Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Underwater Inspections and Services (2025)
Authority: West Sussex County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA contract for the Provision of Underwater Inspections and Services for the Maintenance of Highway Structures Assets is being tendered by West Sussex County Council (WSCC) in accordance with the The Procurement Act 2023 (PA2023). WSCC requires a single contractor to deliver the Services for the duration of the Contract. For the purposes of this procurement exercise, the term Services is used to describe the full range of Services required. A summary of the Requirement is given below. 1. The Contractor will be responsible for carrying out the Client‘ underwater inspections and, when instructed, undertake repairs of the structures as detailed within Appendix 1, in accordance with the requirements of CS450. 2. The Contractor is to provide the service for 6 years commencing 1 July 2025 and expiring 30 June 2031. 3. The Contractor may also be responsible for carrying out repairs identified from the inspections.
CPV: Diving services · Technical inspection services of engineering structures
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£350,000
- Economic & financial standing
as per enclosed tender pack
- Technical & professional ability
as per enclosed tender pack
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).
- Quality: technical method statement questions
- Commercial: Price Per Quality Point
- Economic & financial standing
as per enclosed tender pack
- Technical & professional ability
as per enclosed tender pack
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- 28 Apr 2025, 14:19 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Jul 2025, 06:47 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 10 Jun 2025
- Authority reference
C19774- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-017326- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05086cFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
30 days
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 3 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 16 May 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
28 Apr 2025 → 21 Jul 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published28 Apr 2025, 14:19 BST
- Clarification questions by16 May 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline3 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
- Award decision expected by10 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent9 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published9 Jul 2025, 06:47 BST
- Standstill ends21 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Apr 2025- Tender notice published28 Apr 2025, 14:19 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published9 Jul 2025, 06:47 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete9 Jul 2025, 06:47 BST
- Contract signature expected1 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| RS Divers LimitedUnderwater Inspections2 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2031 · up to 31 Jul 2032Extensions: 1 year optional | £123,639 | 9 Jul 2025standstill to 21 Jul 2025 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6final-stage tenders | 6 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- RS Divers LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender