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project_19716 - RENTAL OF SUPPLY AND SERVICE FOR 8 x 20 MAN TYPE S30 SOLAS A Pack LIFE RAFTS

Buyer: Home Office →

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BuyerHome Office
StatusClosed
Deadline16 Jan 2026
Value£45,000
Published19 Dec 2025

What is being bought

This is notice of an opportunity to supply 8 x 20-man type S30 SOLAS A Pack life rafts complete with Hydrostatic release units, in respect of:- a. HMC Seeker b. HMC Searcher c. HMC Vigilant d. HMC Valiant Onboard life rafts (2 x life rafts per Cutter) The contract will be required to be in place by March 2026. This notice is issued to enable potential bidders to prepare for, and bid for this work. The requirement will include: - a. Rental supply of 8 x 20-man Type S30 SOLAS A pack cylindrical hard case life rafts b. Service/exchange of the above life rafts every 30 months. c. Supply of replacement life raft upon: - 1. Activation of a life raft within the 30-month service life 2. Failure of a life raft to pass the annual CO2 test for continued service d. Include all transportation costs to nominated UK ports. e. Able to supply upon request service/exchange life rafts outwit the UK. f. Supply of logbooks to record annual inspections g. Training in the annual CO2 test h. Supply 8 x Hydrostatic Release Units every 24 months The Buyer intends to establish a contract for an initial term of three (3) years, with the option to extend for two additional one (1) year periods (3+1+1), subject to ongoing requirements and satisfactory performance for the supply and service/exchange of liferafts for 4 Cutters. The Buyer is using Jaggaer for this procurement which means the Tender is available only in electronic form. https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/ The Invitation to Tender (ITT) can be viewed from the login page by anyone. However, you need to register and login to express interest and participate in the ITT. Bidders are required to complete the Qualification, Technical and Commercial Envelopes. To Prepare and Submit ITT Response Supplier responses can be configured within JAGGAER ONE, to do so: Navigate to Sourcing > ITT. Select from the sub-menu items: - ITTs Open to All Suppliers For more guidance, please see the attached document Project_19716 Instructions to Bidders The successful Bidder will be the one who submits a complete and compliant bid that offers the lowest grand total price from the evaluation process. The timeline for this ITT: 1. 1700hrs, 9 January 2026 - deadline for clarification submission to the Buyer. 2. 1700hrs, 16 January 2026 - bid deadline 3. From 19 January 2026 - evaluation/moderation. 4. (On or around) w/c 26 January 2026 - contract award. 5. 1 March 2026 - Contract Start; and 6. 28 February 2029 - Contract End. The tender opportunity will be issued via the Home Office eSourcing Portal and bidders must therefore ensure they have registered: https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/

Categories

Lifeboats 34521400Repair and maintenance services 50000000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£45,000
Contract periodFrom 12 Mar 2026 to 11 Mar 2029

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Lifeboats, Repair and maintenance servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 34. The category anchor is Lifeboats (34521400); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 342,1643 median · 23.2 average (684 of 2,164 with a bid count)3.6 average (750 of 2,164 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer16Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)94Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05d36c
Latest release ID084800-2025
Latest release timestampFri Dec 19 2025 11:21:37 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084800-2025
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-01-16T17:00:00+00:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-01-09T12:00:00+00:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsThe Buyer is using Jaggaer for this procurement which means the Tender is available only in electronic form. https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£45,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
19 Dec 2025tender084800-2025
24 Oct 2025planning068212-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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