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PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

Classification and Technical Services for the Royal Navy

Defence Equipment and Support · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 25 Sept 2026, 16:02.

Opportunity overview

This requirement is for classification services and associated technical services for the Royal Navy's fleet of surface vessels. The approximate value of the framework is £16.5M over 5.5 years (if the 2 option years are invoked). This is a closed framework agreement with Lloyds Register EMEA.

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.

Lloyds Register EMEA

Matched by normalised name
Published award value
£13.8m
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-PPON PGQQ-3498-WYBD
Location
Bristol, UKK11, BS1 6DZ, 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
715903480
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
The National Armaments Director Group – Materiel on behalf of the Secretary of State for Defence is seeking to place a contract with Lloyd’s Register EMEA (Lloyd’s Register) to satisfy the Maritime Environment requirement for classification services for Royal Navy (RN) surface vessels. This procurement falls to be governed by the Procurement Act 2023 (the “PA23”) Chapter 3, Section 41: Direct Award in Special Cases. It is considered that direct award of the proposed contract is lawful in accordance with PA23 Schedule 5(6) as the classification services cannot for technical reasons by carried out by a different supplier and there are no reasonable alternatives to these services. The RN surface vessels are operated and maintained to commercial and naval standards (as applicable) and are subject to classification society rules and Naval Authority (NA) rules. Lloyd’s Register has co-authored the Lloyd’s Register Naval Ship Rules and Regulations (LRNSR) for the Classification of Ships and Naval Ships. Only Lloyd’s Register, the parent Classification Society of the LRNSR rule set, can conduct surveys, plan appraisals, and provide certification against any RN surface vessels which are classified as being “in-class” in accordance with the LRNSR. In operating and maintaining surface vessels in line with LRNSR, it is not possible for another Classification Society to provide equivalent certification against an alternative set of Naval Ship rules. Changing the rule set in respect of which all RN surface vessels are currently classified would introduce an unacceptable level of safety risk to the vessels and personnel. There would also be significant operational impacts and cost implications resulting from the required dual running of contracts as the vessels progress through their existing 6-year survey cycle and transition following completion of full surveys by any new supplier. Lloyd’s Register is the only classification society for the RN surface vessels to which the NAD Naval Authority Group has delegated authority for issuing Naval Ship Stability Certification on its behalf.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

defenceSecurity

Techniques

Has Framework Agreement
Yes

Framework Agreement

Type
closed

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
Defence Equipment and Support
Id
GB-PPON-PVRL-5831-GLMM

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PVRL-5831-GLMM

Address

Street Address
MOD Abbey Wood
Locality
Bristol
Postal Code
BS34 8JH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKK12

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
Lloyds Register EMEA
Id
GB-PPON-PGQQ-3498-WYBD

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PGQQ-3498-WYBD

Address

Street Address
Naval Centre of Expertise, One Temple Quay, Temple Back East
Locality
Bristol
Postal Code
BS1 6DZ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKK11

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

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

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
72330000
Description
Content or data standardization and classification services

Value

Including VAT
16,500,000
Amount
13,750,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PGQQ-3498-WYBD
Name
Lloyds Register EMEA

Contract period

Starts
1 Apr 2027, 00:00
Ends
30 Sept 2030, 23:59
Max Extent Date
30 Sept 2032, 23:59

Renewal

Description
The contract will include 2 options to extend the contract by 1 year each if required.

Options

Description
Two options to extend the contract by 1 year each if required.

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
079361-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
20 Aug 2026, 11:22
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
25 Mar 2027, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Bristol · UKK12 · BS34 8JH · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 069966-2026Pipeline notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 079361-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·