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UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
Provision of Lead for Fixed Ballast, RRS Sir David Attenborough
Historical: no longer open for bids.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £2,000,000Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- Mon 17 Nov 2025, 14:00 GMTA deadline does not apply to this historical notice. The source records Mon 17 Nov 2025, 14:00 GMT, which is not an open deadline.
- Published
- 20 Oct 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
RRS Sir David Attenborough is an Ice class research ship that operates in the polar regions for UKRI research activities. The ship is very heavy towards the bow due to the ice strengthening. To correct the Ballast the ship requires 477 tonnes of lead ballast in the aft of the ship. The lead is to be inserted in man handleable blocks into a specially designed void space within the aft peak ballast tank.
The lead requires to be protected to prevent noise and vibration transmitting through the hull that would interfere with the acoustic equipment and create vibration.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 14712000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
4 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 22 Oct 2025Tender notice
Tender notice published 22 October 2025.
Deadline in this release: Mon 17 Nov 2025, 14:00 GMT.
Release 067609-2025
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Notice published 20 November 2025. The source does not state what changed.
Release 075478-2025
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Notice published 17 December 2025. The source does not state what changed.
Release 083779-2025
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Notice published 20 October 2026. The source does not state what changed.
Release 099094-2026
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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
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- Source
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- Stage
- contract · Unknown
- Last verified
- Wed 21 Oct 2026, 07:10 BST
- Read at
- Fri 23 Oct 2026, 05:12 BST
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