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Refit of MRV Alba na Mara
Authority: Scottish Government
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMarine Directorate invites tenders for the refitting of its vessel, MRV Alba na Mara, over the next three years.
CPV: Marine patrol vessels · Repair, maintenance and associated services related to marine and other equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Marine Directorate invites tenders for the refitting of its vessel, MRV Alba na Mara, over
- Variant bids
- allowed
What it takes to win
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add morePublished sub-criteria (14)
- Understanding and Delivery of Requirements — 30
- Staff Competence, Knowledge and Experience — 20
- Contract Management — 15
- Risk, Quality Assurance & Health & Safety — 15
- Fair Work Practices — 5
- Understanding and Delivery of Requirements — 30
- Staff Competence, Knowledge and Experience — 20
- Contract Management — 15
- Risk, Quality Assurance & Health & Safety — 15
- Fair Work Practices — 5
- price — 30
- price — 30
- Corporate & Social Responsibilities — 15
- Corporate & Social Responsibilities — 15
Published award criteria (14)
- Understanding and Delivery of Requirements — 30%
- Staff Competence, Knowledge and Experience — 20%
- Contract Management — 15%
- Risk, Quality Assurance & Health & Safety — 15%
- Corporate & Social Responsibilities — 15%
- Fair Work Practices — 5%
- price — 30
- Understanding and Delivery of Requirements — 30%
- Staff Competence, Knowledge and Experience — 20%
- Contract Management — 15%
- Risk, Quality Assurance & Health & Safety — 15%
- Corporate & Social Responsibilities — 15%
- Fair Work Practices — 5%
- price — 30
- Economic & financial standingThis section covers questions 4B1-6 of the SPD (Scotland).Minimum:
4B1a: Bidders will be required to have a minimum "specific" yearly turnover of 150,000 GBP for the last two years. In the event that the Bidder does not comply with this requirement, they will not be more…
considered any further in this tendering exercise. As evidence for the SPD (Scot… - Technical & professional abilityDetails of technical facilities, measures for ensuring quality and quality management procedures.Minimum:
Minimum level(s) of standards required: 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 more…
services/supplies as described in the Contract Notice or the relevant section of the s… - Economic & financial standingThis section covers questions 4B1-6 of the SPD (Scotland).Minimum:
4B1a: Bidders will be required to have a minimum "specific" yearly turnover of 150,000 GBP for the last two years. In the event that the Bidder does not comply with this requirement, they will not be more…
considered any further in this tendering exercise. As evidence for the SPD (Scot… - Technical & professional abilityDetails of technical facilities, measures for ensuring quality and quality management procedures.Minimum:
Minimum level(s) of standards required: 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 more…
services/supplies as described in the Contract Notice or the relevant section of the s…
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Scottish Government buys Ships (CPV 3451) — and who usually turns up
Scottish Government’s own published record, next to the Scotland market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: sector page →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
Scottish Government
contract notices in 36 months: 14 in CPV 3451 (1 direct) · 25 in division 34 (3 direct) · 226 in all categories (18 direct)
Scotland · Ships (CPV 3451)
contract notices delivered in Scotland in 36 months: 42 in CPV 3451 (40 contested) · 218 in division 34 (170 contested) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used
robust · n=6 Awards in Scottish Government (CPV 3451, n=6 pairs) land a median 3% below; this notice publishes no GBP estimate to apply it to.
Method and what to read with care
- Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
- Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
- Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
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
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- 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
- 18 Sept 2026, 10:36 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Sept 2026, 10:36 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 19 Oct 2026, 13:00 BST — …
- Authority reference
CASE/693111- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07751b
- Electronic trading
- electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=843387. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. (SC Ref:843387) Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=843387
How to participate & submission route
Submit via Public Contracts ScotlandTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ ↗
- Expression of interest (EOI)
- —
- Tender submission deadline
- 19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 19 Oct 2026, 13:00 BST
Timeline
3 published dates · Europe/London- Notice publishedjust passed18 Sept 2026, 10:36 BST
- Submission deadlinein 31 days19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Bids openedin 31 days19 Oct 2026, 13:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff Court HouseReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice; the tender pack is on the portal.