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Shipwright Support Contract

Royal Navy Museums · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 1 Oct 2026, 01:17.

Opportunity overview

The HMS Victory Conservation Project ('the project') is currently anticipating a 9-month delay to the conservation of the port side frames. To partially offset this delay, the project is seeking to exploit an opportunity to procure, on a short-term basis, a shipwright support contract. To this end, the project is aiming to direct award a fixed term contract to to provide 3 shipwrights for 5.5 weeks to complete frame conservation works on the port side of the ship. This work is estimated to cost £42,230 (£35,750 (ex VAT) + £6,480 Contingency representing 1 weeks work. This direct award action can be justified under the Procurement Act 2023 under Section 43 and Schedule 5, Regulation 7(a)(b).

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.

T NIELSEN & CO LIMITED

Match pending…
Published award value
£35.8k
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH 02259026
Location
Gloucester, UKK13, GL1 2EH, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

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
ocds-h6vhtk-06b08f
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Quality - T Nielsen are uniquely positioned to provide the required services due to previous experience working on HMS Victory both in undertaking high quality repair work to the ship's hull and in delivering detailed surveys and design work. This experience has enabled T Nielsen to develop a thorough understanding of the ship in general and the conservation requirements of this project in particular. Time - The aim is for T Nielsen to begin work during w/c 22 June, this would recover 3 months of a 6-month delay to port side conservation work. If a full procurement process were to be pursued, the opportunity to save this time would be lost. Onboarding and mobilising a new contractor unfamiliar with the ship would add time to the delivery timelines. T Nielsen can begin immediately and deliver the work to NMRNO's stipulated timeframe. Risk - NMRNO has a preexisting and long-standing working relationship with T Nielsen and therefore joint risk management can be more effectively implemented than with a newly employed organisation. In addition, T Nielsens is a well-established specialist in traditional shipbuilding, rigging and restoration with a worldwide reputation for working with historic timber ships. The current team has not only worked on Victory, but has a breadth of experience working across the historic ships sector both nationally and internationally including work on other RNM historic vessels including HMS Trincomalee. Contracting another organisation, not in possession of this prior knowledge and experience, would present an additional level of risk to quality. Health & Safety - Due to the long-standing relationship between NMRNO and T Nielsen, NMRNO's health and safety expectations and requirements are fully understood and shared and ongoing health and safety management will prove more effective. T Nielsen is specialist organisation with a worldwide reputation and unlike other boatyards, having delivered large scale maritime conservation projects, are accustomed to the safety requirements of a project of this scale and reputation. As the contracting authority, NMRN Operations are required to comply with the Procurement Act 2023, including the legislation governing the use of direct award. The Procurement Act 2023 allows a contracting authority to award a contract directly if there is specific justification. This contracted support will be undertaken through a direct award under Section 43 of the Procurement Act 2023. The justification is permitted under Schedule 5, 7(a)(b):

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Royal Navy Museums
Id
GB-PPON-PZYJ-5834-NBRM

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PZYJ-5834-NBRM

Address

Street Address
Main Road (PP66), HM Naval Base Portsmouth
Locality
Portsmouth
Postal Code
PO1 3NH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ31

Contact

Name
Nicky Nicky

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
T NIELSEN & CO LIMITED
Id
GB-COH-02259026

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
02259026

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PWQB-1127-ZRZJ

Address

Street Address
The Repair Yard
Locality
Gloucester
Postal Code
GL1 2EH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKK13

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
pending
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
50000000
Description
Repair and maintenance services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKC
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UKE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 4
Region
UKF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 5
Region
UKG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 6
Region
UKH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 7
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 8
Region
UKJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 9
Region
UKK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
42,900
Amount
35,750
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-02259026
Name
T NIELSEN & CO LIMITED

Contract period

Starts
22 Jun 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Jul 2026, 23:59

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
054132-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
9 Jun 2026, 10:44
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
18 Jun 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Portsmouth · UKJ31 · PO1 3NH · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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  1. 054132-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·