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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Ministry of Defence, Ships, Salvage and Marine Operations (S&MO)

Framework Contract for the Provision of Subsea Equipment and Support

Construction MachineryCPV 43135000
Value£10.0m
Awarded27 Mar 2017
Published3 Apr 2017
RegionSouth West
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£10.0mtotal contract value
median £80k
this tender£0£10.8m

This is a large award for Mining & Construction Machinery — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 1,291 valued Mining & Construction Machinery tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Salvage and Marine Operations (S&MO) owns and operates Subsea Equipment to fulfil a variety of roles including support to; in service warships and submarines, responding to marine incidents and management of potentially polluting shipwrecks.

The equipment operates with a variety of tracking systems and tools packages as required by the task.

The equipment is operated by S&MO however a Contractor with demonstrable specialist knowledge of subsea equipment is required to assist in the support of this capability.

The support required includes provision of spares, technical assistance for mobilisation, repair and integration of new equipment, offshore surveyor support, hire or supply of task specific tooling and logistics support.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Salvage and Marine Operations (S&MO) owns

Salvage and Marine Operations (S&MO) owns and operates Subsea Equipment to fulfil a variety of roles including support to; in service warships and submarines, responding to marine incidents and management of potentially polluting shipwrecks.

02

The equipment is operated by S&MO however

The equipment is operated by S&MO however a Contractor with demonstrable specialist knowledge of subsea equipment is required to assist in the support of this capability.

03

The support required includes provision of spares

The support required includes provision of spares, technical assistance for mobilisation, repair and integration of new equipment, offshore surveyor support, hire or supply of task specific tooling and logistics support.

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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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