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Strangford Ferry Service - MV Portaferry II Hull Strengthening Project

Repair
maintenance and associated services related to marine and other equipment
Northern Ireland (UKN0)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Intelligence
Published evidence · v1
Prepared 8 Sept 2026, 01:40 BST
A pre-calculated analytical view of official UK procurement facts, competition benchmarks and decision timelines.
Bid readiness
Review notice
Submission deadline not published
Check official notice for submission route
Scope structure
1lots
1 lot · 1 published item
1 published CPV family
Decision Velocity
~62 days
Typical sector award window after deadline
Sector median: 62 days
Contract lifecycle
Not published
No future linked contract end in retained records
No published extension signal
Pricing & Budget Savings
£115,000
Contract/award value: £115,000
1 award supplier linked
Bidding Competition
Not published
SME bid count not published
No bid spread metrics published
Sector Market Benchmark (CPV 50)
Based on 8,759 published procedures
Median Winning Discount
21.9%
Award reduction below published budget
Typical Bids Received
4 bidders
Median competitive participation in sector
Typical Evaluation Window
62 days
Median time between deadline and award
Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 50)
Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
SupplierAwards won in sectorTotal awarded valueAvg. winning discount
Bell Group Limited
18 contracts£8,926,047,290At ceiling / not disclosed
City Technical Services UK Ltd
18 contracts£46,419,506-1.9% below budget
Valley Group Limited
17 contracts£11,882,882,709-28.9% below budget
MP Group UK Limited
16 contracts£21,079,424,430At ceiling / not disclosed
Magnus Electrical Services Limited
16 contracts£9,468,251,860At ceiling / not disclosed
CONCEPT ELEVATORS (UK) LIMITED t/a Andwis LiftsCRN: 07779086
16 contracts£195,444,555-30.5% below budget
Castle Electrical Services Ltd
15 contracts£450,000At ceiling / not disclosed
Saltire Facilities Management Ltd
13 contracts£2,398,060,086At ceiling / not disclosed
Longacre tree surgery limited
13 contracts£168,826At ceiling / not disclosed
BELL GROUP LTDCRN: SC114142
12 contracts£44,697,507,443At ceiling / not disclosed
Evidence coverage
6/12 core inputs published
Standard procedure facts
Comparable published opportunities
Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They are research comparables, not expected competitors or a price forecast.
Published procedurePublished valueMatching evidence
ID 6231332 - National Museums NI - Conservation and Restoration of Maritime CollectionsNational Museums Northern Ireland (NMNI) · 21 Aug 2026, 11:31 BST
£400,000
same CPV family
same region
Asset Sustainability, Improvement and Decarbonisation FrameworkEASTERN PROCUREMENT LIMITED · 1 Sept 2026, 11:12 BST
£450,000,000
same CPV family
Estates Works and Capital Projects Dynamic MarketEmbark Multi Academy Trust · 27 Aug 2026, 14:18 BST
Value not published
same CPV family
GWR Customer Facing MaintenanceFIRST GREATER WESTERN LIMITED · 1 Sept 2026, 09:51 BST
£3,600,000
same CPV family
Property Transformation Programme – Workplace Services ManagementMinistry of Justice · 20 Aug 2026, 16:54 BST
£340,000,000
same CPV family
Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Values and dates are retained OCDS facts; missing source data remains unknown.
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Department for Infrastructure: "Strangford Ferry Service - MV Portaferry II Hull Strengthening Project". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for InfrastructureScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Department for Infrastructure
Market Analytics
View Authority Profile →
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Department for Infrastructure. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
5Bids / Report (median)
4% of reports have one bid · Mean: 6.1 bids
Supplier ConcentrationLow Concentration
Laird Grass Machinery LimitedTop vendor: 8.1% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 101 active published awards; 99 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 50):
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable ValueAvg. Price Discount
Laird Grass Machinery Limited3 wins£200,000—
Eastwood Fleet Services LTD2 wins£625,000—
CYRIL JOHNSTON CO LTD2 wins£150,000—
D A Forgie2 wins£100,000—
Modern Tyres Ltd.2 wins£50,000—
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for Infrastructure
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published24 Feb 2021, 15:08 GMT
Last source update24 Feb 2021, 15:08 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationRepair, maintenance and associated services related to marine and other equipment
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0295df
What is being bought
A Contractor is needed to carry out structural repairs, strengthening and application of protective coatings to the MV Portaferry II ferry. This work will require either the use of a dry dock facility or a similar alternative. All works must be completed in accordance with IACS REC No 47 and in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of Lloyds Register of Shipping. Work will be subject to survey by the MCA.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    24 Feb 2021, 15:08 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    24 Feb 2021, 15:08 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    24 Feb 2021, 15:08 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    DfI requires a Contractor to carry out structural repairs, strengthening and application of protective coatings to the MV Portaferry II ferry. This work will require either the use of a dry dock facility or a similar alternative. All works must be completed in accordance with IACS REC No 47 and in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of Lloyds Register of Shipping. Work will be subject to survey by the MCA.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    24 Feb 2021, 15:08 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 24 Feb 2021, 00:00 GMT · £115,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Harland and Wolff Belfast Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Strangford Ferry Service - MV Portaferry II Hull Strengthening Project
£115,000 · signed 24 Feb 2021, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Department for Infrastructure

Contracting authority GB-FTS-3041
View buyer profile

  • Department for Infrastructure
    buyer

    Clarence Court Adelaide Street, Belfast, UK, BT2 8GB
    [email protected]

  • Harland and Wolff Belfast Ltd
    supplier

    Queen's Island, BELFAST, UKN06, BT3 9DU
    [email protected]

  • High Court, Royal Courts of Justice
    reviewBody

    BELFAST
Documents (0)
Official links; attachments are not copied
No data
No linked documents are published
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleAn Open competition was published in September 2019. Link to Notice 2019/S 168-411007. No compliant bids were received. An Award Notice was published in May 2020 advising no contract was awarded. Link to Award Notice 2020/S 088-211203. 21. Regulation 32(2)(a) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 enables the Department to negotiate a contract directly with one or more economic operators where no tenders, no suitable tenders, no requests to participate, or no suitable requests to participate have been submitted in response to an open procedure or a restricted procedure, provided that the initial conditions of the contract are not substantially altered.