Notice Information
Notice Title
Futures Afloat
Notice Description
The Corporation of Trinity House ("the Authority") is pleased to launch the procurement under its 'Futures Afloat' programme that will deliver two state-of-the-art new build multi-function buoy handling ships. The Authority is the General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales, The Channel Islands and Gibraltar pursuant to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995. It maintains lighthouses, Light Vessels and marine buoyage amongst other aids to navigation. The Authority is one of the three General Lighthouse Authorities that provide aids to navigation in the waters around England, Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man, the island of Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Gibraltar. Futures Afloat is a project that includes the replacement of Trinity House's ageing multi-functional buoy handling tenders (MFTs). The scope of this procurement includes the design and construction of two identical ships that will replace THV Patricia and THV Galatea. The Authority's detailed technical requirements are included in the procurement document pack which will become available to potential suppliers via the AWARD system in the coming days. Organisations can self-register on the AWARD system via https://award.commercedecisions.com/trinityhouse/web/project/a0604d44-7f76-4125-8f75-eab197aac7f5/register. Trinity House will notify all registered organisations when the procurement pack is available. The successful supplier will be awarded two contracts (one contract per vessel) to be executed at the same time. To view this notice, please click here: https://trinityhouse.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=965788328
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-055d25
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/039718-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
50 - Repair and maintenance services
-
- CPV Codes
34500000 - Ships and boats
34510000 - Ships
50241000 - Repair and maintenance services of ships
50245000 - Upgrading services of ships
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £193,347,644 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- £193,347,644 £100M-£1B
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 14 Jul 20257 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 22 Aug 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 30 Sep 2026 - 30 Sep 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE OF DEPTFORD STROND
- Contact Name
- Stakeholder Engagement Lead
- Contact Email
- futuresafloat@trinityhouse.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- 01255245000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- EC3N 4DH
- Post Town
- Central 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
- City of London
- Electoral Ward
- Tower
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/039718-2025
14th July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/039056-2025
10th July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
{
"tag": [
"compiled"
],
"id": "ocds-h6vhtk-055d25-2025-07-14T16:05:05+01:00",
"date": "2025-07-14T16:05:05+01:00",
"ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-055d25",
"initiationType": "tender",
"parties": [
{
"id": "GB-PPON-PXWM-8968-LPJY",
"name": "The Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond",
"identifier": {
"scheme": "GB-PPON",
"id": "PXWM-8968-LPJY"
},
"address": {
"streetAddress": "Tower Hill",
"locality": "London",
"postalCode": "EC3N 4DH",
"country": "GB",
"countryName": "United Kingdom",
"region": "UKI31"
},
"contactPoint": {
"name": "Stakeholder Engagement Lead",
"email": "futuresafloat@trinityhouse.co.uk",
"telephone": "01255245000"
},
"roles": [
"buyer"
],
"details": {
"classifications": [
{
"scheme": "UK_CA_TYPE",
"id": "publicAuthorityCentralGovernment",
"description": "Public authority - central government"
}
]
}
}
],
"buyer": {
"id": "GB-PPON-PXWM-8968-LPJY",
"name": "The Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond"
},
"tender": {
"id": "CM2 (T0533)",
"legalBasis": {
"id": "2023/54",
"scheme": "UKPGA",
"uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents"
},
"title": "Futures Afloat",
"description": "The Corporation of Trinity House (\"the Authority\") is pleased to launch the procurement under its 'Futures Afloat' programme that will deliver two state-of-the-art new build multi-function buoy handling ships. The Authority is the General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales, The Channel Islands and Gibraltar pursuant to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995. It maintains lighthouses, Light Vessels and marine buoyage amongst other aids to navigation. The Authority is one of the three General Lighthouse Authorities that provide aids to navigation in the waters around England, Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man, the island of Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Gibraltar. Futures Afloat is a project that includes the replacement of Trinity House's ageing multi-functional buoy handling tenders (MFTs). The scope of this procurement includes the design and construction of two identical ships that will replace THV Patricia and THV Galatea. The Authority's detailed technical requirements are included in the procurement document pack which will become available to potential suppliers via the AWARD system in the coming days. Organisations can self-register on the AWARD system via https://award.commercedecisions.com/trinityhouse/web/project/a0604d44-7f76-4125-8f75-eab197aac7f5/register. Trinity House will notify all registered organisations when the procurement pack is available. The successful supplier will be awarded two contracts (one contract per vessel) to be executed at the same time. To view this notice, please click here: https://trinityhouse.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=965788328",
"status": "active",
"items": [
{
"id": "1",
"additionalClassifications": [
{
"scheme": "CPV",
"id": "34500000",
"description": "Ships and boats"
},
{
"scheme": "CPV",
"id": "34510000",
"description": "Ships"
},
{
"scheme": "CPV",
"id": "50241000",
"description": "Repair and maintenance services of ships"
},
{
"scheme": "CPV",
"id": "50245000",
"description": "Upgrading services of ships"
}
],
"relatedLot": "1"
}
],
"value": {
"amountGross": 193347644,
"amount": 193347644,
"currency": "GBP"
},
"procurementMethod": "open",
"procurementMethodDetails": "Competitive flexible procedure",
"procedure": {
"features": "The Authority is committed to Transparency, Collaboration and Clarity in its conduct of this competitive flexible procedure. The procurement will comprise of a conditions of participation phase and a tender phase. Suppliers should respond to the Procurement Specific Questionnaire on AWARD to take part in the conditions of participation phase. All suppliers who successfully pass the conditions of participation will be invited to submit initial tenders (there is no maximum or minimum number of suppliers). Suppliers will then be invited to negotiate with the Authority on the basis of their initial tender submissions. After the first round of negotiations, suppliers will be invited to submit detailed tenders OR best and final offers, at the Authority's discretion and as further detailed in the Procurement Documents. The procedure may involve additional negotiation or tender submission stages as the Authority requires. If detailed tenders are invited, the Authority may elect to shortlist suppliers after the submission of detailed tenders and prior to invitations to submit best and final offers. The Authority does not intend to make a contract award on the basis of initial tenders. The Authority may, in line with the provisions of section 24 of the Procurement Act 2023, exercise its right to refine award criteria as the procurement progresses. The Authority does not consider that the contracts could be appropriately awarded by reference to lots due to the nature and complexity of the contract requirements. The Authority has carried out preliminary market engagement in relation to this procurement."
