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title: "Marine Monitoring Vessels Service - Market Sounding Exercise"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03d07e"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "DEFRA GROUP COMMERCIAL"
published: "2023-05-31"
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# Marine Monitoring Vessels Service - Market Sounding Exercise

Buyer: DEFRA GROUP COMMERCIAL  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03d07e

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## Summary

The Defra Group Commercial, representing the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, is conducting a planning stage tender for the provision of a Marine Monitoring Vessels Service. The tender, titled "Marine Monitoring Vessels Service - Market Sounding Exercise," aims to identify potential organisations interested in providing marine vessel monitoring services. The procurement method is an open procedure with a value of £15,000,000 in GBP. The tender period starts on June 1, 2023, and the contract period spans from May 1, 2025, to April 30, 2029. The main procurement category is services within the marine industry category.

This tender opportunity for the Marine Monitoring Vessels Service can benefit organisations or consortia with expertise in marine services and survey services. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are considered suitable for participation. Businesses with capabilities in vessel operation, management, and crew provision, particularly in marine environments, are well-suited to compete. Interested parties can request the market sounding questionnaire from Rachael Burton at Defra Group Commercial to explore potential involvement in the future marine monitoring programme.

## Notice

The current contract includes, the operation, management and provision of five bespoke built survey vessels including crew, covering a designated geographic area. This includes provision of a qualified skipper within the Southwest, an additional sixth geographic area, to work on our smaller coded vessels owned by the Agency. We currently are seeking potential organisations to complete a market sounding questionnaire to determine the interest in organisations or consortia to undertake the future marine vessels monitoring service. This can be provided by emailing rachael.burton@defra.gov.uk requesting a copy. The aims of this document is to; * give further information to interested consortia/organisations about the project * help the Agency determine if there is sufficient potential interest in bidding for the contract. * understand the capabilities of organisations who may be interested in undertaking this role * give consortia/partners the opportunity to be part of the future marine monitoring programme.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015357-2023 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 31 May 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 May 2025 - 30 Apr 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £15,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEFRA GROUP COMMERCIAL |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 3JR |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 71354500 - Marine survey services
- 98360000 - Marine services

## Release History

- 31 May 2023 at 10:30 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015357-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs

## Provenance

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