Planning

Marine Monitoring Vessels Service - Market Sounding Exercise

DEFRA GROUP COMMERCIAL

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Planning

31 May 2023 at 10:30

Summary of the contracting process

The Defra Group Commercial, representing the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, is conducting a planning stage tender for the provision of a Marine Monitoring Vessels Service. The tender, titled "Marine Monitoring Vessels Service - Market Sounding Exercise," aims to identify potential organisations interested in providing marine vessel monitoring services. The procurement method is an open procedure with a value of £15,000,000 in GBP. The tender period starts on June 1, 2023, and the contract period spans from May 1, 2025, to April 30, 2029. The main procurement category is services within the marine industry category.

This tender opportunity for the Marine Monitoring Vessels Service can benefit organisations or consortia with expertise in marine services and survey services. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are considered suitable for participation. Businesses with capabilities in vessel operation, management, and crew provision, particularly in marine environments, are well-suited to compete. Interested parties can request the market sounding questionnaire from Rachael Burton at Defra Group Commercial to explore potential involvement in the future marine monitoring programme.

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Notice Title

Marine Monitoring Vessels Service - Market Sounding Exercise

Notice Description

The current contract includes, the operation, management and provision of five bespoke built survey vessels including crew, covering a designated geographic area. This includes provision of a qualified skipper within the Southwest, an additional sixth geographic area, to work on our smaller coded vessels owned by the Agency. We currently are seeking potential organisations to complete a market sounding questionnaire to determine the interest in organisations or consortia to undertake the future marine vessels monitoring service. This can be provided by emailing rachael.burton@defra.gov.uk requesting a copy. The aims of this document is to; * give further information to interested consortia/organisations about the project * help the Agency determine if there is sufficient potential interest in bidding for the contract. * understand the capabilities of organisations who may be interested in undertaking this role * give consortia/partners the opportunity to be part of the future marine monitoring programme.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03d07e
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015357-2023
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

98 - Other community, social and personal services


CPV Codes

71354500 - Marine survey services

98360000 - Marine services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£15,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
31 May 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 May 2025 - 30 Apr 2029 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DEFRA GROUP COMMERCIAL
Contact Name
Rachael Burton
Contact Email
rachael.burton@defra.gov.uk
Contact Phone
03459335577

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1P 3JR
Post Town
South West London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

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