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# Futures Afloat

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/futures-afloat-ocds-h6vhtk-046cc6). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond ("Trinity House"): "Futures Afloat". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [The Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond ("Trinity House")](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-corporation-of-trinity-house-of-deptford-strond-trinity--GB-FTS-114994)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Marine construction works
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-046cc6`

## 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/futures-afloat-ocds-h6vhtk-046cc6#tl-md)

## Description
Futures Afloat is a project that includes the replacement of Trinity House’s ageing multi-functional buoy handling tenders (MFTs). the scope of this procurement includes the construction of modern multi-function buoy handling tenders that will replace THV Patricia as a priority and subsequently THV Galatea. A replacement for THV Alert is within scope of the Futures Afloat project but is out of the scope of this procurement. Futures Afloat is intended to drive a strong competition through a pipeline of ship building activity based on THV Patricia and THV Galatea sharing a common design along a defined timeline. THV Alert will require a separate design and timeline.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** THV Patricia and THV Galatea are MFTs. Their functions include: to service and periodically renew England & Wales’s 450 navigation buoys and other aids to navigation; locate, mark and protect shipping from dangerous wrecks; and to contribute to hydro...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F017063-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-05-31T15:05:04.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T17:13:13.228Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-046cc6