Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Ministry of Defence · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Serco Limited
- Value
- £65,581,496
- Procedure
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Sector
- Community & personal services · Marine services (CPV 98360000)
- Official notice
- 034106-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 May 2025
- Published20 Jun 2025Published 37 days after the contract date
Description
The contract will provide Inshore Support to Military Training, Testing and Evaluation Services in support of Authority sponsored trials, clearance diving training for the Royal Navy, general air diving training for the Royal Engineers, and range safety. BUTEC and Raasay ranges as well as specified ‘off range’ locations, off of the North West coast of Scotland and maritime ranges around the UK coast. The duration of the contract will be 60 months. The contract encompasses 3 critical elements – the provision of Marine Services to: • The British Underwater Test & Evaluation Centre (BUTEC) Covers the safe delivery of maritime services to QinetiQ in support of activities at the British Underwater Test & Evaluation Centre (Raasay Ranges) located in the north west of Scotland with vessels based in Kyle of Lochalsh. Service delivery covers: Torpedo recovery, sonobuoy trials, target launch and recovery including underwater autonomous vehicles, range safety and range maintenance, passenger tra…
About the supplier
Serco Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00242246).