Official UK procurement notice
Profiling conductivity, temperature, depth instrument for use on board MRV Scotia
Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Scottish Ministers have a requirement for the supply of a Temperature, Conductivity and Depth (CTD) instrument with associated oceanographic sensors. The Scottish Ministers wish for the provision of a CTD instrument and associated sensors for the accurate measurement of the characteristics of sea water for environmental monitoring to quantify and understand trends and variability in Scottish waters, as a result of natural variability and human activities, including climate change.
CPV: Marine equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Cancelled
What it takes to wini
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (7)
- Understanding and Delivery of Requirements: 30
- Staff Competence, Knowledge and Experience: 25
- Contract Management: 15
- Health & Safety & Risk Management: 15
- Fair Work First: 5
- price: 30
- Corporate & Social Responsibilities: 10
Published award criteria (7)
- Understanding and Delivery of Requirements: 30%
- Staff Competence, Knowledge and Experience: 25%
- Contract Management: 15%
- Health & Safety & Risk Management: 15%
- Corporate & Social Responsibilities: 10%
- Fair Work First: 5%
- Price: 30
- Economic & financial standing
This section covers questions 4B1-6 of the SPD (Scotland).
Minimum: 4B1a: Bidders will be required to have a minimum "specific" yearly turnover of 250,000 GBP for the last two years. In the event that the Bidder does not comply with this requirement, they will not be considered any further in this tendering exercise. As evidence for the SPD (Scot… - Technical & professional ability
Details of technical facilities, measures for ensuring quality and quality management procedures.
Minimum: 4C1.2: Bidders will be required to provide three examples over the last five years that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies as described in the Contract Notice or the relevant section of the site notice. 4C2: Bidders will be require…
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 30 of 130 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 1 Dec 2025, 09:11 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Apr 2026, 09:02 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 12 Jan 2026 – …
- Authority reference
CASE/693111- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-031186- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05eb92Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: (SC Ref:828547)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 12 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 12 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
12 Jan 2026 → 3 Apr 2026 · 4 dates- Submission deadline289 days ago12 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened289 days ago12 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts266 days ago4 Feb 2026
- Notice published208 days ago3 Apr 2026, 09:02 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to unsuccessful3 Apr 2026, 09:02 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff Court House,Review body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.