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title: "TWI Corporate Membership 2025-2026"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-050d87"
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# TWI Corporate Membership 2025-2026

Buyer: SUBMARINE DELIVERY AGENCY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-050d87

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## Summary

The Submarine Delivery Agency, a public authority under the central government located in Bristol, has completed the procurement process for the TWI Corporate Membership 2025-2026. The contract was awarded to TWI Ltd, a large supplier based in Cambridge, through a direct procurement method under a special regime for defence security. The procurement falls under the services industry category and was awarded without competition, below the threshold. The contract period extends from May 9, 2025, to March 31, 2027, with a total contract value of £160,087.20 including VAT. This membership will enhance the Submarine Delivery Agency's access to advanced welding and joining technologies, essential for safe and efficient operations.

This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses involved in engineering, welding, and allied technologies. Companies with expertise in these areas can benefit from engaging with TWI's extensive collaborative research and technical resources. The awarded contract provides reduced costs for bespoke services and training, networking benefits, and increased visibility in the defence sector. Organisations looking to expand their technical capabilities and industry connections would find contracts like these beneficial for positioning within the government and defence sectors, highlighting their contribution to broader technical initiatives and fostering long-term growth. Businesses aiming to collaborate in technical advancement and workforce development are well-suited to compete in similar procurement opportunities in the future.

## Notice

The Welding Institute (TWI) is a professional engineering institution supporting skills development in the fields of welding, joining and allied technologies. The Submarine Delivery Agency intends to award a contract to TWI for the continuation and access of this industrial membership for a duration of two years, commencing April 2025 - Mar 2026. As a member of TWI, SDA will benefit from access to powerful collaborative research that promotes advancement of the science and practice of welding, joining and allied processes allowing safer operations. TWI membership provides us with an exclusive package of specialist skills expertise and tools to support workforce development, increased professionalism, competence, and benchmarking. Along with access to specialist courses and solutions at discounted rates. TWI membership provides for access to the world's largest array of welding and joining information via their website, archives, and library. Whilst benefits of Technical Memberships are specific to individual organisations, typically including one or more of: Reduced cost for bespoke products and services (inc. training): Inclusive packages of technical support: Facilitated networking with relevant external communities: Access to bespoke data and information: Opportunities for, and explicit recognition of, MoD's contribution to wider technical initiatives and its related competence (with associated reputational enhancement): Access to other related sectors of industry of value to defence. The impact of not subscribing to this initiative would be to miss out on recruitment opportunities, Working Group insight and innovation input, career development, networking and collaboration opportunities and progression of SDA engineering, science, and technology objectives.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019257-2025 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 May 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 4 May 2025 |
| Contract period | 8 May 2025 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £133,406 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SUBMARINE DELIVERY AGENCY |
| Locality | BRISTOL |
| Post town | Bristol |
| Postcode | BS34 8JH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK5 West of England |
| ITL 3 | TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire |
| Local authority | South Gloucestershire |
| Electoral ward | Stoke Park & Cheswick |
| Westminster constituency | Filton and Bradley Stoke |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | TWI |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 98100000 - Membership organisation services

## Release History

- 7 May 2025 at 07:08 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019257-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019257-2025
  7th May 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/submarine-delivery-agency
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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