Notice Information
Notice Title
Early Market Engagement Notice - NSIGN HMNB(C) - Soft FM
Notice Description
This engagement is designed to enable the Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) to engage with the market to welcome innovative ideas on how to develop on the requirements for Soft Facilities Management (Soft FM) services at His Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB) Clyde. The MOD team based at the Naval Base (NB) continues to develop the future requirements for the Soft FM services at HMNB Clyde. The Future Maritime Support Program (FMSP) contract for Soft FM managed and delivered at HMNB Clyde will expire in 2028, this notice commences Early Market Engagement (EME) activities for the Soft FM contract only. The Naval Support Integrated Global Network (NSIGN) Naval Base (NB) project seeks to replace the FMSP Soft FM contract between 2026 and 2028. FMSP contains a total of 10 contracts, the scope of which covers the provision of Naval Base Services, engineering management, delivery to Complex Warships (Type 45, QEC, Type 26, etc), and Submarine Engineering across 3 Naval Bases. Requests for participation in the event will be managed through the Defence Sourcing Portal - see link below.
Planning Information
To inform the project the SDA will require the market to undertake a series of engagements with the NB. All facets of the feedback will be reviewed and incorporated into the requirement if appropriate and inform the SDA of considerations for ITT. There will be an information pack issued and a questionnaire for prospective bidders to complete for this specific set of requirements at the NB. The information pack issue and the questionnaire will be supported by a Virtual event held via Microsoft Teams W/C 16 February 2026 at a date and time to be confirmed. This event will include a presentation by Commodore Sharon Malkin CBE and her Naval Base colleagues who will provide a run through of the Naval Base and the Soft FM requirement that forms the basis for this engagement. Due to the nature of the operations that take place at the Naval Base, there will be an evaluation of requests to participate in the virtual event and to receive any supplementary information in advance. The engagement will use a number of different channels and forums during 2026; including but not limited to town halls, supplier 1-2-1 sessions and requests for information in an aim to identify the level of industry interest, gain feedback on our approach to the commercial management of our portfolio, to further inform our requirement and understand what approaches industry deem may be suitable for the delivery and running of our contracts once awarded. The first Event will be a Supplier Townhall Brief that will be held by the SDA NSIGN Naval Base Commercial team with a segment delivered from HMNB Clyde Commander on the w/c 16 February 2026. This townhall will be held online. Further to this we then have a clarification period for 2 weeks followed by a supplier EME debrief session, details of which will be made available via the PME platform. For further information please contact us at: SDA-NSIGN-NB-HMNBC@mod.gov.uk
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0608fa
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004442-2026
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
45 - Construction work
55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
80 - Education and training services
90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
98 - Other community, social and personal services
-
- CPV Codes
45452000 - Exterior cleaning work for buildings
55520000 - Catering services
60100000 - Road transport services
80000000 - Education and training services
90500000 - Refuse and waste related services
90911000 - Accommodation, building and window cleaning services
98341100 - Accommodation management services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £236,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 19 Jan 2026Today
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Sep 20268 months to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 28 Sep 2028 - 1 Oct 2038 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SUBMARINE DELIVERY AGENCY
- Contact Name
- Emily Newell
- Contact Email
- sda-nsign-nb-hmnbc@mod.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRISTOL
- Postcode
- BS34 8JH
- Post Town
- Bristol
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK5 West of England
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire
- Delivery Location
- TLM63 Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh, Arran and Cumbrae, and Argyll and Bute, TLM81 East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, and Helensburgh and Lomond
-
- Local Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Electoral Ward
- Stoke Park & Cheswick
- Westminster Constituency
- Filton and Bradley Stoke
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004442-2026
19th January 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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