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Contract for the Provision of the Dry Docking and Renovation of lightship LV91 Helwick services

City & County of Swansea

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08 Sep 2026 at 21:50

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The City & County of Swansea commissioned dry docking and renovation services for the lightship LV91 Helwick. This is a vessel repair and refurbishment requirement, covering the work needed to place the lightship in dry dock and renovate it. The procurement is for services rather than goods or construction works, with the relevant classification being vessel repair services (CPV 50241100). The requirement is associated with Swansea: the buyer is based at Swansea Civic Centre and the selected supplier, Swansea Drydocks Limited, operates from Prince of Wales Drydocks at Port Tennant, Swansea. The buyer is a Welsh local authority. The procurement was arranged as a single requirement, rather than being divided into separate specialist packages, and was identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises.

The procurement has been awarded through a direct award to Swansea Drydocks Limited, with the award recorded as pending and the tender complete. The award date is 8 September 2026, and the contract period is 10 September to 9 October 2026. The awarded value is £400,396 excluding VAT, or £405,200.75 including VAT. A contract signature was scheduled by 9 September 2026. The authority justified the direct award on urgency arising from environmental and geographic constraints. The award is above the relevant threshold. There was one lot, covering the full dry docking and renovation service. The published process identifies urgency as the rationale for the procurement method; it does not set out a competitive evaluation model because the contract was awarded directly.

This procurement demonstrates demand for specialist shipyard capability to dry dock, repair and renovate a lightship for a public-sector owner. A credible future competitor would need access to suitable dry-docking facilities, marine engineering and vessel-repair staff, and the capacity to manage refurbishment work on a working lightship. The requirement also shows the importance of operating close enough to the vessel and having suitable geographic access, since the buyer relied on environmental and geographic constraints when making the direct award. Swansea Drydocks Limited is recorded as an SME, indicating that a smaller specialist marine business can deliver a requirement of this scale. Firms with comparable vessel-repair experience, appropriate facilities and the ability to respond to urgent, constrained marine projects would be the closest competitors when this type of work next reaches the market.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Contract for the Provision of the Dry Docking and Renovation of lightship LV91 Helwick services

Notice Description

UK5 notice for the Provision of the Dry Docking and Renovation of lightship LV91 Helwick services

Procurement Information

Urgency reflects the degree of environmental and geographic constraint.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f51c
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085143-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK5 - Transparency Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

50 - Repair and maintenance services

CPV Codes

50241100 - Vessel repair services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£400,396 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
8 Sep 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
10 Sep 2026 - 9 Oct 2026 30 days
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Pending
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
City & County of Swansea
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SWANSEA
Postcode
SA1 3SN
Postcode Area
Swansea
Country
Wales
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLL Wales
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLL4 Mid and South West Wales
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLL43 Swansea
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Swansea
Electoral Ward
Waterfront
Westminster Constituency
Swansea West

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

SWANSEA DRYDOCKS LIMITED

Further Information

Notice Documents

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