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title: "Linkspan Inspection and Maintenance Service"
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# Linkspan Inspection and Maintenance Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/linkspan-inspection-and-maintenance-service-ocds-h6vhtk-028cf5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (Utility): "Linkspan Inspection and Maintenance Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 26 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (Utility)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/caledonian-maritime-assets-ltd-utility-GB-FTS-909)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 26 February 2021 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Harbour equipment maintenance services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £420,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-028cf5`

## 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/linkspan-inspection-and-maintenance-service-ocds-h6vhtk-028cf5#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/linkspan-inspection-and-maintenance-service-ocds-h6vhtk-028cf5#participate

## Description
The Contractor is responsible for the day-to-day and long-term maintenance of the Linkspan equipment to ensure operational availability to meet the demands of the ferry services. The Contractor’s regular effective inspection, maintenance, defect repairs and swift response to break-down callouts (fault response) are crucial to enable these Linkspans to operate and allow the ferries to provide lifeline services to the routes that they serve.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 50246000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** The Client (Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd) intends to procure testing, inspection, monitoring and necessary maintenance service on the mechanical, hydraulic and electrical equipment (such as pumps, cylinders, diesel engines, wire ropes, mechanical l...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 025002-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Napier Brothers Engineers Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-30964`
  - Value: £420,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 025002-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £420,000
  - Signed Date: 09/09/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025002-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-10-07T09:45:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T05:18:28.314Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-028cf5