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Published 16 May 2024, 10:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

West Coast Work Boat · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Trinity House

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£5,600,000exc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 20 Sept 2024awarded 28 Mar 2025
Awarded to Severn Seas Shipping Ltd2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Trinity House, in its capacity as a General Lighthouse Authority (GLA), requires a Contractor to provide a Work Vessel (“the Vessel”) and Aid to Navigation Support Services (“the Services"), primarily in and around the Bristol Channel, but also to undertake voyages and carry out the Services in all waters contiguous to England and Wales.

CPV: Marine services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Trinity House requires a Contractor to provide a Work Vessel (“the Vessel”) and Aid to…AwardedRenewalPublished value£5,600,000

Trinity House requires a Contractor to provide a Work Vessel (“the Vessel”) and Aid to Navigation Support Services (“the Services"), primarily in and around the Bristol Channel, but also to undertake voyages and carry out the Services in all waters contiguous to England and Wales.

The majority of the work to be undertaken by the Contractor will occur between Worms Head, Avonmouth, Lundy Island and Appledore, extending on occasion to include the Southwest English and North Wales coasts. The Contractor may also be required to attend casualties anywhere on the coast of England and Wales, up to but not including the border with Scotland.

Delivery: UK · UNITED KINGDOM
Extensions: It is intended that this tender process will result in a contract with a duration of three years, with options to extend for two subsequent 12-month periods.Variant bids: allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 55%Price: 35%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical Criteria: 55%
  • Commercial Criteria: 35%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Technical Criteria: 55
  • Social Value: 10
  • Commercial Criteria: 35
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
16 May 2024, 10:05 BST
Last source update
21 May 2025, 19:05 BST
Award evaluation window
20 Sept 2024 – …
Authority reference
CM3 (T0537)
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-024376
Classification (CPV)
Marine services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-045a01 Find a Tender

Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: https://trinityhouse.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=922791752 GO Reference: GO-2025521-PRO-30666443

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
20 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
20 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST

Timeline

19 Jun 2024 → 21 May 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    19 Jun 2024, 00:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    20 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    20 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    21 May 2025, 19:05 BST

Notice history

5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Aug 2024
  1. Published value published: £5,600,000
    19 Aug 2024, 12:05 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    19 Aug 2024, 12:05 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    19 Aug 2024, 12:05 BST
  4. Deadline published: 20 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
    19 Aug 2024, 12:05 BST
  5. Status changed to complete
    21 May 2025, 16:20 BST
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2024-05: 1 release · 16 May 2024

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £3,761,8841 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 6
Contracts signed 2latest 28 Mar 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Severn Seas Shipping LtdSMET0537 – West Coast Workboat£3,761,884 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded
Severn Seas Shipping LtdSMET0537 – West Coast Workboat£3,761,884 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Trinity House

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawMaritime Navigation Trinity House, Tower Hill, Trinity Square, London, London, EC3N 4DHContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria