Notice Information
Notice Title
Spatial Telecoms Route Design
Notice Description
The Crown Estate tendered for suitably qualified and experienced tenderers to provide Spatial Telecoms Route Design for both Subsea and Coastal Environments preparatory work for Marine Delivery Routemap, the Services to deliver spatial analysis and advisory support to inform our understanding of potential areas of opportunity to install future subsea telecoms cables across both subsea and coastal environments at a UK scale. This was via an Open Procedure conducted in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023. The contract value is about PS300,000.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: 1 + 1 + 1 = 3 years contract
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-064b14
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038773-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
-
- CPV Codes
73112000 - Marine research services
73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
73300000 - Design and execution of research and development
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £240,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £240,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- £250,000 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 28 Apr 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 9 Mar 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 27 Apr 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 May 2026 - 31 May 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE CROWN ESTATE
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1Y 4AH
- 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
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038773-2026
28th April 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011359-2026
9th February 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://secure.sourcedogg.com/profile/676e86f0-50b5-4563-b7b6-529dcfeb28b7/requests/74916
Please note The Crown Estate will not respond directly to gain access to the Tender Document. All correspondence must be via the tender portal (SourceDogg). Supplier must be registered to our tender portal (SourceDogg) directly using the link above to find the documents and as below. https://secure.sourcedogg.com/supplier-registration https://secure.sourcedogg.com/profile/676e86f0-50b5-4563-b7b6-529dcfeb28b7/requests/74916
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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