Awarded contract

Provision for Remote Diagnostics and Technical Support for NOC Vessels

Details

Value
NOK 350,000
Duration
2 months
Topic
Technical support services
Published
12 August 2026

Tender description

The contract is a service agreement with the supplier for the provision of: technical support, remote diagnostics, emergency assistance, maintenance support for the supplier specific systems onboard the RSS James Cook. As part of the contract, the supplier will provide access to a Remote Diagnostic System which will enable to the supplier to securely connect and digitally interact with the systems on board. The interaction includes: systems monitoring, fault finding, data transfer and if possible remote corrections via the Common Remote Service Platform. Additionally, the National Oceanography Centre will have access to a 24 hour, 7 days a week support line that will offer technical support in case of urgent requirements on board the ship. For non-urgent queries a general technical support line is available during the hours of 08:00 and 16:00 in the CET time zone. ## Contract award

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published12 August 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date12 August 2026
  3. Next: Contract expiry date30 September 2026in 4 days

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

  • 71356300 · Technical support services

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