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Published 25 Jun 2025, 13:40 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of an Integrated Safety and Risk Management System (Organisation and Marine)

Official notice

Authority: National Oceanography Centre (Public body)

GoodsAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 1 Dec 2028 · up to 1 Dec 2029 with extensions · starts 1 Dec 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) seeks to procure a comprehensive, integrated software system and associated services for the management of Health, Safety, and Enterprise-Wide Risk. The required solution will support and unify operations across the NOC's shore-based sites in Southampton and Liverpool, and its two ocean-going research vessels, RRS James Cook and RRS Discovery.

The primary objective is to acquire a solution that ensures full compliance with the International Safety Management (ISM) Code for our marine operations and the ISO 45001 standard for our shore-based occupational health and safety management system.

This is a call for participation not competition.

CPV: Compliance software development services · Hazard protection and control consultancy services · Industry specific software development services · Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Dec 2025 – 1 Dec 2028 (3 yrs) · up to 1 Dec 2029 with extensions
Delivery: South EastEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
25 Jun 2025, 13:40 BST
Last source update
25 Jun 2025, 13:40 BST
Authority reference
NOCP00541
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-035069
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Compliance software development servicesHazard protection and control consultancy servicesIndustry specific software development servicesSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area
South East (UKJ32)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055365 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

25 Jun 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    25 Jun 2025, 13:40 BST
  2. Market engagement
    25 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST

    The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is conducting a pre-market engagement exercise to inform its requirements for an Integrated Health, Safety, and Risk Management System. This exercise will take the form of a capability assessment. The purpose of this engagement is to understand the solutions available in the market. This is not a call for competition rather participation in a pretender SMT exercise.

    In order to take part in this capability assessment please email [email protected] no later than 25th of July. We will then provide you a copy of the Capability Assessment to complete.

    Following the capability assessment the NOC may look to identify a cross section of the market who may be invited to provide additional demonstrations / SMT response questionnaires prior to tender finalisation.

  3. Contract starts332 days ago
    1 Dec 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    25 Jun 2025, 13:40 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

National Oceanography Centre

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-CHC: 1185265 · GB-COH: 11444362 · GB-PPON: PYLV-3456-PMCQ National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, South East, SO14 3ZHContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure