Official UK procurement notice
Port of Aberdeen - Procurement of Pilot Boat(s)
Authority: Port of Aberdeen
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAberdeen Harbour Board, operating as Port of Aberdeen, is the Statutory Harbour Authority and Competent Harbour Authority.
Safe, modern and efficient pilot vessels are considered of key importance for ongoing successful operations at Port of Aberdeen. Port of Aberdeen has a requirement for up to two new pilot boats, to provide a safe and reliable pilotage service across the port harbour areas.
The vessels will be required to carry out pilotage duties, hydrographic survey work, push pull work as required, and corporate trips as required.
CPV: Ships and boats
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1CancelledPublished value£2,800,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 60%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 60
- Price: 40
- Suitability
Bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers of the Country in which they are established ie. Register of Companies in UK.
- Legal form for consortia
- In the event a consortium is awarded the contract Port of Aberdeen requires consortium to form a legal entity before entering into the contract, which shall be governed by Scots Law.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Shortlisting
- Please refer to Invitation to tender document which outlines requirements for financial guarantee, financing conditions. All works will be carried out under Scots Law.
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 17 Sept 2026, 12:54 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Sept 2026, 12:54 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 15 Dec 2025 – …
- Authority reference
2025-031125-ITT- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-088182- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d931Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Port of Aberdeen requires Bidder to confirm Interim/Installments and stage payments to be as detailed in the invitation to tender documentation.
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Please refer to Invitation to Tender
Publisher note: (SC Ref:843317)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Submission deadline
- 15 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 15 Dec 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Deposits and guarantees
Port of Aberdeen requires a financial guarantee from the shipyard to the value of the contract to be in place from the day of award of contract to completion of the contract.
Timeline
15 Dec 2025 → 17 Sept 2026 · 4 dates- Submission deadline315 days ago15 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened315 days ago15 Dec 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Contract starts239 days ago2 Mar 2026
- Notice published39 days ago17 Sept 2026, 12:54 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Aberdeen Sherriff CourtReview body
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Scottish branch)Mediation body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria