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Naval Architecture Services
Forecast: a planned procurement that is not yet at tender stage.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £1,900,000Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this forecast notice.
- Published
- 7 Sep 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
NLB requires a Naval Architect to develop the concept design of a new SOLAS Class VII civil helicopter support and aids to navigation service (cargo) vessel. The purpose of this document is to set out the procurement route for this requirement.
The vessel will be registered in the UK, with its chosen Port of Registry as Leith, but with Oban serving as its primary operating port. However, the design shall enable operation from a range of ports throughout the UK and Ireland and shall not restrict international operations. The vessel shall be designed and certificated accordingly to permit such operations.
The appointed Naval Architect shall develop a concept technical specification to a level of maturity that enables prospective shipbuilders to submit fixed-price tenders for the detailed design and construction of the vessel.
The initial contract term will likely be 5 years, or until vessel delivery. The contract will have extension options to provision ongoing support to the vessel replacement programme as required by NLB.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at:
https://nlb.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Edinburgh:-Engineering-design-services./574M7TACX4
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://nlb.delta-esourcing.com/respond/574M7TACX4
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 71320000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
2 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 7 Sep 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 7 September 2026.
Release 084609-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 7 Sep 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 7 September 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 084623-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- None recorded for the fields above. Attached documents are not read, so this is not a full account of the tender.
06/ Questions
About this notice
07/ Related
Where to go next
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-06f3ef
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- planning · Planning
- Last verified
- Sun 13 Sep 2026, 08:11 BST
- Read at
- Sun 18 Oct 2026, 11:52 BST
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