framework covers refit, maintenance and equipment support for research vessels including RRS Discovery and RRS James Cook. Just over 1,400 suppliers work with the centre, four in five of them based in the UK. The procurement team is currently implementing the Procurement Act 2023 across its processes.

£434bn was the total UK public sector procurement spend in FY 2025/26.

Over the past 5 years, most of National Oceanography Centre's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, construction work and software and information systems.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 50244000 · Reconditioning services of ships or boats

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