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Survey and Coding Certification for BSC RHIBs

Repair & MaintenanceCPV 34511100

Value£40k

Deadline3 Nov 2026

Published10 Aug 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 10 Aug 202677 days leftCloses 3 Nov 2026

Who to contact

maritimeprocurement@homeoffice.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£40ktotal contract value

median £130k

this tender£0£4.8m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Repair & Maintenance band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 15,278 valued Repair & Maintenance tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

This is notice of a planned procurement opportunity to perform the annual MCA Workboat survey and issue of MCA Workboat Code 3 certifications for each Border Security Command (BSC) RHIB for a full five-year certification period.

This notice is issued to enable potential bidders to prepare for, and express an interest in this work.

The RHIBs are built in accordance with MCA Work Boat Code Edition 2 Amendment 1 and hold current certification for operation category 4/3R 10 Nautical Miles The full requirement will be provided at Tender stage, expected to be early October 2026.

The tender opportunity will be issued via the Home Office eSourcing Portal and bidders must therefore ensure they have registered: https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/ Bidders will also need to be registered on the UK Government's Central Digital Platform (Find a Tender Service).

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Requirements

What the notice asks for

The full requirement will be provided at

The full requirement will be provided at Tender stage, expected to be early October 2026.

Bidders will also need to be registered

Bidders will also need to be registered on the UK Government's Central Digital Platform (Find a Tender Service).

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