NERC Research Vessels Refit, Upgrade and Maintenance Services

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This PIN is to advise the market of UKRI/NERC intentions regarding the planned creation of a framework for refit and maintenance of UKRI-NERC owned vessels. UKRI/NERC owns three ocean going research ships. It requires refit and maintenance services for: -Planned and unplanned refit and maintenance work. -Modifications to reduce the carbon footprint of the vessels. It is intended that a market engagement event will be held on a date to be confirmed. Please refer to the additional information field for details on how to express an interest and information regarding the Market Engagement Event Lot 1: Lot 1 – Vessels operated by the National Oceanographic Centre, Southampton (NOCS) UKRI-NERC owns three ocean going research ships. It requires refit and maintenance services for: -Planned and unplanned refit and maintenance work. -Modifications to reduce the carbon footprint of the vessels. The requirement will be met using one procurement under the two stage restricted procedure covering of all three of the UKRI-NERC vessels, although the procurement will be split into two lots as follows. Lot 1 – Vessels operated by the National Oceanographic Centre, Southampton (NOCS) -Royal Research Ship (RRS) “James Cook” -Royal Research Ship (RRS) “Discovery” -Any vessel owned or chartered by UKRI Further information on the RRS Discovery and RRS James Cook can be found at: https://noc.ac.uk/facilities/ships Services are to commence early in 2022 and will be for an initial period of 3 years, with two further optional one year extensions. Lot 2: Lot 2 – Vessels operated by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) UKRI-NERC owns three ocean going research ships. It requires refit and maintenance services for: -Planned and unplanned refit and maintenance work. -Modifications to reduce the carbon footprint of the vessels. The requirement will be met using one procurement under the two stage restricted procedure covering of all three of the UKRI-NERC vessels, although the procurement will be split into two lots as follows. Vessels operated by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) •Royal Research Ship (RRS) “Sir David Attenborough” (SDA) •Any vessel owned or chartered by UKRI Further information on the RRS Sir David Attenborough can be found at: https://www.bas.ac.uk/polar-operations/sites-and-facilities/facility/rrs-sir-david-attenborough/ Services are to commence early in 2022 and will be for an initial period of 3 years, with two further optional one year extensions.