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Ministry of Defence

Defence Marine Services - Supply and Maintenance of Authority Moorings, Markers and Targets - AC

Community ServicesCPV 98000000 98300000
Value£182.2m
Awarded30 Jun 2025
Published26 Jun 2025
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£182.2mtotal contract value
median £134k
this tender£0£196.7m

This is a large award for Other Community & Personal Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 5,835 valued Other Community & Personal Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The Contract covers the following services: the maintenance of moorings, target moorings and navigation marks owned by the Authority, the replacement of moorings and navigation marks with telemetry buoys and the sourcing, storage and supply of moorings and navigation mark components.

The maintenance and replacement of moorings, target moorings and navigation marks service will be provided at various locations around the UK Coast including Gibraltar and Cyprus.

The supply of moorings and navigation mark components to a UK based nominated point of departure to enable the Authority to transport to the Ascension Island and Falkland Islands.

The Contract duration is envisaged to be 96 months.

To facilitate service delivery the intent is to transfer ownership of an Authority owned vessel to the new service provider under a Contractor Owned Contractor Operated (COCO) agreement subject to equitable financial renumeration.

This vessel and any other vessel operated under this contract shall be UK Flagged and Certified.

The specification for the services will include the following: - Maintenance in accordance with the Mooring Maintenance Programme (MMP), a schedule of routine mooring and navigation mark maintenance to ensure moorings and navigation marks remain safe to operate. - A Moorings Replacement Programme (MRP) to replace moorings and navigation marks with telemetry buoys.

The MRP will involve the total removal of the legacy mooring, the design and assurance of the new moorings, the procurement of replacement components and the installation and assurance of the new moorings. - The sourcing, storage, and delivery of components to an authority nominated UK point of departure, allowing the Authority to maintain moorings in Ascension Island and Falkland Islands.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The Contract covers the following services:

The Contract covers the following services: the maintenance of moorings, target moorings and navigation marks owned by the Authority, the replacement of moorings and navigation marks with telemetry buoys and the sourcing, storage and supply of moorings and navigation mark components.

02

The supply of moorings and navigation mark

The supply of moorings and navigation mark components to a UK based nominated point of departure to enable the Authority to transport to the Ascension Island and Falkland Islands.

03

This vessel and any other vessel operated

This vessel and any other vessel operated under this contract shall be UK Flagged and Certified.

04

Maintenance in accordance with the Mooring Maintenance

Maintenance in accordance with the Mooring Maintenance Programme (MMP), a schedule of routine mooring and navigation mark maintenance to ensure moorings and navigation marks remain safe to operate.

05

The sourcing, storage, and delivery of components

The sourcing, storage, and delivery of components to an authority nominated UK point of departure, allowing the Authority to maintain moorings in Ascension Island and Falkland Islands.

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