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Published 4 Jul 2025, 09:07 BST

Official UK procurement notice

HMCG Oxygen and Analgesia

Official notice

Authority: Maritime and Coastguard Agency (Central government)

GoodsAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Chemical products (24)Medical Devices & Pharma (33) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 4 Jul 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 30 Jun 2031 · starts 1 Jul 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Market Questionnaire seeks options and potential solutions relating to the national roll out of Oxygen and Analgesia for His Majesty’s Coastguard to support our capability.

HM Coastguard are looking to introduce provision of medical gases to its national network of Coastguard Rescue Teams and a number of full-time officers, the requirement will be to provide;

  • Portable Oxygen O2 2L / CD size in all Coastguard locations and area central Hubs
  • Portable Nitrous Oxide: N2O (Entonox/Nitronox) 2L size in strategic location across HM Coastguard (approx. 30%) of all locations

This initial market questionnaire aims to understand the scale, knowledge and capability of the market along with what appetite there is for delivering this service. The MCA would like to understand a broad overview of how you would deliver the service and what costs that would entail over what is an anticipated 5 year contract.

CPV: Analgesics · Oxygen

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 5 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2031 (5 yrs)
Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
4 Jul 2025, 09:07 BST
Last source update
4 Jul 2025, 10:36 BST
Authority reference
TCA 3/7/1833
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-037332
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
AnalgesicsOxygen
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0558ba Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 Jul 2025 → 1 Jul 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    4 Jul 2025, 09:07 BST
  2. Tender notice expected
    4 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  3. Market engagement
    4 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST

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    Once you have accessed the e-procurement portal, please navigate to pqq_625 - HMCG Oxygen and Analgesia to register an interest.

  4. Contract starts119 days ago
    1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Jul 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    4 Jul 2025, 09:07 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    4 Jul 2025, 10:36 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PCWN-9665-QVMZ 105 Commercial Road, Southampton, South East, SO15 1EGContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure