Published date: 7 May 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: 27 May 2025, 10am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Vessel repair services - 50241100

  • Engineering support services - 71336000

  • Technical inspection services of engineering structures - 71631400

    • Maritime safety inspection services - 71631420

    • Diving services - 98363000

Location of contract

BS34 8JH

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

tender_376292/1471615

Published date

7 May 2025

Closing date

27 May 2025

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

9 February 2026

Contract end date

8 February 2031

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)

Anyone may ask to participate, but only those who are pre-selected will be invited to submit initial tenders and to negotiate.

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

Underwater Engineering Services (UES) in the United Kingdom and worldwide, is carried out to support the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) platforms and is managed on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) by the Authority (Defence, Equipment and Security (DE&S)), (Salvage and Marine Operations Delivery Team (SALMO DT)).

The Authority requires one or more suppliers to deliver the following over an approximate seven-year contract including option years:

- Provision of commercial diving services to UK Health and Safety Executive Diving at Work Regulations inland/inshore Approved Code of Practice both in the UK and overseas to conduct a range of underwater inspection, maintenance, and repair activities on HM ships.

- Provision of services to review, update and generate new underwater engineering technical procedures, including the generation of engineering drawings and manufacturing data packs.

- Provision of services to inspect, repair and manufacture, or supply specialist underwater engineering equipment including, but not limited to, hull aperture blanks, cofferdams, hull cleaning equipment and any other bespoke items required to fulfil underwater engineering tasks.

The requirement is split into two (2) lots:

Lot 1 - Provision of Underwater Engineering Services (UES) within the United Kingdom (UK), and
Lot 2 - Provision of Underwater Engineering Services (UES) outside of the United Kingdom.

Tenders have been invited for this requirement and the respective Lot 1 and Lot 2 tender documents are attached to this notice.

More information

Attachments

About the buyer

Contact name

MoD

Address

Abbey Wood, Filton
Bristol
BS34 7HJ
England

Email

desshipscomrcl-salmo-multiuser@mod.gov.uk

Website

www.contracts.mod.uk