Official UK procurement notice
Defence Marine Services - Next Generation: Contract 4 - Offshore Support to Military Training and Exercises
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe contract will provide discrete Defence Marine Services for Offshore Support to Military Training and Exercises in UK waters and select overseas territories. The services will be provided at various locations up to and including 100 nautical miles off the UK coast. Service delivery will also take place in Gibraltar, the Mediterranean and NATO sea areas.
The contract duration will be 120 months.
The specification for the services will include the following:
- Supporting Military Training, Exercises, Trials, and Operations
- Supporting Emergencies
- Providing additional Maritime Support through a single service contract.
The contract will provide the safe delivery of Marine Services through the operation of specialist ocean going vessels outside of Naval Base local areas, and worldwide, to support delivery of Specialist Trials (not conducted under the auspices of the Long Term Partnering Agreement), Specialist Military Training; including support to Operational Sea Training (OST) and exercise Joint Warrior under the direction of the Joint Tactical Exercise Planning Staff (JTEPS). The contract will also provide training support to the NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS).
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 · Repair and maintenance services of ships · Repair, maintenance and associated services related to marine and other equipment · Ship brokerage services · Ships and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods · Specialised boats · Specialist training services · +1 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£146,700,000
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).
- 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:
DSPCR 2011 Part 4 Selection of Economic Operators
Clause 23; Criteria for the rejection of economic operators
Clause 24; Information as to the economic and financial standing
Clause 25; Infor…
- Technical & professional ability
Contained within the DPQQ Documents.
Minimum: Contained within the DPQQ Documents.
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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 8 Jun 2022, 12:02 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Jun 2025, 14:48 BST
- Authority reference
703249461- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-034102- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-034429Find 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, 14:48 BST
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Jun 2025- Status changed to complete20 Jun 2025, 14:48 BST
- Buyer details updated20 Jun 2025, 14:48 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 Limited | £102,793,217 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Defence Marine Services - Next Generation: Contract 4 - Offshore Support to Military Training and Exercises · Serco Limited
- Signed
- 14 May 2025
- Value
- £102,793,217
- 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 (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria