Official UK procurement notice
Vessel Management System · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Trinity House
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTrinity House is currently considering the future provision of a Vessel Management System (VMS) to support two new buoy tender vessels being introduced as part of the vessel replacement programme.
Existing fleet management arrangements for the current vessel fleet will remain in place during this period, with Danaos continuing to support the legacy vessels. Any future procurement resulting from this market engagement is therefore anticipated to focus on the implementation of a vessel management solution for the two new vessels only.
The purpose of this market engagement is to better understand the solutions available in the market, associated implementation approaches, commercial models, and innovation opportunities to inform future procurement and contract award decisions.
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CPV: Repair and maintenance services of ships · Ships and boats
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Trinity House buys Repair, maintenance and associated services related to marine and other equipment (CPV 5024), and who usually turns up
Trinity House’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Repair, maintenance and associated services related to marine and other equipment (CPV 5024) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 29 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid4% / 33%
2–348% / 50%
4–636% / 17%
7+12% / 0%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate57% / 50%
Within ±2%29% / 17%
Above estimate14% / 33%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 5024Estimate not published
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 24 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid33%
2–350%
4–617%
7+0%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 17 Jul 2026, 17:22 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Jul 2026, 14:09 BST
- Authority reference
CM113- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-068270- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ce4bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
17 Jul 2026 → 1 Nov 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published99 days ago17 Jul 2026, 17:22 BST
- Latest notice published96 days ago20 Jul 2026, 14:09 BST
- Market engagement65 days ago20 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
Trinity House is undertaking a market engagement exercise to inform the potential future procurement of a Vessel Management System (VMS) to support two new buoy tender vessels being introduced as part of its vessel replacement programme.
The RFI document, including draft requirements and supporting information, is available for interested suppliers to access via the Delta eSourcing portal:
To Respond to this Opportunity, please click here:
www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/V668NJN2KR ↗
Suppliers wishing to participate are requested to register on the Delta portal and download the RFI documentation.
The purpose of this engagement is to help Trinity House better understand the current market, available technologies, commercial approaches, implementation considerations, and future innovations relevant to vessel management solutions. Information gathered through this exercise will be used to inform business case development, requirements refinement, and any future procurement activity.
Trinity House welcomes feedback on all aspects of the RFI documentation and is particularly interested in understanding any areas that suppliers consider unclear, restrictive, or that may present challenges to market participation.
This market engagement exercise does not constitute a call for competition, commitment to commence a procurement process, or any commitment by Trinity House to award a contract. Trinity House reserves the right to amend, supplement or withdraw any aspect of the documentation at its sole discretion. Participation in this exercise is entirely voluntary, and suppliers will not be disadvantaged in any future procurement process should they choose not to respond.
Suppliers wishing to participate should complete the response template contained within the RFI documentation and upload their completed submission via the Delta eSourcing portal by the stated deadline. Responses submitted outside of the portal may not be considered. Suppliers are encouraged to provide as much detail as possible in response to the questions contained within the RFI, together with any supporting information they consider relevant to assist Trinity House in understanding available solutions, implementation approaches, commercial models, and market capabilities.
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 5 days29 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 7 days1 Nov 2026
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Jul 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Jul 2026, 17:22 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published20 Jul 2026, 14:09 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)
Update provided to provide link to the opportunity: To Respond to this Opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/V668NJN2KR
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
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender