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title: "Classification of Marine Vessels"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000840818"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Scottish Government"
published: "2026-08-21"
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# Classification of Marine Vessels

Buyer: Scottish Government  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000840818

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## Summary

The Scottish Government’s Marine Directorate engaged a classification society for five marine vessels operating in the coastal seas around Scotland and beyond. The service covers regular surveys after maintenance and major repairs, checking that the work has been completed to the appropriate standard and that the vessels remain in class and safe to operate. The requirement is marine vessel classification and inspection services, with the operational need linked to the vessels’ home and refit ports. These ports are Aberdeen, Leith, Glasgow and Hull. The work is therefore relevant to organisations providing statutory or independent vessel classification, marine inspection, surveying and related assurance services across Scottish coastal operations and the Hull refit location.

This procurement has been completed and the contract was awarded to Lloyds Register. It used a limited award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, justified on technical grounds and by the need for offices near the vessels’ operational ports to minimise downtime. The Scottish Government reported that only one supplier had offices in Aberdeen, Leith, Glasgow and Hull, and one bid was recorded. The sole award covered one lot and was evaluated on price. The contract was signed on 21 August 2026 and is active, with an awarded contract value of £777,820.52. The process was evaluated under the General Agreement on Trade in Services and used a technical-reasons justification for awarding without competition.

For a future requirement from this buyer, a credible competitor would need to operate as a marine classification society with the technical authority and qualified survey capability to keep vessels in class. It would need to inspect vessels regularly after maintenance and major repairs, assess whether work meets the required safety standard, and provide assurance suitable for continued marine operations. Geographic coverage is commercially important: the selected supplier’s ability to maintain offices in Aberdeen, Leith, Glasgow and Hull was central to the award because it reduced vessel downtime and covered the current refit location. Suppliers would therefore need established teams, responsive port coverage and experience coordinating surveys around vessel maintenance and refit programmes.

## Notice

Marine Directorate require to engage a classification society to ensure that its vessels remain in class by undertaking regular surveys following maintenance and major repairs to ensure that work has been done to appropriate standard to ensure safety.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Marine Directorate require to engage a classification society to ensure that its vessels remain in class by undertaking regular surveys following maintenance and major repairs to ensure that work has been done to appropriate standard to ensure safety.

### Procurement Information

The classification society engaged must have offices in proximity to our vessels operational home ports to ensure that the vessel downtime can be minimised. These ports are Aberdeen, Leith, Glasgow and Hull, the latter port being where refits take place at present. Only one supplier has offices in all of these cities.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG562811 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 21 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 21 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £777,820 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Scottish Government |
| Locality | GLASGOW |
| Postcode area | Glasgow |
| Postcode | G2 8LU |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM32 Glasgow City |
| Local authority | Glasgow City |
| Electoral ward | Anderston/City/Yorkhill |
| Westminster constituency | Glasgow North |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Lloyds Register |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 72330000 - Content or data standardization and classification services
- 98360000 - Marine services

## Release History

- 21 Aug 2026 at 01:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG562811

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG562811
  Classification of Marine Vessels - Marine Directorate require to engage a classification society to ensure that its vessels remain in class by undertaking regular surveys following maintenance and major repairs to ensure that work has been done to appropriate standard to ensure safety.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Government/Procurement/Selling/supplier-enquiries
- http://www.lr.org
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000840818

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