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title: "Floats and Gliders"
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# Floats and Gliders

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/floats-and-gliders-ocds-h6vhtk-04e545). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ministry of Defence: "Floats and Gliders". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Ministry of Defence](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-defence-gov-d17)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Surveying, hydrographic, oceanographic and hydrological instruments and appliances, Unmanned underwater vehicles
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £2,220,000 (exc. VAT, 2 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04e545`

## 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/floats-and-gliders-ocds-h6vhtk-04e545#tl-md)

## Description
Project HECLA has previously procured a stockpile (x125) of disposable oceanographic profiling floats (OPFs) known as the APEX Argo profiling floats  and routinely deploys them in support of oceanographic COLLECT. These OPF enables COMOPS to SUSTAIN, ENHANCE, PREPARE and UNDERSTAND the ocean environment globally to build the Oceanographic Intelligence and best deliver assets to effect Theatre Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) in the most critical areas. The requirement to collect Oceanographic data is enduring.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 38290000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Project HECLA has previously procured a stockpile (x125) of disposable oceanographic profiling floats (OPFs) known as the APEX Argo profiling floats  and routinely deploys them in support of oceanographic COLLECT. These OPF enables COMOPS to SUSTAIN,...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 006328-2025-714091450-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Teledyne Instruments, Inc.   Trading as Teledyne Webb Research**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-108127`
  - Value: £1,110,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 011425-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Teledyne Webb Research, a Business Unit of Teledyne Instruments, Inc.**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-142054`
  - Value: £1,110,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 011425-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,110,000
  - Signed Date: 28/02/2025

- **Contract:** 006328-2025-714091450-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,110,000
  - Signed Date: 20/02/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011425-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-03-26T21:38:31.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T03:30:25.115Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04e545