Official UK procurement notice
Hovercraft for Home Office International Operations
Authority: Home Office (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Buyer wishes to appoint a supplier to provide the supply of a search and rescue hovercraft, dedicated transport trailer, training, recommended spares package, warranty and after-sales technical support for deployment in Tunisia
CPV: Customs patrol boats · Police patrol boats · Specialist vehicles
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£82,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Lot awarding rule: Responses will be judged on the following criteria Technical 60 Commercial 40
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 21 Sept 2026, 21:18 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Sept 2026, 21:18 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-089384- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area in notice
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0776f5Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 5 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 1 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
If you have not yet registered on the e-sourcing portal, please do so at:
by following the link.
Please note that to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation that you are registering , which would be entering into a contract if invited to do so.
Once you have registered on the e-sourcing portal, please search for the following project information:-
project_21136 - Hovercraft for HOIO Tunisia
Timeline
21 Sept 2026 → 26 Oct 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published36 days ago21 Sept 2026, 21:18 BST
- Clarification questions by26 days ago1 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline22 days ago5 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts2 days ago26 Oct 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published21 Sept 2026, 21:18 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender