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# Planet Ocean Ltd · UK Public Sector Contract Record

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/planet-ocean-ltd-coh-04831755). Official UK public procurement supplier dossier compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Supplier Summary:** Planet Ocean Ltd is a SME public sector supplier in the UK. Tracked in Tenderline with 22 published contract awards across official contracting authorities.

## Key Information
- **Supplier Name:** Planet Ocean Ltd
- **Organisation Scale:** SME
- **Companies House number:** `04831755`
- **Publisher identifier:** `GB-FTS-137513` (Find a Tender organisation id)
- **Total Published Awards:** 22
- **Primary Sector:** [Surveying, hydrographic, oceanographic and hydrological instruments and appliances](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/surveying-hydrographic-oceanographic-and-hydrological-instru-38290000)
- **Company Status:** Active

- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/planet-ocean-ltd-coh-04831755

## Winning Pricing & Discount Benchmarks
- **Median Award Pricing:** 13% below published budget estimate (median of 2 comparable winning awards)

## Market Volume & Benchmarks
- **Attributable award value:** £1.4m (published values on awards made to this supplier alone, VAT excluded; not spend or turnover)
- **Typical attributable award:** £94k


## Buyer Geography
- **Regions of its buyers:** [South East England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/south-east), [South West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/south-west), [East of England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/east-of-england), [Scotland](https://tenderline.uk/regions/scotland)

## Top Public Sector Clients
1. **[National Oceanography Centre](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-oceanography-centre-coh-11444362):** 8 procedures (9 awards)
2. **[Scottish Government](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/scottish-government-GB-PPON-PVCB-3739-TNGL):** 2 procedures (3 awards)
3. **[Cefas](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cefas-gov-ea53):** 2 procedures
4. **[Met Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/met-office-gov-ea46):** 2 procedures
5. **[Cardiff University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cardiff-university-coh-rc000089):** 1 procedures

## Largest Contract Awards Won
Top public sector contracts awarded to this supplier:
1. **[Cardiff University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cardiff-university-coh-rc000089):** £605k · [Autonomous Underwater Research Vehicles](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/autonomous-underwater-research-vehicles-ocds-h6vhtk-059bf1) · Awarded: 16 Sept 2025
2. **[Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-of-agriculture-environment-and-rural-affairs-GB-PPON-PLDR-5748-GBBJ):** £170k · [Purchase of FlowCam Cyano](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dac-03-26-purchase-of-flowcam-cyano-ocds-h6vhtk-064a9f) · Awarded: 6 Feb 2026
3. **[The Agri-Food and Bioscience Institute AFBI,](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-agri-food-and-bioscience-institute-afbi-GB-FTS-43429):** £166k · [Contract](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/daera-afbi-the-supply-delivery-and-servicing-of-ships-oceanographic-ctd-and-rosette-packag-ocds-h6vhtk-02fdc8)
4. **[Scottish Government](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/scottish-government-GB-PPON-PVCB-3739-TNGL):** £105k · [Purchase of Flow Imaging Microscopy System and Software](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/purchase-of-flow-imaging-microscopy-system-and-software-ocds-h6vhtk-04be1f)
5. **[Cefas](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cefas-gov-ea53):** £95k · [CEFAS25-84 Contract for the Supply of an imaging particle analyser](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cefas25-84-contract-for-the-supply-of-an-imaging-particle-analyser-ocds-h6vhtk-05adda)

## Contract Expiries & Upcoming Recompetes
- **Active Contracts Ending in 18 Months:** 10

## Competitive Supplier Intelligence
> **Full Win-Loss & Award Analysis:** Complete historical contract timelines, pricing movement benchmarks, buyer relationship networks, and competitor analysis are available on Tenderline:
> [View complete Planet Ocean Ltd public contract history on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/planet-ocean-ltd-coh-04831755#contract-history)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official award notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/planet-ocean-ltd-coh-04831755
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt