Published date: 17 October 2024

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 16 September 2024, 6pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Laboratory services - 71900000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £326,060

Procurement reference

tender_460836/1416384

Published date

17 October 2024

Closing date

16 September 2024

Closing time

6pm

Contract start date

4 November 2024

Contract end date

2 November 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?

No

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

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Award information

Awarded date

14 October 2024

Contract start date

4 November 2024

Contract end date

2 November 2029

Total value of contract

£326,060

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Ricardo AEA Ltd

Address

Shoreham Technical Centre Old Shoreham Road Shoreham-by-Sea West Sussex BN34 5FG

Reference

Companies House number: 8229264

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Jonathan Nicklin

Address

Spring Place, 105 Commercial Road
Southampton
SO15 1EG
England

Email

contracts@mcga.gov.uk

Website

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