Official UK procurement notice
Survey and Coding Certification for BSC RHIBs
Authority: Home Office (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is notice of a Tender opportunity to perform the annual MCA Workboat survey and issue of MCA Workboat Code 3 certifications for each Border Security Command (BSC) RHIB for a full five-year certification period. The work should begin on 1st January 2027
The full package of works required is detailed in the Statement of Requirements and Pricing Tool available via the ITT.
The RHIBs are built in accordance with MCA Work Boat Code Edition 2 Amendment 1 and hold current certification for operation category 4/3R 10 Nautical Miles
The full package of works required is detailed in the Statement of Requirements and Pricing Tool available via the ITT. This is includes the location information for the site of the works. Please ensure you are familiar with thelocation requirements before bidding
The Buyer is using Jaggaer for this procurement which means the Tender is available only in electronic form. homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com ↗
The Invitation to Tender (ITT) can be viewed from the login page by anyone. However, you need to register and login to express interest and participate in the ITT.
Bidders are required to complete the Qualification, Technical and Commercial Envelopes.
To Prepare and Submit an ITT Response Supplier responses can be configured within JAGGAER ONE, to do so:
Navigate to Sourcing > ITT.
Select from the sub-menu items:- ITTs Open to All Suppliers
Bidders will also need to be registered on the UK Government's Central Digital Platform (Find a Tender Service). This is known as GOV.UK One Login and can be accessed at signin.account.gov.uk/sign-in-or-create ↗
For more guidance, please see the attached document Project_20940 Instructions to Bidderse
CPV: Marine patrol vessels · Survey vessels · Vessel repair services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat 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 Assessment: 40%
- Commercial Assessment: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical Assessment
- Commercial Assessment
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £26,715 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Home Office buys Ships (CPV 3451), and who usually turns up
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
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Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 36 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
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How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid11% / 27%
2–337% / 64%
4–641% / 0%
7+11% / 9%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate50% / 20%
Within ±2%17% / 30%
Above estimate33% / 50%
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See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1CPV 3451Published estimate£40k
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid15%
2–324%
4–643%
7+18%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 2 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£36k–£40k
Estimate£40k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boatserb LtdWorked for this buyer | Charter of RHIBs to Support Small Boats Operations in the Dover Straitsnotice published Apr 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Southamption Marine Services LtdWorked for this buyer | Planned vessel maintenance - HMC Valiant MSERnotice published Oct 2025 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| United Safety and Survivability CorporationWorked for this buyer | Project_19169 - SUPPLY OF ADDITIONAL RHIB SEATSnotice published Sept 2025 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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Wabtec UK LimitedLarge | £19m11 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 1 live · £619k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 5% below n=2 |
| £1.8m5 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 2 live · £1.4m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 | |
Boatserb LtdSME | £1.3m1 award in 36m · last 7 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
| £4.6m1 award in 36m · last 12 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| 1 award in 36m · last 4 months ago | 1 live · £570k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- 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
- 10 Aug 2026, 15:19 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Oct 2026, 15:32 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-094379- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e05fFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Jaggaer- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 3 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Oct 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
10 Aug 2026 → 4 Jan 2027 · 6 dates- Planning notice published77 days ago10 Aug 2026, 15:19 BST
- Next notice expected21 days ago5 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published20 days ago6 Oct 2026, 15:32 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 14h27 Oct 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 7 days3 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 68 days4 Jan 2027
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Aug 2026- Planned procurement notice published10 Aug 2026, 15:19 BSTUK3
- Tender notice published6 Oct 2026, 15:32 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active6 Oct 2026, 15:32 BST
- Deadline moved to 3 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT6 Oct 2026, 15:32 BST+0 days · was 3 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- 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 (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender