Marine equipment: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 34930000·Supplies · class·in Transport Equipment & Vehicles
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 11 lots from 10 competitions run by 5 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 6 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 2) and 5 from older notices (bids received, middle 1).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 39 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
Newest open tenders
1 of 6 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Mooring Ropes and Thimbles | Met Office | 9 Nov 2026 | 14d | £600,000 |
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
34930000 Marine equipment47 notices · 48%34933000 Navigation equipment16 notices · 16%34931000 Harbour equipment4 notices · 4%34931200 Passenger boarding bridges for ships4 notices · 4%34931400 Ship bridge simulators3 notices · 3%34931500 Vessel traffic control equipment1 notices · 1%34932000 Radar sets1 notices · 1%- Road equipment 245 · 12m
- Motor vehicles 169 · 12m
- Heavy-duty motor vehicles 149 · 12m
- Passenger cars 105 · 12m
- Motor vehicles for the transport of goods 47 · 12m
- Railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts 46 · 12m
- Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons 40 · 12m
- Ships 36 · 12m
- Traffic-monitoring equipment 34 · 12m
- Horse or hand-drawn carts, other non-mechanically-propelled vehicles, baggage carts and miscellaneous spare parts 34 · 12m
- All of Transport Equipment & Vehicles →
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Central government56%(55 notices)
55 of 98 notices are Central government (56%).Other public bodies12%(12 notices)
12 of 98 notices are Other public bodies (12%).Education & universities11%(11 notices)
11 of 98 notices are Education & universities (11%).Local authorities4%(4 notices)
4 of 98 notices are Local authorities (4%).Police, fire & emergency1%(1 notices)
1 of 98 notices are Police, fire & emergency (1%).Not classified15%(15 notices)
15 of 98 notices are Not classified (15%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| Met Office | Central government | 14 | 8 | 1 |
| CalMac Ferries Limited | not classified | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Lighthouse Board | Central government | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Home Office | Central government | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Government | Central government | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Department for Science, Innovation & Technology | Central government | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Ministry of Defence | Central government | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| National Armament Director Group | Central government | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| University of Plymouth | Education & universities | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dover Harbour Board | Other public bodies | 4 | 1 | 0 |
31 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 55 of 98 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| South West England | — | — | — | |
| South East England | — | — | — | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | — | — | |
| North West England | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | — | — | |
| East of England | — | — | — | |
| Northern Ireland | — | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract86%(84 notices)
84 of 98 notices are Contract (86%).Framework13%(13 notices)
13 of 98 notices are Framework (13%).Dynamic purchasing system1%(1 notices)
1 of 98 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (1%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open41%(40 notices)
40 of 98 notices are Open (41%).Direct award24%(24 notices)
24 of 98 notices are Direct award (24%).Limited / restricted13%(13 notices)
13 of 98 notices are Limited / restricted (13%).Selective11%(11 notices)
11 of 98 notices are Selective (11%).Route not published10%(10 notices)
10 of 98 notices are Route not published (10%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold63%(12 notices)
12 of 19 notices are Above threshold (63%).Below threshold37%(7 notices)
7 of 19 notices are Below threshold (37%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (61) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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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 bid55%(6)
6 of 11 lots fall in 1 bid (55%).2–345%(5)
5 of 11 lots fall in 2–3 (45%).4–60%(0)
0 of 11 lots fall in 4–6 (0%).7 or more0%(0)
0 of 11 lots fall in 7 or more (0%).
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 11 lots from 10 competitions run by 5 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 6 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 2) and 5 from older notices (bids received, middle 1).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
23 of 59 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 2 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
17 of 30 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
1 of 61 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 59 awards to 48 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 23% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| RS Aqua Ltd | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Survitec Group Ltd | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY TECHNICAL SERVICES LIMITED | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Hydrosphere UK Limited | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Wartsila Voyage Oy | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| FENDERCARE LTD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Mrs J C Altham & Sons (Lancaster) Limited | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| UK DOCKS MARINE SERVICES LIMITED | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 41 of 98 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in marine equipment
6 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Mooring Ropes and Thimbles | Met Office | 9 Nov 2026 | 14d | £600,000 |
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.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 3493. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 22 Oct 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- 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.