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Classification of Marine Vessels

Scottish Government

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21 Aug 2026 at 01:00

OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Scottish Government’s Marine Directorate engaged a classification society for five marine vessels operating in the coastal seas around Scotland and beyond. The service covers regular surveys after maintenance and major repairs, checking that the work has been completed to the appropriate standard and that the vessels remain in class and safe to operate. The requirement is marine vessel classification and inspection services, with the operational need linked to the vessels’ home and refit ports. These ports are Aberdeen, Leith, Glasgow and Hull. The work is therefore relevant to organisations providing statutory or independent vessel classification, marine inspection, surveying and related assurance services across Scottish coastal operations and the Hull refit location.

This procurement has been completed and the contract was awarded to Lloyds Register. It used a limited award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, justified on technical grounds and by the need for offices near the vessels’ operational ports to minimise downtime. The Scottish Government reported that only one supplier had offices in Aberdeen, Leith, Glasgow and Hull, and one bid was recorded. The sole award covered one lot and was evaluated on price. The contract was signed on 21 August 2026 and is active, with an awarded contract value of £777,820.52. The process was evaluated under the General Agreement on Trade in Services and used a technical-reasons justification for awarding without competition.

For a future requirement from this buyer, a credible competitor would need to operate as a marine classification society with the technical authority and qualified survey capability to keep vessels in class. It would need to inspect vessels regularly after maintenance and major repairs, assess whether work meets the required safety standard, and provide assurance suitable for continued marine operations. Geographic coverage is commercially important: the selected supplier’s ability to maintain offices in Aberdeen, Leith, Glasgow and Hull was central to the award because it reduced vessel downtime and covered the current refit location. Suppliers would therefore need established teams, responsive port coverage and experience coordinating surveys around vessel maintenance and refit programmes.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Classification of Marine Vessels

Notice Description

Marine Directorate require to engage a classification society to ensure that its vessels remain in class by undertaking regular surveys following maintenance and major repairs to ensure that work has been done to appropriate standard to ensure safety.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Marine Directorate require to engage a classification society to ensure that its vessels remain in class by undertaking regular surveys following maintenance and major repairs to ensure that work has been done to appropriate standard to ensure safety.

Procurement Information

The classification society engaged must have offices in proximity to our vessels operational home ports to ensure that the vessel downtime can be minimised. These ports are Aberdeen, Leith, Glasgow and Hull, the latter port being where refits take place at present. Only one supplier has offices in all of these cities.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000840818
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG562811
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F3 - Contract 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

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

98 - Other community, social and personal services

CPV Codes

72330000 - Content or data standardization and classification services

98360000 - Marine services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£777,820 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
21 Aug 20266 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
21 Aug 20266 days ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Scottish Government
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
GLASGOW
Postcode
G2 8LU
Postcode Area
Glasgow
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM3 West Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM32 Glasgow City
Delivery Location
TLM Scotland
Local Authority
Glasgow City
Electoral Ward
Anderston/City/Yorkhill
Westminster Constituency
Glasgow North

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Lloyds Register

Further Information

Notice Documents

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