The charter of a research vessel

Official notice

Authority: University of Exeter (Central government)

ServicesNegotiated without publication of a contract notice

Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: South West (UKK4)

Awarded value£379,167published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 30 Mar 2022

Awarded to National Oceanographic Centre

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University is seeking to charter a research vessel to undertake a 28-day research cruise to the North Sea, North Atlantic and north Icelandic shelf in order to collect shallow sediment cores, bivalve mollusc shell and supporting environmental datasets as part of the ERC SEACHANGE Project. The departure port is Southampton and the arrival port Reykjavik.

CPV: Hire of boats with crew

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1

Delivery: South West

60653000 Hire of boats with crew

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded
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: 30 Mar 2022, 16:39 BST
Last source update: 30 Mar 2022, 16:39 BST
Authority reference: UOE/2022/037/SB
FTS notice number: 2022/S 000-008605
Classification (CPV): Hire of boats with crew
Delivery area: South West (UKK4)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-032838 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: The research vessel has the necessary capabilities to undertake the required research and deliver the necessary outputs. The cruise dates are the only ones compliant with the needs of the research project.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £379,1671 contract exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 30 Mar 2022

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
National Oceanographic Centre	£379,167 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

The charter of a research vessel · National Oceanographic Centre
Signed
30 Mar 2022
Value
£379,167
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

University of Exeter

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawEducation RC000653 Northcote House, Exeter, South West, EX4 4QHContact name, email, phone

Other public bodies

European UnionFunder

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Royal Court of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

National Oceanographic CentreAwarded supplier Southampton, South East

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.