},
"mainProcurementCategory": "services",
"aboveThreshold": true,
"coveredBy": [
"GPA",
"CPTPP"
],
"submissionMethodDetails": "https://award.commercedecisions.com/trinityhouse/web/project/a0604d44-7f76-4125-8f75-eab197aac7f5/register",
"submissionTerms": {
"electronicSubmissionPolicy": "allowed",
"languages": [
"en"
]
},
"expressionOfInterestDeadline": "2025-08-22T17:00:00+01:00",
"enquiryPeriod": {
"endDate": "2025-08-22T17:00:00+01:00"
},
"awardPeriod": {
"endDate": "2026-07-01T23:59:59+01:00"
},
"lots": [
{
"id": "1",
"status": "active",
"value": {
"amountGross": 193347644,
"amount": 193347644,
"currency": "GBP"
},
"awardCriteria": {
"criteria": [
{
"type": "price",
"name": "Quality and Price will be assessed using a weighted Value for Money index . See procurement document pack.",
"numbers": [
{
"number": 18,
"weight": "percentageExact"
}
]
},
{
"type": "quality",
"name": "Quality and Price will be assessed using a weighted Value for Money index . See procurement document pack.",
"numbers": [
{
"number": 82,
"weight": "percentageExact"
}
]
}
]
},
"selectionCriteria": {
"criteria": [
{
"type": "economic",
"description": "See procurement documents pack - includes financial capacity to perform the contract and confirmation of holding or ability to obtain prior to contract award relevant insurances at the specified levels."
},
{
"type": "technical",
"description": "See procurement documents pack - includes ability to demonstrate to a satisfactory standard the technical capability and experience evidenced by examples of previous relevant contracts undertaken."
}
]
},
"contractPeriod": {
"startDate": "2026-10-01T00:00:00+01:00",
"endDate": "2031-09-30T23:59:59+01:00"
}
}
],
"documents": [
{
"id": "conflictOfInterest",
"documentType": "conflictOfInterest",
"description": "Not published"
},
{
"id": "039056-2025",
"documentType": "tenderNotice",
"noticeType": "UK4",
"description": "Tender notice on Find a Tender",
"url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/039056-2025",
"datePublished": "2025-07-10T16:05:05+01:00",
"format": "text/html"
},
{
"id": "039718-2025",
"documentType": "tenderNotice",
"noticeType": "UK4",
"description": "Tender notice on Find a Tender",
"url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/039718-2025",
"datePublished": "2025-07-14T16:05:05+01:00",
"format": "text/html"
}
],
"riskDetails": "Associated tender documents are found in a procurement documents pack provided on AWARD. At the date of publication of this Tender Notice, this includes a Memorandum of Information, tendering specification and requirements documents, a Procurement Specific Questionnaire, DRAFT contract, and a DRAFT Invitation to Submit Initial Tenders (ISIT). Suppliers are asked to respond to the Procurement Specific Questionnaire. The ISIT is issued in DRAFT form for suppliers' reference only, and is subject to amendment. Suppliers are NOT required to respond to the ISIT unless instructed to during the course of the procurement. Further associated tender documents may be published during the course of the procurement, accessible to suppliers via AWARD.",
"amendments": [
{
"id": "039718-2025",
"description": "To update and replace the link to a new url, for an updated registration page for the programme. As per details within the notice, the new AWARD link is: https://award.commercedecisions.com/trinityhouse/web/project/a0604d44-7f76-4125-8f75-eab197aac7f5/register"
}
]
},
"language": "en"
}