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Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) verified 1 week ago Contract notice

Survey and Coding Certification for BSC RHIBs

Open United Kingdom Transport equipment & vehicles

Buyer Home Office

15 days left

Key facts

Closes
17:00 (UTC)
Estimated value
€47,214
converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 28 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

28 days from publication to deadline

Usual length

Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, below the EU threshold) give a median of 26 days, half of them between 20 and 30 days, based on 2,328 notices of the last two years.

This buyer usually gives 14 days (median of its last 11 calls for tender).

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Summary

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The Home Office plans to procure annual MCA Workboat surveys and the issue of MCA Workboat Code 3 certifications for each Border Security Command (BSC) RHIB, covering a full five-year certification period. The RHIBs are built to MCA Work Boat Code Edition 2 Amendment 1 and currently hold certification for operation category 4/3R, 10 nautical miles. This is an advance notice only, issued so potential bidders can prepare and express interest. The full requirement will be published at tender stage, expected in early October 2026, via the Home Office eSourcing Portal. Bidders must register on that portal and on the UK Central Digital Platform.

Description

This 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. https://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 https://signin.account.gov.uk/sign-in-or-create For more guidance, please see the attached document Project_20940 Instructions to Bidderse

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  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €47,214.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Transport equipment & vehicles.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    15 days left, 11 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €41,951 and €302,354.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The buyer has 135 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

Can I bid?

  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

Official source

Source: Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service)

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Last verified against Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) 1 week ago

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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 463 awards for Transport equipment & vehicles in United Kingdom.

This notice
€47,214
Median award
€116,585
Middle half of past awards
€41,951 to €302,354

The estimate sits inside the usual range.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

The buyer

Full buyer profile

Home Office

United Kingdom

notices in the register
135
awards
103
awarded in total
€345.2M

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
83
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
11%
of its calls state an estimated value
89%

Based on 93 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Transport equipment & vehicles - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
FORD MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED 28 €4.1M Sep 2026
Toyota (GB) PLC 17 €3.9M Oct 2026
NORTHUMBRIA HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST 15 €530,114 Sep 2026
Balfour Beatty Construction Limited 14 €4.0M Sep 2026
ECON ENGINEERING LIMITED 9 €3.6M Oct 2026

Based on 515 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

10 open tenders right now

Market context

Larger than 27% of the open notices in Transport equipment & vehicles across Europe.

open now in Transport equipment & vehicles
4,476
median open notice
€241,936

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Transport equipment & vehicles

different companies won awards here
256
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
12%
buyers awarded contracts here
166

Based on 515 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

Change history

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  1. Act now
    Status
    Was: Upcoming
    Now: Open
    Estimated value
    Was: €46,639
    Now: €47,214 +1%
    Submission deadline
    Was: November 3, 2026, 23:59
    Now: November 3, 2026, 17:00 1 day earlier
    Scope and criteria
    The description was expanded. Re-read it before you bid.

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