Official UK procurement notice
Boats In-Service Support 26 – Lot 6 - Work Boats
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo deliver platform support to maintain the capability of all MOD Workboats.
CPV: Defence services, military defence services and civil defence services · Reconditioning services of ships or boats
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers · 2 bids received (2.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)
- Framework period
- … – … (6 yrs 11 mo)
- Framework value
- £12,750,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Integrated Project Management Plan: 65%
- Reports: 20%
- Commercial Deliverables-Part B: 5%
- Social Value: 10%
- Suitability
Please refer to the PQQ Guidance Instructions.
Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender:
- Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once)
- Browse to the eSourcing Portal
- Click the “Click here to register” link
- Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”
- Enter your correct business and user details
- Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete
- You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure)
- Express an Interest in the tender
- Login to the portal with the username/password
- Click the "PQQs Open to All Suppliers" link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires open to any registered supplier)
- Click on the relevant PQQ to access the content.
- Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page.
- This will move the PQQ into your “My PQQs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only)
- Click on the PQQ code, you can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the “Actions” box
- Responding to the tender
- You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if rejecting)
- You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification
- Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ
- There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed…
- Suitability
Please refer to the PQQ Guidance Instructions.
Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender:
- Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once)
- Browse to the eSourcing Portal
- Click the “Click here to register” link
- Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”
- Enter your correct business and user details
- Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete
- You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure)
- Express an Interest in the tender
- Login to the portal with the username/password
- Click the "PQQs Open to All Suppliers" link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires open to any registered supplier)
- Click on the relevant PQQ to access the content.
- Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page.
- This will move the PQQ into your “My PQQs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only)
- Click on the PQQ code, you can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the “Actions” box
- Responding to the tender
- You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if rejecting)
- You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification
- Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ
- There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed…
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to Annex C of the PQQ Guidance Instructions
Minimum: Please refer to Annex C of the PQQ Guidance Instructions - Economic & financial standing
Please refer to Annex C of the PQQ Guidance Instructions
Minimum: Please refer to Annex C of the PQQ Guidance Instructions - Technical & professional ability
Please refer to the PQQ Guidance Instructions
Minimum: Please refer to the PQQ Guidance Instructions - Technical & professional ability
Please refer to the PQQ Guidance Instructions
Minimum: Please refer to the PQQ Guidance Instructions
- Legal form for consortia
- If a group of economic operators submits a bid, the group must nominate a lead organisation to deal with the Authority. The Authority shall require the group to form a legal entity before entering into the contract.
- Second stage candidates
- 3–6 candidates invited to tender
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- Price carries 5 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 0.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Boats In-Service Support 26 – Lot 6 - Work Boats” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Negotiated with publication of a contract notice
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 7 Oct 2024, 16:14 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Apr 2026, 11:03 BST
- Authority reference
712796450- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-035973- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04a682Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Payment will be in arrears on acceptance of completion of tasks; however the Authority may reserve the right to consider stage payments for high value and / or long duration tasks.
Publisher note: Overarching BISS 26 requirement - The Boats team is responsible for maintaining worldwide delivery of safe, capable and available craft to a diverse user community (Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Army, MOD Police, UKSTRATCOM, Permanent Joint Operating Bases (PJOB), Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), Cadets) thus enabling them to carry out their endorsed tasking in roles relating to maritime operations, responsive force, adaptive force, extended readiness and training, as well as Adventurous Training and Cadet Forces. The Boats portfolio consists of circa 3,000 craft across 100 classes. This Boats In-Service Support (BISS) 26 requirement is split into nine separate contracts, which will be competed under their own Contract Notice simultaneously - 712775453 - Boats In-Service Support 26 Lot 1 STRATCOM 712782450 - Boats In-Service Support 26 Lot 2 Royal Navy / Royal Fleet Auxiliary 712783450 - Boats In-Service Support 26 Lot 3 Ministry of Defence Police Boats 712793452 - Boats In-Service Support 26 Lot 4 Overseas Boats 712795451 - Boats In-Service Support 26 Lot 5 P2000 Boats 712796450 - Boats In-Service Support 26 Lot 6 - Work Boats 712797450 - Boats In-Service Support 26 Lot 7 - Army Boats 712798450 - Boats In-Service Support 26 Lot 8 - UK Operations Boats 712798451 - Boats In-Service Support 26 Lot 9 - Support and Training Boats Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) conference - The Boats team intends to hold a virtual PQQ conference using MS Teams on Tuesday 15 October 2024 from 10:00 to 16:00 to provide Potential Providers with additional detail on the overarching BISS 26 requirements. To register, please follow the link in the PQQ conference attachment. e-Tendering - The Contracting Authority intends to use an e-Tendering system in this procurement exercise, please visit www.contracts.mod.uk for full details and to register your interest in this procurement. Cyber Risk - The Cyber Risk Profile for this requirement identified by the Cyber Risk Assessment is Moderate (Reference – RAR-240711A04)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 11 Nov 2024, 16:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Deposits and guarantees
An indemnity, guarantee or bank bond may be required to support the contract. The Authority reserves the right to ask for an indemnity, (parent company) guarantee or bank bond if the supplier does not meet the required standard for economic and financial standing.
Timeline
11 Nov 2024 → 21 Apr 2026 · 2 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown11 Nov 2024, 16:00 GMT
- Notice published187 days ago21 Apr 2026, 11:03 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated21 Apr 2026, 11:03 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 035973-2026-1
- Signed
- 23 Feb 2026
- Value
- £1,508,362,212
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Boats Team, Ministry of DefenceContracting authorityMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Cabinet OfficeReview bodyReview contact point
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- UK Docks Marine Services North LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.