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title: "MCA Small Vessel Chartering Provision"
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# MCA Small Vessel Chartering Provision

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/mca-small-vessel-chartering-provision-ocds-h6vhtk-04e41f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Maritime and Coastguard Agency: "MCA Small Vessel Chartering Provision". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £900,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Maritime and Coastguard Agency](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/maritime-and-coastguard-agency-gov-ea78)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £900,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Hire of vessels with crew, Pollution-control vessels
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04e41f`

## 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/mca-small-vessel-chartering-provision-ocds-h6vhtk-04e41f#tl-md)

## Description
Counter Pollution is one of His Majesty's Coastguards (HMCG) Seven Functions and the Counter Pollution and Salvage (CPS) branch operates as the UK Competent Authority with specific responsibility for Counter Pollution preparedness and responding to at-sea pollution from shipping and offshore installations within the UK Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), and the management of the UK Government’s stockpiles of equipment and dispersant. 
It is tasked to:
• Protect public Health
• Prevent pollution occurring by minimising the risk of pollution from ships and offshore installations;
• Determine any actual, or threat of, environmental impact and, where pollution occurs:
• Minimise the impact on the UK waters, the UK EEZ, coastlines and economic interest. Take the lead in responding to pollution at sea from ships and/or monitor the at-sea-clean up contracted by ship owners/insurers;

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 34513600
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** CPS currently source its vessel hire requirements on a case by case basis and secure charters from a range of suppliers based on competitive market rates. The requirement moving forward however is to secure a long-term partner to work with the team i...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F005892-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-02-19T14:57:44.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T10:35:24.681Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04e41f