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title: "715850540 - AUV Integration Frames and Support - RFI"
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# 715850540 - AUV Integration Frames and Support - RFI

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/715850540-auv-integration-frames-and-support-rfi-ocds-h6vhtk-06899a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ministry of Defence: "715850540 - AUV Integration Frames and Support - RFI". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £4,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Ministry of Defence](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-defence-gov-d17)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £4,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Frames, Unmanned underwater vehicles
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/715850540-auv-integration-frames-and-support-rfi-ocds-h6vhtk-06899a#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06899a`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/715850540-auv-integration-frames-and-support-rfi-ocds-h6vhtk-06899a#tl-md)

## Description
The Authority utilises a variety of different vessels to deploy containerised AUV equipment with deck types including:
•	Flat steel decks.
•	Timber deck steel transverses.
•	Decks with ISO twist lock sockets.
•	Decks with 1m x M20 bolt matrix.
The Authority requires a set of modular Integration Frames to integrate the AUV capability onto a host vessel, that can be stored within a separate ISO container and deployed to the vessel for assembly. The supplier would be required to design, manufacture, deliver, provide sea-fastening design onto maritime vessels, assemble / dissemble and support the integration frames over a 5 year contract.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 35512400, 44142000

- **Contract Period:** 01/12/2026 to 01/12/2031

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F043542-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-05-12T14:17:53.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T19:41:46.099Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06899a