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title: "INVITATION TO TENDER FOR CONTRACT FOR HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY SERVICES IN UK AND EUROPEAN WATERS"
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# INVITATION TO TENDER FOR CONTRACT FOR HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY SERVICES IN UK AND EUROPEAN WATERS

Buyer: MARITIME & COASTGUARD AGENCY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-64bcb088-a51b-4067-a30c-a26cffe429ae

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## Summary

The Maritime & Coastguard Agency is seeking tenders for a contract titled "Invitation to Tender for Contract for Hydrographic Survey Services in UK and European Waters". This procurement falls under the services category and relates specifically to hydrographic surveying services. The location for the performance of the contract includes British Overseas Territories, the United Kingdom, and other European waters. The tender period is set to close on 3rd May 2018, with contracts expected to commence on 21st May 2018 and run until 21st May 2021. The procurement method employed is an open procedure above threshold, with a total contract value estimated between £16,000,000 and £21,000,000.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses with expertise in hydrographic surveying, marine data collection, and environmental assessments. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are particularly encouraged to participate, as they may possess the agile and innovative approaches needed to successfully complete these types of contracts. Companies that provide advanced technology solutions for hydrographic surveys or possess extensive experience in marine safety and environmental compliance will be well positioned to compete for this tender.

## Notice

The MCA plays a unique role within Government in discharging statutory hydrographic obligations under the United Nations' Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention. The MCA funds, manages and delivers the UK Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP). The CHP is a multi-million-pound MCA-led Government initiative to prioritise, survey and map UK waters in order to keep UK nautical charts and publications current, safe and fit for purpose. The MCA delegate responsibility for data validation and charting to the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO). This multi-disciplined marine data gathering programme is targeted at areas of highest navigational safety risk.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2846a91c-d0ea-4fba-b4c2-436c44cf603a |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 1 Oct 2018 |
| Submission deadline | 3 May 2018 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 2 Sep 2018 |
| Contract period | 3 Sep 2018 - 31 Mar 2021 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £21,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £16,000,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | MARITIME & COASTGUARD AGENCY |
| Locality | SOUTHAMPTON |
| Post town | Southampton |
| Postcode | SO15 1EG |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| ITL 3 | TLJ32 Southampton |
| Local authority | Southampton |
| Electoral ward | Banister & Polygon |
| Westminster constituency | Southampton Itchen |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 4 |
| Supplier names | A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS; CLINTON MARINE SURVEY; EGS (INTERNATIONAL; MERITAITO |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71353100 - Hydrographic surveying services

## Release History

- 1 Oct 2018 at 12:19 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2846a91c-d0ea-4fba-b4c2-436c44cf603a
- 19 Apr 2018 at 17:31 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/04fbc07d-e278-459d-89f3-d132c7f01d7a
- 10 Apr 2018 at 16:10 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/04fbc07d-e278-459d-89f3-d132c7f01d7a
- 8 Apr 2018 at 09:27 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/04fbc07d-e278-459d-89f3-d132c7f01d7a
- 29 Mar 2018 at 12:46 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/04fbc07d-e278-459d-89f3-d132c7f01d7a
- 23 Mar 2018 at 14:02 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/04fbc07d-e278-459d-89f3-d132c7f01d7a
- 20 Mar 2018 at 17:04 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/04fbc07d-e278-459d-89f3-d132c7f01d7a
- 16 Mar 2018 at 18:13 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/04fbc07d-e278-459d-89f3-d132c7f01d7a

