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title: "Contract for the Provision of the Dry Docking and Renovation of lightship LV91 Helwick services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f51c"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "City & County of Swansea"
published: "2026-09-08"
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# Contract for the Provision of the Dry Docking and Renovation of lightship LV91 Helwick services

Buyer: City & County of Swansea  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f51c

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## Summary

The City & County of Swansea commissioned dry docking and renovation services for the lightship LV91 Helwick. This is a vessel repair and refurbishment requirement, covering the work needed to place the lightship in dry dock and renovate it. The procurement is for services rather than goods or construction works, with the relevant classification being vessel repair services (CPV 50241100). The requirement is associated with Swansea: the buyer is based at Swansea Civic Centre and the selected supplier, Swansea Drydocks Limited, operates from Prince of Wales Drydocks at Port Tennant, Swansea. The buyer is a Welsh local authority. The procurement was arranged as a single requirement, rather than being divided into separate specialist packages, and was identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises.

The procurement has been awarded through a direct award to Swansea Drydocks Limited, with the award recorded as pending and the tender complete. The award date is 8 September 2026, and the contract period is 10 September to 9 October 2026. The awarded value is £400,396 excluding VAT, or £405,200.75 including VAT. A contract signature was scheduled by 9 September 2026. The authority justified the direct award on urgency arising from environmental and geographic constraints. The award is above the relevant threshold. There was one lot, covering the full dry docking and renovation service. The published process identifies urgency as the rationale for the procurement method; it does not set out a competitive evaluation model because the contract was awarded directly.

This procurement demonstrates demand for specialist shipyard capability to dry dock, repair and renovate a lightship for a public-sector owner. A credible future competitor would need access to suitable dry-docking facilities, marine engineering and vessel-repair staff, and the capacity to manage refurbishment work on a working lightship. The requirement also shows the importance of operating close enough to the vessel and having suitable geographic access, since the buyer relied on environmental and geographic constraints when making the direct award. Swansea Drydocks Limited is recorded as an SME, indicating that a smaller specialist marine business can deliver a requirement of this scale. Firms with comparable vessel-repair experience, appropriate facilities and the ability to respond to urgent, constrained marine projects would be the closest competitors when this type of work next reaches the market.

## Notice

UK5 notice for the Provision of the Dry Docking and Renovation of lightship LV91 Helwick services

### Procurement Information

Urgency reflects the degree of environmental and geographic constraint.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085143-2026 |
| Notice type | UK5 - Transparency Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 10 Sep 2026 - 9 Oct 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £400,396 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | City & County of Swansea |
| Locality | SWANSEA |
| Postcode area | Swansea |
| Postcode | SA1 3SN |
| Country | Wales |
| ITL 1 | TLL Wales |
| ITL 2 | TLL4 Mid and South West Wales |
| ITL 3 | TLL43 Swansea |
| Local authority | Swansea |
| Electoral ward | Waterfront |
| Westminster constituency | Swansea West |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SWANSEA DRYDOCKS LIMITED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 50 - Repair and maintenance services

### Codes

- 50241100 - Vessel repair services

## Release History

- 8 Sep 2026 at 21:50 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085143-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085143-2026
  8th September 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.swansea.gov.uk/dobusiness
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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