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Marine Monitoring Vessels Service

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY · compiled

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Opportunity overview

marine vessel services for the Environment Agency (EA) commissioned estuarine and coastal monitoring programme, delivered by the Monitoring Survey Estuarine and Coastal (MSEC) team, part of National Monitoring Survey.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Briggs Marine Contractors Ltd

Matched by exact name
Contract value
£12.9m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
31 Mar 2025
Award ID
018951-2025-1
Status
active
Identifier
SC114978
Location
Fife, UK, KY3 9AX, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV76522000 — Offshore supply-vessel services
  • CPV34511100 — Marine patrol vessels
  • CPV71354500 — Marine survey services
  • CPV73112000 — Marine research services

Lots

  • marine vessel services for the Environment Agency (EA) commissioned estuarine and coastal monitoring programme, delivered by the Monitoring Survey Estuarine and Coastal (MSEC) team, part of National Monitoring Survey.Value not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
C28774
Status
complete
Procurement Method
limited
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
under regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, which applies where competition is absent for technical reasons, provided no reasonable alternative or substitute exists and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.

Covered By

GPA

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Communication

Future Notice Date
11 Dec 2023, 00:00

Classification

Id
76522000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Offshore supply-vessel services

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Description
marine vessel services for the Environment Agency (EA) commissioned estuarine and coastal monitoring programme, delivered by the Monitoring Survey Estuarine and Coastal (MSEC) team, part of National Monitoring Survey.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery Location

Description
UK

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Entry 2
Region
UK

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
71354500
Scheme
CPV
Description
Marine survey services
Entry 2
Id
73112000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Marine research services
Entry 3
Id
34511100
Scheme
CPV
Description
Marine patrol vessels

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-1944
Name
Defra Network eTendering Portal

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UK
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1P 3JR
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
17 Nobel House

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
MINISTRY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Entry 2
Id
05
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Environmental protection

Identifier

Legal Name
Defra Network eTendering Portal

Contact

Name
Rachael Burton
Telephone
+44 0000000000
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-139654
Name
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UK
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1P 4DF
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
MINISTRY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Entry 2
Id
05
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Environmental protection

Identifier

Legal Name
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

Contact

Name
Rachael Burton
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-146724
Name
Briggs Marine Contractors Ltd

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UK
Locality
Fife
Postal Code
KY3 9AX
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Seaforth House Seaforth Place Burntisland Fife

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Id
SC114978
Legal Name
Briggs Marine Contractors Ltd

Contact

Telephone
+44 751105790
Organisation 4
Id
GB-FTS-139505
Name
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Roles

reviewBody
mediationBody
reviewContactPoint

Address

Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1P 4DF
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street

Details

Identifier

Legal Name
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Award information

Award 1
Id
018951-2025-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-146724
Name
Briggs Marine Contractors Ltd

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
018951-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
018951-2025-1
Date Signed
1 Apr 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
12,943,279
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UK · SW1P 4DF · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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