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Documents and notices
- Contract change notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗
Tender information last checkedLast checked 4 Oct 2026, 00:56.
Published notice details
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Scope, procedure and submissions
- Id
- 2025PRNOC-1028
Legal basis
- Id
- 2023/54
- Scheme
- UKPGA
Published documents
Entry 1
- Id
- conflictOfInterest
- Document Type
- conflictOfInterest
- Description
- Not published
Buyer, suppliers and contacts
Organisation 1
- Name
- National Oceanography Centre
- Id
- GB-COH-11444362
Identifier
- Scheme
- GB-COH
- Id
- 11444362
Additional Identifiers
Entry 1
- Scheme
- GB-CHC
- Id
- 1185265
Entry 2
- Scheme
- GB-SC
- Id
- SC049896
Entry 3
- Scheme
- GB-PPON
- Id
- PYLV-3456-PMCQ
Address
- Street Address
- National Oceanography Centre
- Locality
- Southampton
- Postal Code
- SO14 3ZH
- Country
- GB
- Country Name
- United Kingdom
- Region
- UKJ32
Contact
- Name
- George-Oliver Matthews
Roles
buyer
Details
Classifications
Entry 1
- Scheme
- UK_CA_TYPE
- Id
- publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
- Description
- Public authority - sub-central government
Contracts and changes
Entry 1
- Id
- 1
- Award ID
- 1
Proposed Amendments
Entry 1
- Date
- 20 Mar 2026, 23:59
- Standstill
- Yes
- Rationale
- During delivery of the contract, the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has identified the need to activate provisions that were expressly provided for within the contract and the associated procurement notices. These provisions include both the option to extend the contract term and the ability to incorporate additional goods and associated works where required. These mechanisms formed part of the competed scope and were transparent to the market at the time of the original procurement. NOC has undertaken detailed scoping of operational requirements and associated manufacturing and delivery lead times. As a result of this assessment, it has been determined that certain mission‑critical requirements cannot be accommodated within the current year's refit programme. Installation during this refit period is therefore not possible. However, the goods required must be secured now to ensure availability and to allow installation to be planned and delivered during the next scheduled refit period. If NOC were to delay action and instead wait for a replacement contract to be procured rather than activating the existing extension, the lead times involved would result in the installation window for the next refit period also being missed. This would have an unacceptable impact on vessel availability and operational capability and cannot be permitted. In light of this, NOC is exercising the contractual extension option at this point. The activation of the extension is undertaken in accordance with the terms of the contract and the relevant procurement notices and is justified as a modification provided for in the contract. The extension enables continuity of delivery and provides the contractual framework necessary to secure the required goods and to plan associated activities in an orderly and efficient manner. The modification also provides for the supply of additional goods and associated works in addition to those originally provided for under the contract. These additional requirements are directly related to the existing scope of vessel refit, maintenance, and associated technical services. The incumbent contractor is already responsible for delivery and integration of the contract scope and is therefore best placed to supply the additional goods and coordinate the associated activities. The use of a different supplier would result in goods or services that are different from, or incompatible with, those already provided for under the contract and would give rise to disproportionate technical difficulties in operation, maintenance, and integration, as well as significant inconvenience and substantial duplication of costs for NOC. Accordingly, the increase in contract value arising from the inclusion of these additional requirements is justified as a permitted modification for additional goods, services or works. The modification does not alter the overall nature of the contract, which remains the provision of vessel refit, maintenance, and associated technical services, and the increase in value remains within the limits permitted under the Procurement Act 2023. NOC is satisfied that the extension of the contract is provided for in the contract and relevant procurement notices and that the associated increase in value meets the conditions for additional goods, services or works. Taken together, the modification constitutes a permitted modification under section 74(1)(a) of the Procurement Act 2023, relying on Schedule 8 paragraph 1(a) in respect of the extension and Schedule 8 paragraph 8(1) in respect of the additional goods and associated increase in value. The modification will therefore be implemented following publication of a UK10 Contract Change Notice.
- Above Threshold
- Yes
- Id
- 020896-2026
Rationale Classifications
Entry 1
- Id
- additionalGoodsServicesWorks
Entry 2
- Id
- providedContract
Period
- Starts
- 30 Mar 2026, 00:00
- Ends
- 18 Dec 2027, 23:59
Value
- Including VAT
- 4,440,000
- Amount
- 3,700,000
- Currency
- GBP
Documents
Entry 1
- Id
- 020896-2026
- Document Type
- contractNotice
- Notice Type
- UK10
- Description
- Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Published
- 9 Mar 2026, 13:31
- Format
- text/html
Recorded locations
- Buyer location · Southampton · UKJ32 · SO14 3ZH · United Kingdom
Notice and amendment history
1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
- 1020896-2026Contract change notice on Find a Tender ·