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2846a91c-d0ea-4fba-b4c2-436c44cf603a
  1st October 2018 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/04fbc07d-e278-459d-89f3-d132c7f01d7a
  19th April 2018 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/366b659d-5949-4112-9d4f-427975777ee8
  E tender Label
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/a8b1bda8-bf4b-4790-9c0d-425405c4b4e6
  Form of Tender
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/ad42a0e9-1e82-4222-90ee-bea9a4ac4b41
  Conditions of Contract
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/4c9210a3-bc72-4fb7-868b-2f610c2e268d
  Instructions for Tenderers
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/23c4ba10-8ff5-4248-bf97-ac5438afc81b
  Invitation to tender letter
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/964f6758-8ca0-4dbe-8cc9-f3ee55ef7d0f
  Statement of requirement
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/9a4e1fa4-5bf7-4963-9ef8-b563372dcd00
  Price schedule
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/eea0f49a-a596-40f5-beda-11eaa0288c4b
  Annex A UK CHP Survey Specification 2018
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/64af49eb-ec80-4260-8989-5c48cfbbdd5f
  Annex D - Civil Hydrography Programme 2018 to 2021
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/76f5da2b-d08f-43a7-ae3e-df90627a52d3
  Annex E - Routine Resurvey Programme Areas
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/9c72cce4-867d-446e-9a2f-75fbdc0f7215
  Annex C - Lot 1 - HI1506 Ilfracombe to Gower
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/c6efd217-a2b8-4907-8771-ec02d08a30b8
  Annex C - Lot 1 - HI1561 Sussex Bay West
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/ab3df38f-0248-41e7-a678-96052c8d23f1
  Annex C - Lot 1 - HI1562 Cardigan Bay North
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/56ef1f00-c6aa-4e44-b0e3-9c9bd3c48018
  Annex C - Lot 1 - HI1571 RedWharfBay to GwyntyMor
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/ad70df85-d0ee-4fd8-b94e-58ae2d2c5a35
  Annex C - Lot 1 - HI1572 Little Ormes Head to Hilbre Point
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/8c0aa7cc-fe72-4531-bc2d-b21df2b44c9a
  Annex C - Lot 1 - HI1573 Point Lynas to Little Ormes Head
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/8e902c12-44af-433c-898b-620d4d5cce78
  Annex C - Lot 1 - HI1581 RunabayHead to BelfastLough
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/ff28104a-bb1b-4760-ab0b-9110ec614b36
  Annex C - Lot 1 - HI1582 Moray Firth
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/342cdadf-bc41-4d01-b8bb-b4fc0c933fe7
  Annex C - Lot 1 - HI1584 Northern Approach to Sunk TSS
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/2769921e-7a37-4142-80d6-02786dcd0992
  Annex C - Lot 1 - HI1585 NorthForeland to SouthForeland
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/689076f0-c856-4e82-85e3-fc00c0b1b59a
  Annex C - Lot 1 - HI1586 South of Isle of Wight
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/a948b85a-87c8-4889-9042-e6042d5c2766
  Annex C - Lot 1 - HI1587 Bridlington to SpurnHead
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/3880a97b-fca0-4b21-ab76-96b1168af77e
  Annex C - Lot 1 - HI1574 BarrowEast and BarrowWest
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/26074dc2-3575-4822-b727-c53dee64259e
  Annex C - Lot 1 - HI1593 LochRyan to TurnberryPoint
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/95398046-f28c-49c0-bcb5-7463e5a17f08
  Annex C - Lot 1 - HI1596 Outer Dowsing Channel
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/e6fadd32-0c75-4e57-9f03-72ec74edf12b
  Annex C - Lot 1 - HI1597 TurnberryPoint to Troon
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/b2a54766-51c0-4937-a780-0463f493417a
  Annex C - Lot 1- HI1560 GribbinHead to DodmanPoint
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/cbf2484c-1edc-4dd0-a743-5c3e4ff3a3d1
  Annex C - Lot 2 - HI1507 Skerries TSS to LiverpoolBay TSS
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/a0b2ba55-cedd-4bb8-bfad-2aa22eb67540
  Annex C - Lot 2 - HI1511 NorthChannel TSS
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/5d95358e-1158-4a08-b3a6-8a7b03aa67a0
  Annex C - Lot 2 - HI1513 Blyth to Sunderland
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/a3a9561a-6aff-4b6c-93df-0defc3514f64
  Annex C - Lot 2 - HI1517 Lowestoft to Outer Gabbard
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/f5ab5186-4481-4361-bfe1-4fbf0ea8e909
  Annex C - Lot 2 - HI1567 LinneCrowlin and LocCarron
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/162c3bb6-5634-4452-a3a2-016292864b78
  Annex C - Lot 2 - HI1568 Sound of Sleat to Loch Alsh
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/c92d2aa7-4738-430f-9e97-05dfe1dbbb11
  Annex C - Lot 2 - HI1569 Sound of Raasay
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/e22efa2e-a858-4c7d-bb95-d8ca24610945
  Annex C - Lot 2 - HI1570 Inner Sound to Loch Gairloch
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/f1b7cd0d-2b5b-49ff-813b-59e448336286
  Annex C - Lot 2 - HI1579 NorthFalls and Sunk TSS East
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/d82dc58b-aa38-4ee1-bb22-ca9d2a24d7e7
  Annex C - Lot 2 - HI1580 HeartyKnoll to Haisborough Sand
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/145d0434-ada9-4ff4-95aa-3c5473e5aa57
  Annex C - Lot 2 - HI1588 Summer Isles to Stoerhead
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/e57d5f64-e26e-4426-a0bb-e82689e8362d
  Annex C - Lot 2 - HI1589 Eastern Harris
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/3cbd480f-264a-4cbe-8752-1fcad178aa7e
  Annex C - Lot 2 - HI1590 Dogger Bank South West Patch
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/0b8d2209-79fb-4bdf-b1f8-b27bcb8d6992
  Annex C - Lot 2 - HI1591 Saint AbbsHead to Farne Islands
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/4075e043-b264-4f68-8db2-b55df926e4d6
  Annex C - Lot 2 - HI1592 Fishguard to Cardigan
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/411509bb-3ee8-42cb-9dba-d39484b8d171
  Annex C - Lot 2 - HI1594 SmithsKnoll to Leman Bank
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/d0c6aa0a-e5f4-439d-a35a-84dc5b867412
  Annex C - Lot 2 - HI1595 Mid-English Channel
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/6af0aae7-833d-4bec-a72b-c4af4a677dcb
  Annex B - Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 Section 2 Surveys Statement of Service Requirements
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/d1fc7342-7d26-48e6-ae99-f0e155e143cb
  Questions and Answers
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/9d8b0fc9-e958-41f6-aa3e-e290f1a4430a
  Questions and Answers
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/4864fc6a-ddd8-4041-be82-618d8c4d6a7d
  Questions and Answers
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/257cbe29-bdd3-4d35-80fe-dee43a49370d
  Questions and Answers
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/54875c22-7a54-4e11-b306-036b8d484920
  Copy of CHP H575
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/39305eec-36e6-4d30-8d0c-65a49873c206
  Price Schedule
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/83ef025e-41a7-4f68-8784-8a19e1d84b4a
  Questions and Answers
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/c9573d93-4793-45f3-8110-31749e79b99c
  Questions and Answers

## Notice URLs

- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency

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