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title: "Invitation to Tender - Pilot Boat design and build"
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# Invitation to Tender - Pilot Boat design and build

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/invitation-to-tender-pilot-boat-design-and-build-ocds-h6vhtk-05e2ca). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Peterhead Port Authority: "Invitation to Tender - Pilot Boat design and build". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 16 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Peterhead Port Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/peterhead-port-authority-GB-FTS-12160)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 16 January 2026 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Boats, Marine patrol vessels, Ship-piloting services, Ships and boats, Specialised boats
- **Delivery Location:** UKM50
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/invitation-to-tender-pilot-boat-design-and-build-ocds-h6vhtk-05e2ca#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05e2ca`

## 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/invitation-to-tender-pilot-boat-design-and-build-ocds-h6vhtk-05e2ca#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/invitation-to-tender-pilot-boat-design-and-build-ocds-h6vhtk-05e2ca#participate

## Description
Peterhead Port Authority is a Trust Port and the Statutory Harbour Authority for Peterhead Port. It has a requirement for a contractor to design, build, test, and deliver a fully operational and seaworthy Pilot Boat (approx. 15m LOA) to meet technical and operational requirements detailed in the Procurement Documents. The vessel shall comply with the latest version of the Workboat Code Edition 3, be Coded on delivery and include a Pilot Boat Endorsement.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 34511100, 34520000, 34521000, 63722000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Invitation to Tender - and see Section II 1.4 above. Additional information: NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site
- **Contract Period:** 29/03/2026 to 30/08/2027

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 047064-2026-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 047064-2026-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 17/05/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F047064-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-05-21T12:03:35.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T10:51:03.582Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05e2ca