Official UK procurement notice
SSE Transmission Marine Subsea Survey DPS
Authority: SSE PLC·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionScottish Hydro Electric Transmission PLC (“SHET”) is inviting interested parties to apply to join the Sub Sea Marine Survey Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) which is being issued by SHET in connection with the DPS procurement process conducted in accordance with the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016 in relation to HVDC Projects. SHET is seeking to appoint a number of specialists Subsea Marine Survey companies to the DPS who can offer some or all of the required services & equipment that goes into subsea marine surveying.
- Recurrence: March 2031
CPV: Bathymetric surveys services · Core preparation and analysis services · Geological and geophysical consultancy services · Geological consultancy services · Geological, geophysical and other scientific prospecting services · Geology, oceanography and hydrology services · Geophysical consultancy services · Hydrographic surveying services · Marine survey services · Subsurface surveying services
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£120,000,000
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 (2)
- Criterion 1: 70%
- Criterion 1: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Criterion 1: 70
- Criterion 1: 30
- Suitability
You are required to complete the Questionnaire and if you meet or exceed the minimum criteria you will be appointed to the DPS subject to agreeing the Terms and Conditions which will be issued to suppliers who meet or exceed the minimum criteria,
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “SSE Transmission Marine Subsea Survey DPS” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How SSE PLC buys Engineering-related scientific and technical services (CPV 7135), and who usually turns up
SSE PLC’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Engineering-related scientific and technical services (CPV 7135) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
No decision dates published to compare.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid3%
2–368%
4–629%
7+0%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 7135Published estimate£120m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid1%
2–323%
4–669%
7+7%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £348m57 awards in 36m · last this month | 8 live · £32m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 12% below n=4 | |
Ramboll UK LimitedLarge | £6.3m19 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 9 live · £12m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 6% below n=3 |
| £160k2 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 1 live · £160k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 | |
| £1.6m3 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | 1 live · £150k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=2 | |
Locogen LtdSME | 2 awards in 36m · last 35 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · March 2031
- First published
- 21 Feb 2023, 10:13 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Dec 2023, 14:06 GMT
- Authority reference
FW - Services - Transmission Marine Survey - Multisite - 0731- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-036527- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a71bFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: <a href="https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Glasgow:-Marine-survey-services./7AFGJ38SDJ" target="_blank">https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Glasgow:-Marine-survey-services./7AFGJ38SDJ</a> To respond to this opportunity, please click here: <a href="https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/7AFGJ38SDJ" target="_blank">https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/7AFGJ38SDJ</a> GO Reference: GO-2023313-PRO-22308965
How to participate & submission route
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Admission period ends
- 14 Mar 2031, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
20 Feb 2023 → 14 Mar 2031 · 3 dates- Next notice expected20 Feb 2023
- Notice published12 Dec 2023, 14:06 GMT
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown14 Mar 2031, 12:00 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Mar 2023- Published value published: £120,000,00013 Mar 2023, 14:05 GMT
- Status changed to active13 Mar 2023, 14:05 GMT
- Procurement method changed13 Mar 2023, 14:05 GMT
- Deadline published: 14 Mar 2031, 12:00 GMT13 Mar 2023, 14:05 GMT
- Buyer details updated13 Mar 2023, 14:05 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
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| — | TextShort Description updated, added text to the original wording for clarification of who may use the DPS. · II.1.4 | Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission PLC (“SHET”) is inviting interested parties to apply to join the Sub Sea Marine Survey Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) which is being issued by SHET in connection with the DPS procurement process conducted in accordance with the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016 in relation to HVDC Projects. SHET is seeking to appoint a number of specialists Subse… | Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission PLC (“SHET”) is inviting interested parties to apply to join the Sub Sea Marine Survey Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) which is being issued by SHET in connection with the DPS procurement process conducted in accordance with the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016 in relation to HVDC Projects. SHET is seeking to appoint a number of specialists Subse… |
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: <a href="https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Glasgow:-Marine-survey-services./7AFGJ38SDJ" target="_blank">https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Glasgow:-Marine-survey-services./7AFGJ38SDJ</a> To respond to this opportunity, please click here: <a href="https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond…
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
2 public bodies on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice; the tender pack is on the portal.