Official UK procurement notice
HMC VALIANT Maintenance and Safety Equipment Recertification (MSER)
Authority: Home Office (Central government)
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£100,000£100,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update6.2% above published estimate
Submissions closed 11 Sept 2026awarded 9 Oct 2026
Awarded to Southampton Marine Services
Contract term 1 moends 4 Dec 2026 · starts 9 Nov 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is notice of a Contract Award to perform Planned Maintenance and Safety Equipment Recertification (MSER) for the Border Security Command Cutter HMC Valiant.
CPV: Marine patrol vessels · Repair and maintenance services of ships
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£100,000
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical Criteria: 40%
- Commercial Criteria: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Commercial Criteria
- Technical Criteria
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Jun 2026, 19:18 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Oct 2026, 10:40 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-075949- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b392Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
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- Submission deadline
- 11 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 4 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
11 Jun 2026 → 9 Nov 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published136 days ago11 Jun 2026, 19:18 BST
- Tender notice published76 days ago10 Aug 2026, 17:48 BST
- Next notice expected72 days ago13 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions by51 days ago4 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline44 days ago11 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Latest notice published5 days ago20 Oct 2026, 10:40 BST
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 15 days9 Nov 2026
Notice history
9 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Jun 2026- Planned procurement notice published11 Jun 2026, 19:18 BSTUK3
- Planned procurement notice published14 Jul 2026, 15:28 BSTUK3
- Tender notice published10 Aug 2026, 17:48 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £100,00010 Aug 2026, 17:48 BSTwas £105,000
- Status changed to active10 Aug 2026, 17:48 BST
- Deadline moved to 11 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST10 Aug 2026, 17:48 BST+0 days · was 11 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published19 Aug 2026, 10:24 BSTUK4
- Contract details notice published20 Oct 2026, 10:40 BSTUK7
- Status changed to complete20 Oct 2026, 10:40 BST
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2026-07: 1 release · 14 Jul 2026
- 2026-06: 1 release · 11 Jun 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £106,1511 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Oct 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southampton Marine Services | £106,151 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Southampton Marine Services
- Signed
- 9 Oct 2026
- Value
- £106,151
- Period
- 9 Nov 2026 – 27 Nov 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SOUTHAMPTON MARINE SERVICES LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Guidance
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender