Contract award · 14 May 2025

Defence Marine Services - Next Generation: Contract 2 - Inshore Support to Military Training, Testing and Evaluation

Ministry of Defence awarded “Defence Marine Services - Next Generation: Contract 2 - Inshore…” to Serco Limited for £65.6m on 14 May 2025.

Community & personal services

Value £65.6m
WinnerSerco Limited

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
Value
£65,581,496
Procedure
Competitive procedure with negotiation
Sector
Community & personal services · Marine services (CPV 98360000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date14 May 2025
  2. 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…

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