Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 11 Apr 2025, 12:08 BST

Official UK procurement notice

714508451-Traction_Winch_PMEN1 · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: National Armament Director Group (Central government)

GoodsAbove thresholdDefence & securitySME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Industrial machinery (42) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£2,126,400pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Jul 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yr 6 moends 31 Mar 2027 · starts 30 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Following the issue of the below Prior Information Notice (PIN), Defence Equipment and Support (DES) Salvage and Marine Operations (SALMO) Delivery Team (DT) would like to thank all companies who expressed an interest in supplying the intended procurement of equipment and support as described.

  • PIN 1 S&MOCB/9005 - Procurement of a Traction Winch on 9 January 2025

DE&S – SALMO DT have developed and further refined the requirements for the salvage winch since the release of the previous PIN. Therefore, the Authority is publishing a Preliminary Market Engagement (PMEN) to advise Industry of the new requirements to procure a deep-sea salvage winch system, in order to carry out its core salvage activities.

The intended procurement is for one stand-alone winch system, with the following requirements:

Capable of a Sea Weight Lift of 10t, with an objective of 15t to 6000m

Spooling system

Active heave compensation

Digital tension gauge

Power source suitable for 440V and 690V

The winch drum capable of holding 6,300m of synthetic (HMPE/UHMWPE) rope

The winch must be able to fit on a 20-foot ISO skid

The winch system is to be readily deployable via road transportation and air freight.

The winch system is to be procured via a UK prime contractor. The winch can be manufactured in a Five Eyes nation.

The proposed procurement will require in-service support as well as the ability to procure more/new equipment at the direction of the Authority. The Authority is currently developing the support requirements. Support must be provided via a UK prime contractor.

The proposed requirements may change, subject to further refinement.

CPV: Winches

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 1 yr 6 moSMEVCSE
Contract period: 30 Sept 2025 – 31 Mar 2027 (1 yr 6 mo)
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Defence & security
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
11 Apr 2025, 12:08 BST
Last source update
11 Apr 2025, 12:08 BST
Authority reference
714508451
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-014554
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Winches
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05014f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

11 Apr 2025 → 30 Sept 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    11 Apr 2025, 12:08 BST
  2. Market engagement
    9 May 2025, 23:59 BST

    This notice serves to inform Industry of the Authority's intention to conduct market engagement in the form of holding a virtual industry day via Microsoft Team for this requirement.

    A market interest day will be held on 23 May 2025. This will consist of an overview of the requirement and contracting approach, including an indicative procurement timeline; and a one-to-one session with the Authority to ask questions.

    Please note, the dates stated above may be subject to change.

    The aim of the virtual event is to:

    a) determine if there is an established market that can meet the Authority's requirements and enable a successful competition to be run;

    b) provide suppliers with an overview of the requirement, e.g. equipment specifications that needs to be supported/bought;

    c) gain suppliers' opinions on the requirement and proposed contracting approach; and

    d) provide suppliers the mechanism to suggest alternative ways of meeting the overarching requirement.

    If you are interested in attending the virtual event, please submit expressions of interest to desshipscomrcl-salmo-multiuser@mod.gov.uk by 17:00 hours on 09 May 2025.

    More information, including timings and maximum number of attendees will be provided to those who register their interest.

    For the avoidance of doubt, this notice is not a call for competition. Any comments, indications of interest, participation, or non-participation by any organisation at this stage will not influence the process, selection and/or award decision for any future possible procurement, nor will it be taken as a supplier's committed position. Non-participation in the industry day will not exclude you from any possible future competition for this requirement.

  3. Tender notice expected
    1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts392 days ago
    30 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    11 Apr 2025, 12:08 BST
    UK2

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

Defence Equipment and Support

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PVRL-5831-GLMM MOD Abbey Wood, Bristol, South West, BS34 8JHContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

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