Official UK procurement notice
HMCG Oxygen and Analgesia
Authority: Maritime and Coastguard Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Market Questionnaire seeks options and potential solutions relating to the national roll out of Oxygen and Analgesia for His Majesty’s Coastguard to support our capability.
HM Coastguard are looking to introduce provision of medical gases to its national network of Coastguard Rescue Teams and a number of full-time officers, the requirement will be to provide;
- Portable Oxygen O2 2L / CD size in all Coastguard locations and area central Hubs
- Portable Nitrous Oxide: N2O (Entonox/Nitronox) 2L size in strategic location across HM Coastguard (approx. 30%) of all locations
This initial market questionnaire aims to understand the scale, knowledge and capability of the market along with what appetite there is for delivering this service. The MCA would like to understand a broad overview of how you would deliver the service and what costs that would entail over what is an anticipated 5 year contract.
CPV: Analgesics · Oxygen
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Jul 2025, 09:07 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Jul 2025, 10:36 BST
- Authority reference
TCA 3/7/1833- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-037332- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0558baFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
4 Jul 2025 → 1 Jul 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published4 Jul 2025, 09:07 BST
- Tender notice expected4 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Market engagement4 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
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- Contract starts119 days ago1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Jul 2025- Pipeline notice published4 Jul 2025, 09:07 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published4 Jul 2025, 10:36 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender