Published date: 19 August 2024

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 16 September 2024, 6pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Laboratory services - 71900000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £200,000

Procurement reference

tender_460836/1396426

Published date

19 August 2024

Closing date

16 September 2024

Closing time

6pm

Contract start date

7 October 2024

Contract end date

5 October 2029

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The UK Government have a legal obligation to respond to pollution events, usually the first port of call is chemical dispersants and therefore it is imperative to ensure the efficacy of this is in line with international standards.

MCA hold approximately 1200 tons of chemical dispersant. This needs to be tested every 5 years to ensure the efficacy is 50% or higher. In the last 5 years less than half of our stockpile has been tested, which means we have 716 tons that still require testing, of which some of this has never been tested since its initial purchase (up to 30 years).

MCA have now sorted each lot of dispersant into a batch, so that one from each batch can be tested every 5 years to save cost. This will equate to roughly 120 tests every 5 years.

The quality of the tests must be consistent with the Warren Springs Laboratory method for testing chemical dispersants.

More information

Links

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About the buyer

Contact name

Jonathan Nicklin

Address

Spring Place, 105 Commercial Road
Southampton
SO15 1EG
England

Email

jonathan.nicklin@mcga.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency