The purpose of this notice is to invite the market to provide information and obtain multiple views across the market to help inform the potential future Project & Commercial Strategies for SSL-I. Further industry engagement will take place in 2021, details TBC. For the avoidance of doubt this notice is not a call to competition. Any responses, comments, indications of interest, participation or non-participated by any organisation at this stage will not influence the process, selection and/or award decision for a future possible procurement, nor will it be taken as a suppliers committed position. Limited information may be shared with MoD third parties for Subject Matter Expert advice where required.

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

Services

Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: Delivery location not published

Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Strategic Sealift provides UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) with a capability to deploy cargo overseas from the UK in support of the UK’s standing commitments and contingent operations. The current Sealift contract expires on 31 December 2024. A new project has been initiated by UK MOD, with the aim to provide a new contract for an interim period of minimum 5 years, to an updated user requirement. The full requirement will be released to the market as part of future engagements.

CPV: Shipping operations

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Legal basis: CELEX · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
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: 22 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
Last source update: 22 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
FTS notice number: 2021/S 000-026587
Classification (CPV): Shipping operations
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02ef48 Find a Tender

Publisher note: N/A

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityCentral Government MoD Abbeywood, Bristol, BS34 8JHContact name, email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.