Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 28 Aug 2025, 19:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Bi-GLA Marine Lantern Framework Agreement

Official notice

Authority: Corporation of Trinity House (Central government)

Framework agreementGoodsAbove threshold
Planned pipeline value£724,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 22 Sept 2025from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 3 yrsends 21 Dec 2028 · up to 21 Dec 2029 with extensions · starts 22 Dec 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Trinity House are running this procurement to create a framework for the supply of marine lanterns, with a clause to allow the Northern Lighthouse Board to utilise the framework agreement, and to participate in evaluation. The two organisations use lanterns of various colours, sizes and ranges across various modes of Aids to Navigation (AtoNs). The units must meet IALA standards for chromaticity regions for all required colours. A link to the IALA website (below), can be used to indicate our potential requirements. The framework will last for 3 years with an optional 1 x 12 month extension available.

www.iala-aism.org/product/r0201/ ↗

If you wish to view examples of the specifications in order to assess your ability to meet our requirements, these can be viewed in the SQ of this tender using this link:

trinityhouse.delta-esourcing.com/respond/M5T7389TC4 ↗

Alternatively contact us on etender@trinityhouse.co.uk and we will send them to you for review.

To view this notice, please click here:

trinityhouse.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html ↗

CPV: Lanterns

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
3 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 22 Dec 2025

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrs
Contract period: 22 Dec 2025 – 21 Dec 2028 (3 yrs) · up to 21 Dec 2029 with extensions
Delivery: UK
Extensions: Extension options published

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
What this means for your bid
  • “Bi-GLA Marine Lantern Framework Agreement” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

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
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
28 Aug 2025, 19:05 BST
Last source update
28 Aug 2025, 19:05 BST
Authority reference
CM19 - T0536
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-052222
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Lanterns
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058fd7 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

28 Aug 2025 → 22 Dec 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    28 Aug 2025, 19:05 BST
  2. Market engagement
    12 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST

    If potential suppliers wish to view samples of our specification, please check the SQs within this tender or contact us via Delta on etender@trinityhouse.co.uk, and we can send copies. This can be accessed via the following link:

    trinityhouse.delta-esourcing.com/respond/M5T7389TC4 ↗

  3. Tender notice expected399 days ago
    22 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts309 days ago
    22 Dec 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    28 Aug 2025, 19:05 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

The Corporation of Trinity House

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PXWM-8968-LPJY Tower Hill, Trinity Square, LONDON, London, EC3N 4DHContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure