Official UK procurement notice
Third Party Chart Production Support 2026
Authority: UK Hydrographic Office (Central government)
Sectors: Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services (63) Delivery: UKNorth East (UKC)North West (UKD)
Planned pipeline value£8,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 6 Oct 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 30 Apr 2029 · up to 30 Apr 2031 with extensions · starts 1 May 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe UKHO requires support for its operational chart production from May 2026.
CPV: Miscellaneous water transport support services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewalPublished value£8,000,000
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
- Past planning notice
- 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
- 27 May 2025, 10:12 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Aug 2025, 12:05 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Jan 2026
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-050846- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0526a3Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
- Submission deadline
- 8 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 24 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Tender will be published via the Delta E-sourcing Platform
Timeline
27 May 2025 → 1 May 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published27 May 2025, 10:12 BST
- Latest notice published22 Aug 2025, 12:05 BST
- Market engagement390 days ago1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
The UKHO has undertaken desktop market research of suppliers who can undertake the requirements of this contract.
- Tender notice expected385 days ago6 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions by367 days ago24 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline322 days ago8 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected by269 days ago30 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts179 days ago1 May 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 May 2025- Pipeline notice published27 May 2025, 10:12 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published27 May 2025, 10:13 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published22 Aug 2025, 11:53 BSTUK2
- Published value updated to £8,000,00022 Aug 2025, 11:53 BSTwas £5,000,000
- Planned procurement notice published22 Aug 2025, 12:05 BSTUK3
- Deadline published: 8 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT22 Aug 2025, 12:05 BST
Published amendments (1)
Corrected tender / transparency notice date
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-05: 1 release · 27 May 2025
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
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender