Official UK procurement notice
Spare Parts for Steering Gear for MPV Jura
Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Scottish Ministers invites tenders for the supply of spare parts for steering gear of the vessel, MPV Jura.
CPV: Mechanical spare parts except engines and engine parts · Miscellaneous spare parts · Steering devices for invalid carriages
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Scottish Ministers invites tenders for the supply of spare parts for steering gear…Cancelled
The Scottish Ministers invites tenders for the supply of spare parts for steering gear of the vessel, MPV Jura.
The vessels steering gear is classified as a critical safety system. As part of routine 5-yearly maintenance and statutory survey requirements, a range of compatible and approved spare parts must be procured and installed to ensure ongoing safety, compliance, and reliability.
The spares require are for a Rolls-royce Tenfjord steering gear or equivalent. Rolls-royce was acquired by Kongsberg in 2019. As of 2025 the Tenfjord steering gear units are supported by Neuver Marine, who acquired the steering gear and rudder operations from Kongsberg.
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).
Published sub-criteria (6)
- Delivery of Requirements: 60
- Key Staff: 15
- Contract Management: 15
- Fair Work First: 5
- price: 30
- Corporate & Social Responsibilities: 5
Published award criteria (6)
- Delivery of Requirements: 60
- Key Staff: 15
- Contract Management: 15
- Corporate & Social Responsibilities: 5
- Fair Work First: 5
- Price: 30
- Economic & financial standing
a) A review of the minimum specific yearly turnover over last two years.
b) Appropriate insurance levels as stipulated in 4B.5.
c) Demonstration of a Current Ratio of greater than 0.8.
d) A Net Profit greater than zero within the two year cycle.
Minimum: 4B2a: Bidders will be required to have a minimum "specific" yearly turnover of 130,000 GBP for the last two years. In the event that the Bidder does not comply with this requirement, they will not be considered any further in this tendering exercise. As evidence for the SPD (Scot… - Technical & professional ability
a) Recent examples demonstrating relevant experience to deliver goods or services.
b) Details of staffing resources and facilities available.
c) Details of technical facilities.
d) Environmental Management
e) Technical equipment, tools and plant
f) Subcontracting.
Minimum: 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 services/supplies as described in the Contract Notice or the relevant section of the site notice. 4C2: Bidders will be require…
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 30 of 130 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Goods
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- 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
- 11 Jul 2025, 16:27 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Jul 2025, 08:55 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 8 Aug 2025 – …
- Authority reference
CASE/693109- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-039460- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055dfdFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: Question scoring methodology for Award Criteria outlined in Invitation to Tender. 0 - Unacceptable. Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate an ability to meet the requirement. 1 - Poor. Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response addresses some elements of the requirement but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate how the requirement will be fulfilled. 2 - Acceptable. Response is relevant and acceptable. The response addresses a broad understanding of the requirement but may lack details on how the requirement will be fulfilled in certain areas. 3 - Good. Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good understanding and provides details on how the requirements will be fulfilled. 4 - Excellent. Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates a thorough understanding of the requirement and provides details of how the requirement will be met in full. 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=538689. 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:804244)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 8 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Timeline
14 Jul 2025 → 11 Sept 2025 · 4 dates- Notice published14 Jul 2025, 08:55 BST
- Submission deadline8 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened8 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts11 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to cancelled14 Jul 2025, 08:55 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
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.