Official UK procurement notice
The Subsea Soundscape (S3) Program Procurement
Authority: WAVE HUB DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProcurement for at-sea mooring units, equipped with state-of-the-art broadband acoustic recorders, pop-up acoustic retrieval systems & tag detection capabilities, & delivered to a workshop in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Each consisting of an acoustic release, a fish tag detector, a hydrophone, & a cetacean click-train logger. The total budget of the Contract is £303,000
- No preliminary market engagement: Supply of good
CPV: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) · Research and development services and related consultancy services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Places
- up to 1 suppliers
- Scheme runs until
- 1 Aug 2025
Published description of the framework
Bidders are required to complete the Commercial Response Document in
accordance with the ITT
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£303,000
- Economic & financial standing
During the duration of the contract and for a period of six years afterwards the Supplier shall maintain in force the following insurance policies with reputable insurance companies:
(a) public liability insurance for not less than £5 million per claim with no limit on the number of such claims; and
(b) product liability insurance for not less than £1 million for claims arising from any single event and not less than £1 million in aggregate for all claims arising in a year; and
(c) a comprehensive policy of insurance to cover the liability of the Supplier in respect of any act or omission for which it may become liable to indemnify the Customer for arising out of or in connection with these Conditions.
On taking out and on renewing each policy, the Supplier shall promptly send a copy of the receipt for the premium to the Customer. On the Customer's written request, the Supplier shall provide the Customer with copies of the insurance policy certificates and details of the cover provided.
- Technical & professional ability
For the Technical Criteria, in the form of a proposal which meets each of the Requirements set out in paragraph 3 in the ITT
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 (1)
- Technical Criteria, Commercial Criteria & Social Value Criteria: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
- Technical Criteria, Commercial Criteria & Social Value Criteria : CSP has allocated 50% of the overall available marks to the Technical evaluation. 40% of the overall available marks is allocated for the commercial evaluation and 10% for the social value evaluation.
- Economic & financial standing
During the duration of the contract and for a period of six years afterwards the Supplier shall maintain in force the following insurance policies with reputable insurance companies:
(a) public liability insurance for not less than £5 million per claim with no limit on the number of such claims; and
(b) product liability insurance for not less than £1 million for claims arising from any single event and not less than £1 million in aggregate for all claims arising in a year; and
(c) a comprehensive policy of insurance to cover the liability of the Supplier in respect of any act or omission for which it may become liable to indemnify the Customer for arising out of or in connection with these Conditions.
On taking out and on renewing each policy, the Supplier shall promptly send a copy of the receipt for the premium to the Customer. On the Customer's written request, the Supplier shall provide the Customer with copies of the insurance policy certificates and details of the cover provided.
- Technical & professional ability
For the Technical Criteria, in the form of a proposal which meets each of the Requirements set out in paragraph 3 in the ITT
- Price carries 100 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “The Subsea Soundscape (S3) Program Procurement” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
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
- Goods
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Open framework scheme
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Mar 2025, 11:44 GMT
- Last source update
- 7 Apr 2025, 16:26 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 7 Apr 2025
- Authority reference
The Subsea Soundscape (S3) Program Procurement- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-007810- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e945Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
As described in the ITT
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 31 Mar 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 24 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Bidders and Key Sub-Contractors must register on the Central Digital Platform (www.gov.uk/find-tender ↗) and upload their organisational information. This must be done before the Tender Response Deadline.
Timeline
4 Mar 2025 → 21 Apr 2025 · 6 dates- Tender notice published4 Mar 2025, 11:44 GMT
- Clarification questions by24 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown31 Mar 2025, 12:00 BST
- Latest notice published7 Apr 2025, 16:26 BST
- Award decision expected by7 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts21 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Mar 2025- Tender notice published4 Mar 2025, 11:44 GMTUK4
- Procurement termination notice published7 Apr 2025, 16:26 BSTUK12
- Status changed to complete7 Apr 2025, 16:26 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 7 Apr 2025 | CancelledThis Termination Notice in regard to UK Notice 4: Publication reference: 2025/S 000-007529 Tender Notice for The Subsea Soundscape (S3) Programme Procurement and following an evaluation of tenders received , the contracting authority has decided not to award the contract, the contracting authority has made the decision not to award the public contract on Monday 7th April 20225 as none of the bidders meet the six technical requirements set out in the ITT and due to concerns re interoperability there is no alternative but to terminate the existing procurement. |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications The Subsea Soundscape Project Procurement Commercial Response Document
- Bidding documents and specifications The Subsea Soundscape Project (S3) Open Procedure ITT
- Bidding documents and specifications Supply of Goods Agreement
- Bidding documents and specifications The Subsea Soundscape (S3) Open Procurement ITT Schedule 1
Notices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender