Official UK procurement notice
Boat Hire Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation (Education)
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: South East (UKJ31)
Awarded value£177,125published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 24 Nov 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Langstone Harbour Board
What is being bought
Published requirement description2 and a half year agreement to provide vessels, along with qualified skippers to the University for the use in teaching and research activities. To meet a service level agreement to cover activities and solutions to a programme of activity. Meet all safety and operational standards. Local knowledge and experience along with a provision of a suitable range of vessels is essential.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Dec 2025, 15:44 GMT
- Last source update
- 8 Dec 2025, 15:55 GMT
- Authority reference
25-467- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-080742- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f104Find a Tender
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Dec 2025- Contract award notice published8 Dec 2025, 15:44 GMTUK6
- Contract details notice published8 Dec 2025, 15:55 GMTUK7
- Contract signature expected8 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £177,1251 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 2 Dec 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Langstone Harbour Board8 Dec 2025 – 1 Jun 2028 | £177,125 | 24 Nov 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Boat Hire Services · Langstone Harbour Board
- Signed
- 2 Dec 2025
- Value
- £177,125
- Period
- 8 Dec 2025 – 1 Jun 2028
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Langstone Harbour BoardAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender