Official UK procurement notice
Safe Boarding of Sea Vessels training courses (MMO)
Authority: MARINE MANAGEMENT ORGANISATION (Central government)
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£175,000≈ £58k / year · £210,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update3.5% above final estimate
Submissions closed 28 Apr 2026awarded 18 May 2026
Awarded to XB44 Ltd2 awards
Contract term 3 yrsends 30 Jun 2029 · up to 30 Jun 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Jul 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo deliver a week-long programme of theoretical and practical training to ensure all MMO seagoing staff are appropriately trained to perform their seagoing role safely and are assessed as capable of meeting safe working standards.
CPV: Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£175,000
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical Envelope: 60%
- Commercial Envelope: 30%
- Sustainability Envelope: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical Envelope
- Sustainability Envelope
- Commercial Envelope
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- 29 Jan 2026, 12:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Jun 2026, 13:32 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Jun 2026
- Authority reference
C34555- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-028518- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0611e8Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Defra Group eSourcing
Access & registration note: Free
- Submission deadline
- 28 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Mar 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
Any questions, requests to participate or tender submissions must be submitted electronically via this portal.
Timeline
29 Jan 2026 → 1 Jul 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published272 days ago29 Jan 2026, 12:16 GMT
- Market engagement257 days ago13 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
Interested parties should please send an email to procurement@defra.gov.uk to get a copy of the detailed specification.
Kindly provide answers to the following questions to register your interest, these should be sent to procurement@defra.gov.uk
Questions
- Contractor Name
- What is the nature of your business?
- Has your organisation got relevant experience and expertise to undertake this project i.e. type of experience and years?
- Are there any factors that may prevent you from submitting a bid for this project, such as capacity and/or expertise?
- If you are intending to submit a bid for this project as a consortium or with a subcontractor(s), are you able to demonstrate good existing supplier / consortium / subcontractor relationships?
- Is there any additional information MMO need to provide in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documents to ensure that you can prepare a quality bid and price the work accurately?
- Can you provide an indicative cost estimate for the delivery of the project, to assist us with securing adequate funding?
- Do you wish to express an interest in this project? If your reply is No, please provide a brief reason why you have opted out for monitoring purposes.
- Any other comments of feedback?
- Next notice expected229 days ago13 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published215 days ago27 Mar 2026, 13:03 GMT
- Clarification questions by215 days ago27 Mar 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Submission deadline183 days ago28 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent164 days ago18 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends140 days ago10 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published125 days ago25 Jun 2026, 13:32 BST
- Award decision expected by120 days ago30 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts120 days ago1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
11 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Jan 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published29 Jan 2026, 12:16 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published2 Feb 2026, 10:26 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published27 Mar 2026, 13:03 GMTUK4
- Published value updated to £175,00027 Mar 2026, 13:03 GMTwas £146,000
- Status changed to active27 Mar 2026, 13:03 GMT
- Procurement method changed27 Mar 2026, 13:03 GMT
- Deadline published: 28 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST27 Mar 2026, 13:03 GMT
- Contract award notice published1 Jun 2026, 13:27 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete1 Jun 2026, 13:27 BST
- Contract details notice published25 Jun 2026, 13:32 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected29 Jun 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Published amendments (1)
Update the notice with how suppliers can register interest
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2026-02: 1 release · 2 Feb 2026
- 2026-01: 1 release · 29 Jan 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2
Awarded value £175,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 1latest 25 Jun 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| XB44 Ltd30 Jun 2026 – 29 Jun 2029 · up to 29 Jun 2031Extensions: 2 x 1 year · Options: 2 x 1 year extensions | £175,000 | 18 May 2026standstill to 10 Jun 2026 | Standstill |
| XB44 Ltd | £181,071 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Safe Boarding of Sea Vessels training courses (MMO) · XB44 Ltd
- Signed
- 25 Jun 2026
- Value
- £181,071
- Period
- 30 Jun 2026 – 29 Jun 2029 · up to 29 Jun 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2 x 1 year extensions
- Options
- 2 x 1 year extensions
No agreed KPIs: Customer will arrange KPIs with supplier from CMP
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- XB44 LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender