Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2020-12-18
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Ships, Salvage and Marine Operations (S&MO)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 34513550 | 35512400 | 38290000 | 63726620 | 71324000: Quantity surveying services
Estimated value: 800000 GBP

Technical requirements: The authority has a potential upcoming requirement to survey the wreck of the SS DERBENT (built 1907, sunk by torpedo on 30 November 1917, located off Anglesey, North Wales, UK) to determine the quantity of oil remaining. The authority is therefore conducting a market analysis activity to inform the procurement strategy for a potential Restricted Competition to award a contract to deliver the requirement. The SS DERBENT Wreck Survey requirement is currently an unfunded initiative and in issuing this prior information notice (PIN), the MOD is not committing to carry out any procurement in relation to the strategy stated in this PIN. Any related future procurement activity will be subject to the PCR 2015.
The authority has a potential upcoming requirement to survey the wreck of the SS DERBENT (built 1907, sunk by torpedo on 30 November 1917, located off Anglesey, North Wales, UK) to determine the quantity of oil remaining onboard. The authority is therefore conducting a market analysis activity to inform the procurement strategy for a potential Restricted Competition to award a contract to deliver the requirement. The authority is publishing this PIN to engage with Industry to understand what intrusive and non-intrusive techniques are available to determine what oil quantities may remain within the wreck.
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Award value: 800000