Notice Information
Notice Title
RRS Sir David Attenborough (SDA) Refit Contract 2025
Notice Description
This is a Contract Award for ship maintenance services. The Contract was awarded following a negotiated procedure without prior publication, in accordance with Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contract Regulations.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This requirement is for the provision ship refit services, to support the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). The Contract is required to provide dry dock, repair and upgrade services and facilities in accordance with the 5 annual special survey requirements and the repairs and upgrades within the SDA 2025 refit Specification. Along with the refit infrastructure the yard are required to support OEM and SME contracts to support the works within the refit and conduct specialised purchasing of equipment and materials required for the special dry docking and refit. Additional information: Contract value approximately PS4.2m in GBP
Procurement Information
Competition is not possible due to shipyard (dry dock) availability in the required timeframe and existing knowledge of the vessel. Alternatives would face technical difficulties in completing the refit, increasing costs and delay to the overall programme.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04de11
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004712-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
50 - Repair and maintenance services
-
- CPV Codes
50241000 - Repair and maintenance services of ships
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £38,000,000 £10M-£100M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 12 Feb 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 11 Feb 20251 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION
- Contact Name
- Kate Richardson
- Contact Email
- kate.richardson@ukri.org
- Contact Phone
- +44 7562167366
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SWINDON
- Postcode
- SN2 1FL
- Post Town
- Swindon
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK71 Swindon
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Swindon
- Electoral Ward
- Rodbourne Cheney
- Westminster Constituency
- Swindon North
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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