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UKRI-4880 BAS - Tracked mobile knuckle boom crane

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BuyerUK Research and Innovation
StatusClosed
Deadline12 Oct 2025
Value£500,000
Published12 Sept 2025

What is being bought

The British Antarctic Survey has a Mobile Crane at the rear that has been on site for over 20 years and coming to the end of its service life and we are looking to replace this machine during the 2025-2026 financial year. The Tracked Crane is used around Rothera Station in the Antarctic and will never travel more than a 2km radius to support general lifting operations around station such as relocation of general cargo on the rear deck, launch a recover small boats for boating operations and used as a MEWP (with attached personnel basket) for antenna maintenance around station. This machine will not be deployed outside of Rothera station local area, Export to Antarctica outside of EU emissions regulations.

Delivery location

UKH12, GB

Categories

Cranes, mobile lifting frames and works trucks fitted with a crane 42414000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£500,000
Contract periodFrom 10 Nov 2025 to 9 Nov 2027
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Technical/Quality — 75% of the total weighted score. (75%)
Price — 15% of the total weighted score. (15%)
Social Value — 10% of the total weighted score. (10%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Cranes, mobile lifting frames and works trucks fitted with a craneNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 42. The category anchor is Cranes, mobile lifting frames and works trucks fitted with a crane (42414000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 428754 median · 68.5 average (181 of 875 with a bid count)5.7 average (191 of 875 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer3Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKH124Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)971 median · 5.3 average (3 of 97 with a bid count)1 average (3 of 97 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

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 byGPA
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleThis procurement has not been subject to a preliminary market engagement exercise. UKRI is familiar with the market and products available, and has sufficient knowledge to proceed with the tender process.
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05999a
Latest release ID056283-2025
Latest release timestampFri Sep 12 2025 14:30:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/056283-2025
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2025-10-12T16:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2025-09-28T16:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2025-11-07T23:59:59Z
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Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£500,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
12 Sept 2025tender056283-2025

All source data

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

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12 Sept 2025 · 056283-2025 · tender
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