Provision of Maintenance Services for Accommodation Repairs Aboard RSS Discovery
Details
- Supplier(s)
- Shield Environmental Services Limited
- Value
- £25,227.7
- Duration
- 1 month
- Topic
- Reconditioning services of ships or boats
- Published
- 23 March 2026
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
The contract is for the provision of accommodation repair services as part of the RRS Discovery refit, including repairs to cabin en-suite shower flooring, replacement of damaged or worn cabin carpet, essential cleaning of galley ducting to remove grease deposits, modification of bulkheads to include access hatches to facilitate maintenance, and ongoing maintenance of galley fabric including tiled flooring. All works must be carried out to OEM specifications and in accordance with all relevant ISO standards, using OEM or equivalent standard spares, completed within the stated timeframe (from Monday 23 March to Monday 27 April). ## Contract award
Timeline
- Completed: Award published23 March 2026Current notice
- Completed: Award date23 March 2026
- Completed: Contract expiry date27 April 2026
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
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@national-oceanography-centre.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@national-oceanography-centre.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@national-oceanography-centre.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@national-oceanography-centre.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@national-oceanography-centre.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@national-oceanography-centre.gov |
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