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Mooring Ropes and Thimbles
Published 5 Oct 2026
5 Oct 2026
Deadline in 5 days
- Primary CPV
-
34930000 *
Marine equipment
- Location
- 🇬🇧 Devon County, South West
- Value
- £600,000
- Contract
-
3 years Duration
05/01/2027 04/01/2030
- Contract Types
-
34 *Transport equipmentFull CPV Breakdown
- SME suitable
- Not stated
Publisher Address
Met Office, Exeter, EX1 3PB, United Kingdom · UKK43
Contact
Award Criteria
- Technical requirements (60%)
- Social Value (10%)
- Price (30%)
- The Met office requires the supply of a mooring ropes and th... · Bidding Documents
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All notices from this publisher Same CPV code
34930000 *
All notices with this CPV code
Reference: DN831258
The Met office requires the supply of a mooring ropes and thimbles configuration for suitable for use with our deep sea buoys moorings. This will require the provision of ropes at various lengths need to individually configurable to requirements of each buoy and must come encapsulated and provided with K2-C thimbles with master-links.
The Met Office is looking to award framework contract for 3 years with the possibility of extending for a further 12 months.
Full CPV breakdown
- 34930000 — Marine equipment (primary)
Notice details
- Buyer type
- Central government
- Competition
- Open competition (any supplier can bid)
- Contract type
- Goods
- Procurement method
- Open procedure
- Main category
- Goods
- Above threshold
- Yes
- Legal basis
- UKPGA 2023/54
- Notice status
- Active
- Renewal
- Extending the contract for a further 12 months by mutual agreement for the same goods.
- Options
- Option to extend. Option to replace the specified goods in line with new product lines.
- Submission method
- https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=b3cb03cc-9bc0-f111-813c-005056b64545
- Enquiries close
- 30 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected
- 14 Dec 2026
- Language
- EN
- Published
- 05 Oct 2026 11:13
- Deadline
- 09 Nov 2026 12:00
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-078084
- Notice ID
- DN831258
Full notice record
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Organisations
| Name | Met Office |
| Address › Street | Met Office |
| Address › Town / city | Exeter |
| Address › Postcode | EX1 3PB |
| Address › Country | GB |
| Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Address › Region (NUTS) | UKK43 |
| Role | buyer |
| Link | https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ |
| Classification › Description | Public authority - central government |
Buyer
| Name | Met Office |
Tender
| Title | Mooring Ropes and Thimbles |
| Description | The Met office requires the supply of a mooring ropes and thimbles configuration for suitable for use with our deep sea buoys moorings. This will require the provision of ropes at various lengths need to individually configurable to requirements of each buoy and must come encapsulated and provided with K2-C thimbles with master-links. The Met Office is looking to award framework contract for 3 years with the possibility of extending for a further 12 months. |
| Status | active |
| Item › CPV › Description | Marine equipment |
| Item › Delivery › Region (NUTS) | UK |
| Item › Delivery › Country | GB |
| Item › Delivery › Country | United Kingdom |
| Value › Value incl. VAT | £720,000 |
| Value › Value | £600,000 |
| Value › Currency | GBP |
| Procedure type | open |
| Procedure | Open procedure |
| Category | goods |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| How to submit | https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=b3cb03cc-9bc0-f111-8... |
| Submission Terms › Electronic submission | allowed |
| Submission Terms › Languages | en |
| Bidding period › End | 9 Nov 2026 |
| Questions period › End | 30 Oct 2026 |
| Award decision period › End | 14 Dec 2026 |
| Lot › Status | active |
| Lot › Value › Value incl. VAT | £720,000 |
| Lot › Value › Value | £600,000 |
| Lot › Value › Currency | GBP |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Name | Technical requirements |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Description | See ITT document |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Weighting › Weight | 60 |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Weighting › Weight type | Percentage exact |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Name | Social Value |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Description | See ITT documents |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Weighting › Weight | 10 |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Weighting › Weight type | Percentage exact |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Type | price |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Name | Price |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Description | See ITT |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Weighting › Weight | 30 |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Weighting › Weight type | Percentage exact |
| Lot › Selection Criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Type | economic |
| Lot › Selection Criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Description | See ITT documents |
| Lot › Selection Criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Type | technical |
| Lot › Selection Criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Description | See ITT documents |
| Lot › Suitable for › SMEs | Yes |
| Lot › Contract period › Start | 5 Jan 2027 |
| Lot › Contract period › End | 4 Jan 2030 |
| Lot › Contract period › Can be extended to | 4 Jan 2031 |
| Lot › Can be renewed | Yes |
| Lot › Renewal › Description | Extending the contract for a further 12 months by mutual agreement for the same goods. |
| Lot › Has options | Yes |
| Lot › Options › Description | Option to extend. Option to replace the specified goods in line with new product lines. |
| Document › Document 1 › Document type | Conflict of interest |
| Document › Document 1 › Description | Not published |
| Document › Document 2 › Document type | Bidding documents |
| Document › Document 2 › Description | The Met office requires the supply of a mooring ropes and thimbles configuration for suitable for use with our deep sea buoys moorings. This will require the provision of ropes at various lengths need to individually configurable to requirements of each buoy and must come encapsulated and provided with K2-C thimbles with master-links. The Met Office is looking to award framework contract for 3 years with the possibility of extending for a further 12 months. |
| Document › Document 2 › Link | https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=b3cb03cc-9bc0-f111-8... |
| Document › Document 3 › Document type | Tender notice |
| Document › Document 3 › Description | Tender notice on Find a Tender |
| Document › Document 3 › Link | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093704-2026 |
| Document › Document 3 › Published | 5 Oct 2026 |