Expired contract

Provision of Slocum Glider OEM Components

Details

Duration
1 year
Topic
Surveying, hydrographic, oceanographic and hydrological instruments and appliances
Published
19 September 2025

Tender description

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A REVISION TO THE PREVIOUS UK7 NOTICE Ref: 2025/S 000-058243 Title:Provision of Slocum Glider OEM Components Please note that this is a correction to the previously published notice. The contract value was incorrectly stated due to a currency conversion error. Although the value was converted from USD to GBP, it was mistakenly still labelled as USD, which made the contract value appear lower than it actually is. This notice does not represent a new or additional purchase, but solely serves to correct the previously published contract value. The goods required are proprietary sensor components for the Slocum™ glider platform, manufactured exclusively by Teledyne Webb Research (TWR), the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). These parts are specifically engineered to ensure full mechanical, electrical, and software compatibility with the Slocum™ gliders. ## Contract award ## Contract award

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published19 September 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date19 September 2025
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date18 September 2026

About the buyer

National Oceanography Centre is one of the world's top oceanographic institutions, and a dedicated procurement team runs its purchasing. 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.

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.

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