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# Boats/0007 - Maritime Overseer Support (MOS) for Boats and RFA

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/boats-0007-maritime-overseer-support-mos-for-boats-and-rfa-ocds-h6vhtk-030d8c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ministry of Defence: "Boats/0007 - Maritime Overseer Support (MOS) for Boats and RFA". Published status: award. Framework Ceiling: Value not published. Lot information not published. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** RECORDED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Ministry of Defence](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-defence-gov-d17)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 0
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Defence services, military defence services and civil defence services, Reconditioning services of ships or boats, Repair and maintenance services of ships
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32009L0081
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-030d8c`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/boats-0007-maritime-overseer-support-mos-for-boats-and-rfa-ocds-h6vhtk-030d8c#tl-md)

## Description
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) Boats Team and Royal Fleet Auxiliary Cluster Support Team require a framework agreement to provide Overseer Support (OS).Boats Acquisition Requirement -The current Acquisition programme will deliver 7 classes of boats over the next 5 years which will require an overseer for either build, upkeep or both. They are all in various stages of manufacture, built by different UK-based boat builders.Boats In Service Support Requirement -There is a Boats In Service Support (BISS) contract in place to provide in service support for all classes of boats not included in the Boats Acquisition Requirement, which will require an overseer for upkeep. This contract is divided into 11 Lots. The locations of these Lots can be broken down to UK North East, UK North West, UK South and Gibraltar. Ideally there will be separate overseers covering UK North East, UK North West and UK South.

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 001779-2022-701549432- Boats/0007 Maritime Overseer Support (MOS) for Boats and RFA-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Safeguard Engineering Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-41499`
  - Value: £305,662,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 001779-2022-701549432- Boats/0007 Maritime Overseer Support (MOS) for Boats and RFA-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £305,662,000
  - Signed Date: 14/12/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001779-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-01-20T22:45:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T00:39:52.526Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-030d8c