Official UK procurement notice
Defence Marine Services - Next Generation: Contract 2 - Inshore Support to Military Training, Testing and Evaluation
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionInshore Support to Military Training, Testing and Evaluation
CPV: Dive-support vessels · Hire of boats with crew · Hire of sea-going vessels with crew · Hire of vessels with crew · Marine services · Marine-base support services · ROV services · Repair and maintenance services of ships · Repair, maintenance and associated services related to marine and other equipment · Ship brokerage services · Ship-operating services · Ships and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods · +6 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The contract will provide Inshore Support to Military Training, Testing and Evaluation…AwardedRenewalPublished value£85,500,000
The contract will provide Inshore Support to Military Training, Testing and Evaluation Services in support of Authority sponsored trials, clearance diving training for the Royal Navy, general air diving training for the Royal Engineers, and range safety. BUTEC and Raasay ranges as well as specified ‘off range’ locations, off of the North West coast of Scotland and maritime ranges around the UK coast.
The duration of the contract will be 60 months.
The contract encompasses 3 critical elements – the provision of Marine Services to:
- The British Underwater Test & Evaluation Centre (BUTEC)
Covers the safe delivery of maritime services to QinetiQ in support of activities at the British Underwater Test & Evaluation Centre (Raasay Ranges) located in the north west of Scotland with vessels based in Kyle of Lochalsh. Service delivery covers: Torpedo recovery, sonobuoy trials, target launch and recovery including underwater autonomous vehicles, range safety and range maintenance, passenger transfer service, stores and garbage transfer, towed array recovery and transfer to/from submarines, host platform for sound velocity profiles and novel trials.
- Military Diving
Covers the safe delivery of maritime services to entitled customers in north west Scotland. Service delivery is the provision and operation of 2 dedicated vessels to enable the Authority to deliver safe deep-water dive training to service personnel utilising mixture gases.
- Range Safety, Sea Training and Aircrew Training
Covers the safe delivery of maritime services to entitled customers who require a suitable platform to deliver individual & unit level training around the UK. Service delivery covers: support to helicopter crew winching training, coastal sea survival training, target towing for fast jet weapon training and helicopter marine sniper training, range clearance and range safety service, provision of small craft simulating fast attack craft, consorts and target vessels for boarding training.
The specification for the services will include the following:
- Undertake passenger transportation.
- Transport stores & liquids.
- Support military training, exercises, trials and operations including military diving training & Range Safety & Aircrew Training (RSACT).
- Support to Emergencies.
- Provide maritime support to the Raasay ranges.
- Provide additional maritime support through a single service contract
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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).
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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).
- Price
- Suitability
Criteria regarding the personal situation of economic operators (that may lead to their exclusion) including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers. Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Criteria regarding the personal situation of economic operators (that may lead to their exclusion) including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers.
Candidates will be required to sign a declaration confirming whether they do or do not have any of the listed criteria as part of the qualification process.
Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 39(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest (including defence and security factors) for doing so.
Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 39(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.
Criteria regarding the personal situation of subcontractors (that may lead to their rejection) including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers.
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
The Authority will apply:
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 8 Jun 2022, 12:21 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Jun 2025, 14:50 BST
- Authority reference
703249454- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-034106- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03442fFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Publisher note: The Contracting Authority intends to use an e-Tendering system in this procurement exercise, please visit https://contracts.mod.uk/web/login.html for full details and to register your interest in this procurement.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 22 Jul 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 360 days from the deadline
Timeline
22 Jul 2022 → 20 Jun 2025 · 2 dates- Submission deadline22 Jul 2022, 12:00 BST
- Notice published20 Jun 2025, 14:50 BST
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Jun 2025- Status changed to complete20 Jun 2025, 14:50 BST
- Buyer details updated20 Jun 2025, 14:50 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Dateii.1.4 | 29 Jun 2022 | 13 Jul 2022 | +14 d |
| — | Dateiv.2.2 | 8 Jul 2022 | 22 Jul 2022 | +14 d |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serco LimitedInshore Support to Military Training. Testing and Evaluation | £65,581,496 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Inshore Support to Military Training. Testing and Evaluation · Serco Limited
- Signed
- 14 May 2025
- Value
- £65,581,496
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- DE&S CommercialReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Serco LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria