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Published 9 Jan 2025, 16:34 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

S&MOCB/9005 - Procurement of a Traction Winch

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

Goods
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 20 Jun 2025from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to advise Industry that Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) – Salvage and Marine Operations (SALMO) team are undertaking Market Research for a traction winch capability.

CPV: Subsea equipment · Winches

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The SALMO Team within the Ministry of Defence (MOD) have a potential requirement to…Planned

The SALMO Team within the Ministry of Defence (MOD) have a potential requirement to procure a deep-sea winch system, in order to carry out its core salvage activities. The intent is that the system should be capable of object recovery to a depth of 6000m.

The intended procurement is for one stand-alone winch system capable to 6000m, including spooling system, active heave compensation and power source. The system is to be readily deployable via road transportation and air freight.

There is a requirement for the system to be procured and supported via a UK prime contractor.

The next stage will be to invite interested companies to outline their ability to fulfil the capability to the Authority.

If you are interested in attending, please submit expressions of interest to desshipscomrcl-salmo-multiuser@mod.gov.uk by Friday 31st January 2025.

SALMO plan to issue a contract notice and contract award for this requirement in financial year 2025/2026.

In issuing this PIN and engaging with the market, neither SALMO nor the MOD are committing to carry out any procurement in relation to the information stated in this PIN.

Delivery: UK

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
9 Jan 2025, 16:34 GMT
Last source update
9 Jan 2025, 16:34 GMT
Authority reference
713562450
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-000726
Classification (CPV)
Subsea equipmentWinches
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04cec2 Find a Tender

Publisher note: Please see full description of the procurement in Section II: Object - 1.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

9 Jan 2025 → 20 Jun 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    9 Jan 2025, 16:34 GMT
  2. Tender notice expected
    20 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST

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

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence Defence Equipment & Support, Abbey Wood South, Ash 2A, NH3, Bristol, UK, BS34 8JHContact name, email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.