Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Ministry of Defence · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Marin
- Value
- £135,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
- Sector
- Community & personal services · Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations (CPV 98110000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
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- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Apr 2025
- Published16 Jun 2025Published 67 days after the contract date
Description
The SDA Technical Directorate, to support the effective delivery of its business, engages with a range of external, technical organisations through individual membership arrangements. MARIN was established in 1990 and is a research organisation and programme coordinator. MARIN is globally recognised as the top institute for maritime research. This contract has been awarded to MARIN to allow the next phase of CRN (Phase 12) from 1/1/25 to 31/12/27. The detailed content of each work package is subject to member agreement, the group have agreed the following scope of delivery for this phase: Intact Stability To maintain the validation of FREDYN for application in simulating extreme motions of naval ships. To assess the dynamic stability of small combatants and identify a stability parameter with a close correlation with capsize and a suitable criteria. Correlate ship design features with capsize probability. Damage Stability Improve the performance of the FREDYN flooding model as a resul…
About the supplier
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