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title: "Voluntary ex ante transparency notice - Cutty Sark Rigging maintenance"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-037501"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM"
published: "2022-10-12"
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# Voluntary ex ante transparency notice - Cutty Sark Rigging maintenance

Buyer: NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-037501

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## Summary

The National Maritime Museum has awarded a contract for the maintenance of the Cutty Sark rigging to TS RIGGING LTD. The procurement method was limited, and the contract was awarded without a prior call for competition. The contracting authority is located in London, UK, and the contract is for repair and maintenance services of ships.

This tender offers business growth opportunities for companies with expertise in traditional rigging services for historical ships. The contract value is £521,896.5 GBP, and the deadline for submissions was on October 11, 2022. Businesses with a proven track record in maintaining fully rigged ships and extensive knowledge of traditional rigging practices are well-suited to compete for this contract.

## Notice

The contractor will maintain all the masts, yards, stuns'le, spencer and spanker gaff and all components associated with them, including tops, crosstress and spreaders. The bowsprit, jibboom, dolphin striker and all component parts. All ropes including ratlines and foot rope lashings, lanyards and those on the davits. All standing rigging, stays, shrouds, servings and seizings, chains and wires which support the masts. Also the blocks, shackles, hooks, deadeyes, hearts, belaying pins, the eyes on the metal bulwarks, chesstrees, sheaves, bumpkins and the catheads outboard (not including catsfaces).

### Lot Information

Lot 1

To provide traditional rigging services for the maintenance of the mast and rigging of Cutty Sark The contractor will maintain all the masts, yards, stuns'le, spencer and spanker gaff and all components associated with them, including tops, crosstress and spreaders. The bowsprit, jibboom, dolphin striker and all component parts. All ropes including ratlines and foot rope lashings, lanyards and those on the davits. All standing rigging, stays, shrouds, servings and seizings, chains and wires which support the masts. Also the blocks, shackles, hooks, deadeyes, hearts, belaying pins, the eyes on the metal bulwarks, chesstrees, sheaves, bumpkins and the catheads outboard (not including catsfaces).

### Procurement Information

Negotiated without a prior call for competition *The works, supplies or services can only be provided by one particular economic operator for the following reasons: *Contractor must have proven record of maintaining a historical, fully rigged ship *Contract is for proactive not a reactive maintenance plan *Extensive knowledge of traditional rigging practices from the age of sail

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028673-2022 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Negotiated without publication of a contract notice |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 12 Oct 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 10 Oct 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £521,896 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South East London |
| Postcode | SE10 9NF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI5 Outer London - East and North East |
| ITL 3 | TLI51 Bexley and Greenwich |
| Local authority | Greenwich |
| Electoral ward | Greenwich Park |
| Westminster constituency | Greenwich and Woolwich |
| Delivery location | TLI6 Outer London - South |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | TS RIGGING |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 50 - Repair and maintenance services

### Codes

- 50241000 - Repair and maintenance services of ships

## Release History

- 12 Oct 2022 at 11:05 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028673-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.rmg.co.uk
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:000005-2017:TEXT:EN:HTML
- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=727609979

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