Official UK procurement notice
In service Support for REMUS Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) Systems
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe SALMO (Salvage and Marine Operations) Delivery Team, part of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (The Authority) has awarded a contract to HII Unmanned Systems Inc, for a new follow on support contract. This contract shall provide in-service support to the REMUS 100 systems and REMUS 300 systems.
CPV: Diving instruments or accessories · Diving services · Underwater exploration services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Provide In-Service Support to the REMUS 100 and 300 fleets in the form of project…Awarded
Provide In-Service Support to the REMUS 100 and 300 fleets in the form of project management, technical, repairs, training, and maintenance
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How this buyer will score bids.
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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).
- Price
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 18 Jul 2024, 14:33 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Apr 2026, 14:24 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-037129- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047e82Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice; The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the directive; The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
- Published justification
HII Unmanned Systems Inc retain all IPR and technical knowledge for all REMUS systems, which is strictly enforced by the US Department of Defence meaning all repairs and maintenance of the systems needs to be done by HII as they are the only suitably qualified and experienced contractor that can safely maintain, re-calibrate and re-program existing systems to ensure it is safe to use.
This includes sole ownership and all rights in all technical and business information, test reports, ideas, designs, maintenance information and materials pertaining to the deliverables, trademarks, copyrights or processes, and other assembly, production, marketing or sales information.
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Procurement method changed23 Apr 2026, 14:24 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HII UNMANNED SYSTEMS, INCSubcontracting: declared | £8,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
| HII UNMANNED SYSTEMS, INC | £3,044,858 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 037129-2026-1 · HII UNMANNED SYSTEMS, INC
- Signed
- 18 Nov 2025
- Value
- £3,044,858
- Status
- active
Contract 022320-2024-1 · HII UNMANNED SYSTEMS, INC
- Signed
- 18 Jul 2024
- Value
- £8,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- HII UNMANNED SYSTEMS, INCAwarded supplier
- HII UNMANNED SYSTEMS, INCAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.