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# T0496 - Lifting Equipment and Racking Inspection

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/t0496-lifting-equipment-and-racking-inspection-ocds-h6vhtk-03bdc7). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Trinity House: "T0496 - Lifting Equipment and Racking Inspection". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £150,000. 2 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Trinity House](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/trinity-house-gov-pb462)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £150,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Technical inspection and testing services, Technical inspection services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03bdc7`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/t0496-lifting-equipment-and-racking-inspection-ocds-h6vhtk-03bdc7#tl-md)

## Description
The purpose of this tender is to identify a contractor(s) to undertake the six-monthly inspection of lifting gear and accessories and the annual inspection of racking across Trinity House’s operations. In addition to the inspections, a key deliverable of this tender process is the establishment, maintenance and administration of a database for the control of all lifting accessories across Trinity House. The inspections will normally be conducted either at a Trinity House site, i.e. Harwich, Swansea and St Just, or in the case of lifting gear, aboard a Trinity House Vessel while moored at a Trinity House site or on rare occasions at another port in the UK.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Lifting Equipment Inspections
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 71630000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The six monthly inspection of lifting equipment and accessories across three Trinity House sites (Harwich, Swansea and St Just) and Trinity House vessels (THV Galatea, Patricia and Alert) moored at Trinity House sites or on rare occasions, other UK p...

### Lot 2: Racking Inspections
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 71631000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The contractor will be engaged to undertake the annual inspection of racking across Trinity House’s operations located in Harwich, Swansea and St Just.

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010358-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-04-11T13:05:01.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T07:22:15.663Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03bdc7