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Syntactic Foam Requirement for Underwater Vehicles

Buyer: National Oceanography Centre →

BuyerNational Oceanography Centre
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published24 Oct 2025

What is being bought

The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) require the supply of 6000m-rated syntactic foam, machined to specified shapes, for integration into a long-range autonomous underwater vehicle (ALR 6000). The contract includes manufacture, precision machining, and delivery within a 14-week lead time. The foam is a highly specialised deep-water material, with limited known market. Following requests for quotation ALSEAMAR was the only supplier to respond with a compliant offer. The material will be supplied directly by ALSEAMAR to meet the technical and performance requirements of the ALR build program and maintain the project schedule.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

1

Statusactive
Value€65,780

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05d325
Latest release ID068092-2025
Latest release timestampFri Oct 24 2025 09:51:59 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodlimited
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - limited competition
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
24 Oct 2025award, contract068092-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
24 Oct 2025 · 068092-2025 · award, contract
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