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# Dispersant Testing Requirements

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dispersant-testing-requirements-ocds-h6vhtk-0491c0). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Maritime and Coastguard Agency: "Dispersant Testing Requirements". Published status: complete. Published Value: £200,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 16 Sept 2024, 18:00 BST. Published submission portal: dft.app.jaggaer.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Maritime and Coastguard Agency](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/maritime-and-coastguard-agency-gov-ea78)
- **Published Value:** £200,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 16 September 2024 at 18:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Chemicals and oil pollution investigation services, Environmental services, Laboratory services, Research laboratory services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £326,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0491c0`

## 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/dispersant-testing-requirements-ocds-h6vhtk-0491c0#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [dft.app.jaggaer.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdft.app.jaggaer.com%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dispersant-testing-requirements-ocds-h6vhtk-0491c0#participate

## Description
The UK Government have a legal obligation to respond to pollution events, usually the first port of call is chemical dispersants and therefore it is imperative to ensure the efficacy of this is in line with international standards.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73111000, 90700000, 90715100
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** MCA hold approximately 1200 tons of chemical dispersant. This needs to be tested every 5 years to ensure the efficacy is 50% or higher. In the last 5 years less than half of our stockpile has been tested, which means we have 716 tons that still requi...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 033601-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Ricardo AEA Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-50070`
  - Value: £326,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 033601-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £326,000
  - Signed Date: 13/10/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F033601-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-10-17T13:56:48.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T21:52:58.045Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0491c0