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    ContractsCefas Research Vessel - UK Competitive Procurement
    Open tender

    Cefas Research Vessel - UK Competitive Procurement

    Contract value
    £115m
    Published 1 Oct 2026

    Defra is seeking a UK shipbuilder through competitive procurement to design and build a replacement research vessel under national security exemptions.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· East of EnglandPublished 1 Oct 2026· 1 month agoviaFind a Tender
    Contract value
    £115m
    Published 1 Oct 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £115,000,000indicative
      Pounds sterling
    • Closing date
      Rolling
      No closing date published
    • Sector
      Transport & Logistics
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      East of England

    Lifecycle

    Open

    Open tender — no closing date published. Opened 1 month ago.

    1 October 2026
    Open tender · no closing date published

    Brief

    The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), through its executive agency the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), is conducting a competitive procurement for a replacement research vessel. This notice concludes the prior market engagement (PIN 2024/S 000-028748) and announces a revised procurement approach. Due to national security considerations and the need to maintain sovereign UK shipbuilding capability, this contract is exempted from the Procurement Act 2023 under Schedule 2, paragraph 25. The procurement will be conducted as a competitive tender limited to UK-eligible shipyards that meet specified requirements. This opportunity is open only to shipbuilders capable of designing, building, and supporting research vessels for government operations. Organizations interested in this procurement should contact ResearchVesselProcurement@cefas.gov.uk for further information and procurement documents.

    Track record

    1 award · 1 winner
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    Only 1 prior award here — too little to read.

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    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-077e81

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