Geotechnical and Geophysical Surveys

Official notice

Authority: The Crown Estate (Central government)

ServicesSME suitable

Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: UK

Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice

Contract term 4 yrsends 28 Sept 2029 · starts 30 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Crown Estate is considering conducting marine surveys to support seabed spatial planning and optimisation.

This may be done through launching the procurement of marine Geotechnical and Geophysical surveys.

As part of this preliminary market engagement, The Crown Estate wants to understand the capacity and capability to support surveys from the 2026 survey season out to 2030 and the timelines for securing vessels/assets in advance of any of those survey seasons to aid in effective procurement planning.

Please read the provided slides in PDF format and respond to the questions on page 6.

CPV: Geophysical consultancy services · Marine survey services · Surveying services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Planned 4 yrsSME

Contract period: 30 Sept 2025 – 28 Sept 2029 (4 yrs)

Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible

71351210 Geophysical consultancy services 71354500 Marine survey services 71355000 Surveying services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
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: 28 Mar 2025, 12:45 GMT
Last source update: 28 Mar 2025, 12:45 GMT
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-011762
Latest notice: Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV): Geophysical consultancy servicesMarine survey servicesSurveying services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04fa09 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

28 Mar 2025 → 30 Sept 2025 · 3 dates

Planning notice published
28 Mar 2025, 12:45 GMT
Market engagement
11 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
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Please read the provided slides in PDF format and respond to the questions on page 6.
Contract starts392 days ago
30 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Preliminary market engagement notice published
28 Mar 2025, 12:45 GMT
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 Crown Estate

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PYYN-4743-GYVQ 1 St James Market, London, London, SW1Y 4AHContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Preliminary market engagement notice planningPreliminary market engagement noticeUK2Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender28 Mar 2025, 12:45 GMT