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Fuel Oil Testing

CalMac Ferries Limited · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 07:49.

Opportunity overview

CalMac Ferries Ltd (CFL) is seeking to award a Framework Agreement for Fuel Oil Testing. This requirement forms part of CFL’s commitment to ensuring compliance, operational efficiency, and costeffective service delivery across its marine operations. The successful supplier will be expected to provide a reliable, consistent, and compliant fuel oil testing service that supports both vessel and office-based teams.

Classification

  • CPV71600000 — Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
  • CPV71610000 — Composition and purity testing and analysis services
  • CPV71632000 — Technical testing services

Lots

  • CFL operates fleet of vessels and is responsible for ensuring compliance with international marine fuel regulations which is currently being carried out on an ad-hoc basis. CFL requires testing of vessel fuel oil (marine gas oil) to ensure ongoing and verifiable compliance with the latest applicable legislative standards, including but not limited to MARPOL Annex VI, the EU Sulphur Directive, Sulphur Emission Control Area (ECA) requirements, and any other international or regional environmental regulations. The objective is to confirm fuel quality, prevent machinery defects, and avoid non-compliance penalties.£200k

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
AMBU23-102
Status
active
Has Recurrence
Yes
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Covered By

GPA

Bid Opening

Date
19 Sept 2025, 12:00
Description
Sealed (parallel opening)

Address

Street Address
Online(PCS-T)

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Recurrence

Description
August 2029

Techniques

Has Framework Agreement
Yes

Framework Agreement

Maximum Participants
1

Expected award period

Starts
19 Sept 2025, 12:00

Tender Period

Ends
19 Sept 2025, 12:00

Communication

Contract terms

Has Electronic Payment
Yes
Has Electronic Ordering
Yes
Electronic Invoicing Policy
allowed

Classification

Id
71600000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services

Submission terms

Languages

en

Bid Validity Period

Duration In Days
120

Submission Method

electronicSubmission

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
suitability
Description
UKAS Accreditation (ISO/IEC 17025)

Applies To

supplier
Criterion 2
Type
economic
Minimum
Economic Operators must confirm they already have or can commit to obtain, prior to the commencement the following levels of insurance: Professional Risk Indemnity: 5 Million GBP Employer's (Compulsory) Liability: 5 Million GBP Public Liability: 5 Million GBP Product Liability: 5 Million GBP
Description
Please refer to these statements when completing section 4B of the SPD (Scotland) Statement for 4B - Economic operators shall be required to satisfy minimum standards of economic and financial standing. These are described below: Bidders must provide their ("general") yearly turnover for the last three financial years. Bidders must provide their ("specific") yearly turnover for the last three financial years. Bidders must must provide appropriate financial ratio information as set out within this Contract Notice. Bidders must confirm they have the required levels of insurance as set out within this Contract Notice.

Applies To

supplier
Criterion 3
Type
technical
Minimum
Minimum level(s) of standards required: CFL requires that Bidders are able to demonstrate via previous examples that a range of goods and services have been provided in the past to other organisations with similar requirements. Bidders should note that evidence of meeting these criteria is expected in the response to each question. Minimum level(s) of standards required: Qualification Envelope: Part 3, Section A, B, C, D will be scored on a pass/fail basis will be scored in line with the weighting shown above for all questions. If any question subject to ‘pass/fail’ scoring be scored ‘fail’ the entire submission may be set aside and take no further part in the competition. Scored questions will be evaluated using the below methodology: 100 - Excellent. Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates thorough experience, knowledge or skills/capacity/capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients. 75 - Good. Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good amount of experience, knowledge or skills/capacity/capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients. 50 - Acceptable. Response is relevant and acceptable. The response demonstrates broad previous experience, knowledge and skills/capacity/capability but may lack in some aspects of similarity e.g. previous experience, knowledge or skills may not be of a similar nature. 25 - Poor. Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response shows some elements of relevance to the criterion but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate previous relevant experience/ capacity/capability. 0 - Unacceptable. Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate previous experience/capacity/capability relevant to this criterion.
Description
1. Understanding of the Requirement, demonstrable capacity and availability to meet the Ordered Services outputs. (25%) 2. Experience in delivering similar projects and requirements. (25%) 3. Implementation Plan. (25%) 4. Account Management. (25%)

Applies To

supplier

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Has Options
No
Has Renewal
Yes
Description
CFL operates fleet of vessels and is responsible for ensuring compliance with international marine fuel regulations which is currently being carried out on an ad-hoc basis. CFL requires testing of vessel fuel oil (marine gas oil) to ensure ongoing and verifiable compliance with the latest applicable legislative standards, including but not limited to MARPOL Annex VI, the EU Sulphur Directive, Sulphur Emission Control Area (ECA) requirements, and any other international or regional environmental regulations. The objective is to confirm fuel quality, prevent machinery defects, and avoid non-compliance penalties.

Value

Amount
200,000
Currency
GBP

Renewal

Description
2 x 12 Months Extension Options

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Quality/Technical
Type
quality
Description
40
Criterion 2
Name
Price
Type
cost
Description
60

Contract period

Duration In Days
720

Submission terms

Variant Policy
notAllowed

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKM
Entry 2
Region
UK

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
71610000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Composition and purity testing and analysis services
Entry 2
Id
71632000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Technical testing services

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-6996
Name
CalMac Ferries Limited

Roles

buyer
centralPurchasingBody

Address

Region
UKM
Locality
Gourock
Postal Code
PA19 1QP
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Ferry Terminal

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Ferry Operator

Identifier

Legal Name
CalMac Ferries Limited

Contact

Name
Wojciech Smagiel
Telephone
+44 7872814843
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-100672
Name
Scottish Courts and Tribunals Services

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Greenock
Postal Code
PA15 1TR
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Sherriff Court House

Identifier

Legal Name
Scottish Courts and Tribunals Services

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Gourock · UKM · PA19 1QP · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK
  • Delivery location · UKM

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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