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National Armaments Director Group (formerly Defence Equipment and Support)
RFI - Proposed removal of oil from the wreck of HMS CASSANDRA - Baltic.
Forecast: a planned procurement that is not yet at tender stage.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £30,000,000Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this forecast notice.
- Published
- 9 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.
A Request for Information (RFI) in connection with the removal and disposal of the oil remaining on the wreck of HMS CASSANDRA, a WWI era Royal Navy cruiser sunk off the coast of Estonia in the Baltic Sea on 05 December 1918 after striking a naval mine. The wreck is at an approximate depth of 95 to 100 metres (312 to 328 feet) beneath the water surface, part buried in the seabed on its starboard side in position 58.47783° N / 21.2280° E.
Photogrammetry of HMS CASSANDRA is available at:
https://oceandiscovery.org/en/projekt/hms-cassandra/
Upon written request to DESCommercial-SALMO@mod.gov.uk, copies of the latest HMS CASSANDRA survey report are available for purpose of informing a response to this RFI.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 63725100
- 63726620
- 71324000
- 71354500
- 90741200
04/ History
Releases of this notice
2 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 8 Sep 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 8 September 2026.
Release 084907-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 9 Oct 2026Planning notice update
Planning notice update published 9 October 2026. Stated change: Amendment to engagement deadline.
Release 095595-2026
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
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-06f491
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- planning · Planning
- Last verified
- Mon 12 Oct 2026, 20:21 BST
- Read at
- Fri 23 Oct 2026, 01:40 BST
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