Official UK procurement notice
715869481/715926479 - DOEA/0084-ShipVetting 2027-2032-Pipeline Notice
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority has a need for assurance vetting of Ocean Tankers under contract to the Authority, either directly, or obtained by fuel Suppliers for delivery to the Authority’s sites under the Authority’s fuel supply contracts. The Authority has two ships on long term charter, which provide the majority of the Authority’s fuel transport requirement. These ships will require annual TMSA. The Authority also takes some fuel consignments under Delivery Duty Paid (DDP) conditions. Under DDP, the supplier of the fuel is responsible for delivery, which normally involves that company chartering a ship on the spot market. The Authority therefore requires an expert provider of vessel risk evaluation services to provide a vetting service. The estimated contract duration for this requirement is 5 years and will run from Februrary 2027 until February 2032.
CPV: Activity specific environmental auditing services · Marine survey services · Marine-base support services · Maritime safety inspection services · Ship-operating services · Statutory audit services · Tanker ships
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Ministry of Defence buys Technical inspection and testing services (CPV 7163), and who usually turns up
Ministry of Defence’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Technical inspection and testing services (CPV 7163) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 50 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid44%
2–322%
4–633%
7+0%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate61%
Within ±2%22%
Above estimate17%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 7163Published estimate£81k
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 68 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid9%
2–322%
4–634%
7+35%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Jul 2026, 13:30 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Aug 2026, 16:24 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-079624- Latest notice
- Pipeline notice (UK1)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d67aFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
29 Jul 2026 → 19 Feb 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published85 days ago29 Jul 2026, 13:30 BST
- Latest notice published63 days ago20 Aug 2026, 16:24 BST
- Tender notice expected35 days ago17 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 119 days19 Feb 2027
Notice history
8 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Jul 2026- Pipeline notice published29 Jul 2026, 13:30 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published29 Jul 2026, 15:39 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published3 Aug 2026, 15:36 BSTUK1
- Published value updated to £87,5303 Aug 2026, 15:36 BSTwas £81,671
- Pipeline notice published19 Aug 2026, 23:34 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published20 Aug 2026, 16:18 BSTUK1
- Published value updated to £80,59520 Aug 2026, 16:18 BSTwas £87,530
- Pipeline notice published20 Aug 2026, 16:24 BSTUK1
Published amendments (3)
Correction to threshold classification: the estimated total contract value remains £105,036.00 including VAT and is below the applicable Procurement Act 2023 threshold. The procurement is intended to proceed as a below-threshold open competition.
Correction to Project Code (addition), threshold classification and Estimated value: the estimated total contract value has been reduced to £96,714.00 including VAT and is below the applicable Procurement Act 2023 threshold. The procurement is intended to proceed as a regulated below-threshold open competition.
Correction to Project Code (addition), threshold classification and Estimated value: the estimated total contract value has been reduced to £96,714.00 including VAT and is below the applicable Procurement Act 2023 threshold. The procurement is intended to proceed as a regulated below-threshold open competition.
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2026-08: 1 release · 3 Aug 2026
- 2026-07: 2 releases · 29 Jul 2026, 29 Jul 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (6)
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