Official UK procurement notice
Spatial Telecoms Route Design
Authority: The Crown Estate (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Crown Estate tendered for suitably qualified and experienced tenderers to provide Spatial Telecoms Route Design for both Subsea and Coastal Environments preparatory work for Marine Delivery Routemap, the Services to deliver spatial analysis and advisory support to inform our understanding of potential areas of opportunity to install future subsea telecoms cables across both subsea and coastal environments at a UK scale.
This was via an Open Procedure conducted in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.
The contract value is about £300,000.
CPV: Design and execution of research and development · Marine research services · Research and development consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£240,000
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 (3)
- Technical: 60%
- Commecial: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical
- Social Value
- Commecial
- Price carries 30 of 100 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- 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
- 9 Feb 2026, 13:07 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Apr 2026, 16:07 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 11 May 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-011359- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064b14Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 18 Feb 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Please note The Crown Estate will not respond directly to gain access to the Tender Document. All correspondence must be via the tender portal (SourceDogg).
Supplier must be registered to our tender portal (SourceDogg) directly using the link above to find the documents and as below.
Timeline
9 Feb 2026 → 11 May 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published259 days ago9 Feb 2026, 13:07 GMT
- Clarification questions by250 days ago18 Feb 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Submission deadline231 days ago9 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent182 days ago28 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published181 days ago28 Apr 2026, 16:07 BST
- Contract starts169 days ago11 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by168 days ago11 May 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Feb 2026- Tender notice published9 Feb 2026, 13:07 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published28 Apr 2026, 16:07 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete28 Apr 2026, 16:07 BST
- Contract signature expected29 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIRAS Group (UK) Ltd1 Jun 2026 – 31 May 2028 · up to 31 May 2029Extensions: The contract term is 1+1+1 = 3 years | £250,000 | 28 Apr 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders | 4 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NIRAS GROUP (UK) LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Please note The Crown Estate will not respond directly to gain access to the Tender Document. All correspondence must be via the tender portal (SourceDogg). Supplier must be registered to our tender portal (SourceDogg) directly using the link above to find the documents and as be…
- Technical specifications Please note The Crown Estate will not respond directly to gain access to the Tender Document. All correspondence must be via the tender portal (SourceDogg). Supplier must be registered to our tender portal (SourceDogg) directly using the link above to find the documents and as be…
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender