Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 20 Oct 2025, 19:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

THV Alert Replacement Rigid Inflatable Boat

Official notice

Authority: Corporation of Trinity House (Central government)

GoodsBelow threshold
Planned pipeline value£78,352pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 moends 27 Feb 2026 · starts 8 Dec 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Trinity House Vessel Alert has a requirement to replace its current Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat with a new unit. The current unit is beyond economical repair due to the cost of upcoming maintenance. The replacement boat will need to adhere to Trinity House specification which will be included within the tender documents when the tender is published. Full delivery will need to be completed before 31st March 2026.

To view this notice, please click here:

trinityhouse.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html ↗

CPV: Boats

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 3 mo
Contract period: 8 Dec 2025 – 27 Feb 2026 (3 mo)
Delivery: UK

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
20 Oct 2025, 19:05 BST
Last source update
20 Oct 2025, 19:05 BST
Authority reference
CM53
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-066892
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Boats
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d035 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

20 Oct 2025 → 8 Dec 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published371 days ago
    20 Oct 2025, 19:05 BST
  2. Market engagement353 days ago
    7 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT

    This Preliminary Market Engagement Notice has been published to generate interest in the forthcoming procurement of a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat to act as a daughter craft for Trinity House Vessel Alert. If you wish to be contacted at the time of publication, please contact Trinity House via the eDelta website and your details will be added to the list of potential suppliers, and you will be notified at the time of publication.

  3. Contract starts323 days ago
    8 Dec 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    20 Oct 2025, 19:05 BST
    UK2

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

Trinity House

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PXWM-8968-LPJY TRINITY HOUSE, LONDON, London, EC3N 4DHContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure