Summary
- OCID:
- ocds-h6vhtk-05db5c
- Published by:
- Ministry of Defence
- Authority ID:
- AA76012
- Publication date:
- 16 December 2025
- Deadline date:
- 13 January 2026
- Notice type:
- UK4
- Has documents:
- No
- Has SPD:
- No
- Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
- N/A
Abstract
The Royal Navy requires A fleet of 20 Uncrewed Surface Vessel orUSVs for SURFLOT, these platforms will be utilised for training, Tactic Development, Warfare Development, Capability Development, and operations in the UK Are of Responsibility and beyond. This project is to be a spiral development, with the initial platform requirement of USV’s to be TRL 4/5, with open architecture for future development, this capability is key to maintaining operational relevance against peer threats. The Hybrid Navy transition will require development and testing of new technologies and whilst much of this work will be conducted by Navy Development, Disruptive capabilities, and technology officer, the SURFLOT Fleet of USVs will act as test beds to provide Learning from experience. Engineering support for OEM integration of spiral capabilities will be considered as part of the bid process. Works of this Project will have a focus on the South, South west regions.
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Scope
Procurement description
The Royal Navy requires A fleet of 20 Uncrewed Surface Vessel orUSVs for SURFLOT, these platforms will be utilised for training, Tactic Development, Warfare Development, Capability Development, and operations in the UK Are of Responsibility and beyond. This project is to be a spiral development, with the initial platform requirement of USV’s to be TRL 4/5, with open architecture for future development, this capability is key to maintaining operational relevance against peer threats. The Hybrid Navy transition will require development and testing of new technologies and whilst much of this work will be conducted by Navy Development, Disruptive capabilities, and technology officer, the SURFLOT Fleet of USVs will act as test beds to provide Learning from experience. Engineering support for OEM integration of spiral capabilities will be considered as part of the bid process. Works of this Project will have a focus on the South, South west regions.
Total value (estimated, excluding VAT)
10250000 GBP to 10250000GBP
Contract dates (estimated)
16 February 2026, 00:00AM to 31 March 2027, 23:59PM
Procedure
Procedure type
Competitive flexible procedure
Is this procurement under a special regime?
Defence and security
Is the total value above threshold?
Above threshold
Lots
Divided into 1 lots
Lot number: 1 CPV classifications
- 35511400 - Amphibious crafts and ships
Lot value (estimated)
10250000 GBP Excluding VAT
12300000 GBP Including VAT
Contract start date (estimated)
16 February 2026, 00:00AM
Contract end date (estimated)
31 March 2027, 23:59PM
Award criteria
Type: quality
Name
Technical
Description
Stage 1 of this procurement will be against a pass/fail criteria. Stage 2 will use Technical and Commercial to assess a suppliers overall solution. The 70% Technical and 30% Commercial weightings shown here will apply to Stage 2 of this tender only.
Stage 2 will comprise a set of Technical Questions based on the requirements in order to test various aspects of the bidders proposed solution. These will be evaluated in accordance with the scoring matrices to be circulated with Stage 2 of this procurement.
Weighting: 70
Weighting type: percentageExact
Type: price
Name
Commercial
Description
Stage 1 of this procurement will be against a pass/fail criteria. Stage 2 will use Technical and Commercial to assess a suppliers overall solution. The 70% Technical and 30% Commercial weightings shown here will apply to Stage 2 of this tender only.
At Stage 2 bidders will be required to submit as part of their tender a pricing proposal, which will be evaluated by the Authority in accordance with the process set out in the Stage 2 ITT.
Weighting: 30
Weighting type: percentageExact
Submission
Expression of interest deadline
13 January 2026, 23:59PM
Date of award of contract
16 February 2026, 23:59PM
Submission address and any special instructions
Defence Sourcing Portal - https://contracts.mod.uk/
May tenders be submitted electronically?
Yes
Languages that may be used for submission
Documents
Document type
Conflict of interest
Description
Not published
Document type
Bidding documents
Document type
Further documents including ITT, SOR and Response template to Stage 1 will be released via the Defence Sourcing Portal https://contracts.mod.uk/
Coding
Commodity categories
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Title
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Parent category
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| 35511400 |
Amphibious crafts and ships |
Surface combatant |
Delivery locations
| ID |
Description
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| 100 |
UK - All |
Alert region restrictions
The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.
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Description
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There are no alert restrictions for this notice.
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About the buyer
- Main contact:
- N/a
- Admin contact:
- N/a
- Technical contact:
- N/a
- Other contact:
- N/a
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