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title: "RRS Sir David Attenborough (SDA) Refit Contract 2025"
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# RRS Sir David Attenborough (SDA) Refit Contract 2025

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rrs-sir-david-attenborough-sda-refit-contract-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-04de11). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** UK Research and Innovation: "RRS Sir David Attenborough (SDA) Refit Contract 2025". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [UK Research and Innovation](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/uk-research-and-innovation-gov-pb1221)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Repair and maintenance services of ships
- **Delivery Location:** DK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04de11`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rrs-sir-david-attenborough-sda-refit-contract-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-04de11#tl-md)

## Description
This is a Contract Award for ship maintenance services. The Contract was awarded following a negotiated procedure without prior publication, in accordance with Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contract Regulations.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** DK

- **Description:** This requirement is for the provision ship refit services, to support the British Antarctic Survey (BAS).
The Contract is required to provide dry dock, repair and upgrade services and facilities in accordance with the 5 annual special survey requirem...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 004712-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Orskov Yard A/S**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-137679`
  - Value: DKK 38,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 004712-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: DKK 38,000,000
  - Signed Date: 11/02/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F004712-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-02-12T12:05:19.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T05:38:24.123Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04de11