Published date: 13 February 2025

Last edited date: 13 February 2025

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: 10 March 2025, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Marine patrol vessels - 34511100

  • Navigation equipment - 34933000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£120,000

Procurement reference

tender_414677/1447079

Published date

13 February 2025

Closing date

10 March 2025

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

1 April 2025

Contract end date

29 June 2026

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Border Force is a law enforcement arm of the Home Office and operates a fleet of five sea going Cutters operating in both UK National and International waters under the Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) Load Line Regulations.

Provision of Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC) & Port Data is required to support safe navigation both within and outside the territorial waters of the UK, including to other EC countries, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man.

The Cutters currently operate a suite of Simrad Argus NSTR and Simrad PLECDIS. The requirement as described in the attached Statement of Requirement includes all supporting software, licences, software updates, access codes, encryption codes and encryption keys as applicable.

This opportunity will be let using the UK Government Short Form Terms and Conditions for Goods and Services (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-short-form-contract).

The purpose of this notice is to invite potential suppliers to confirm they can fully meet the requirements by providing a fully itemised bid.

Bidders are required to submit their quotes and responses to questions utilising the templates provided in the Statement of Requirements attached below. These have also been provided separately in MS Word format.

The following timeline for this contract only is as follows;
1. 1700hrs, 10th March 2025 - deadline for submission of bids.
2. w/c 10th March 2025 - evaluation of bids.
3. (On or around) 18th March 2025 - contract award.
4. 1st April 2025 - Contract Start; and
5. 29th June 2026 - Contract End.

The Buyer reserves the right to change or withdraw this opportunity, for any reason, at any point, prior to contract award.

Bidders are invited to submit compliant bids by email to MaritimeProcurement@homeoffice.gov.uk no later than 1700hrs, Monday 10th March 2025 quoting the procurement reference in the email subject line.

More information

Attachments

About the buyer

Address

2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
England

Email

MaritimeProcurement@homeoffice.gov.uk