National Oceanography Centre

Contract awards

• Provision of a Bespoke Mooring Buoyancy

  Location: South East

  Awarded contractContract ends 27 Oct, 202712 monthsValue US$43.52kSource Find a Tender

  The supply of bespoke streamlined buoyancy for use within an oceanographic mooring system. The buoyancy is designed to accommodate and support the mounting of scientific instrumentation for deployment at sea.

  Awarded to Saderet Limited

• RRS JC Hydraulic Refit Works

  Location: South East

  Awarded contractPublished 20 Oct, 2026Value £31.16kSource Find a Tender

  Hydraulic engineering works undertaken as part of the RRS James Cook refit, including the supply and installation of replacement hydraulic hoses, fittings and components, crane and winch works, repairs to hydraulic systems, associated fabrication works and load testing.

  Awarded to ADAMS PRECISION HYDRAULICS LIMITED

• End of life Changing Room Replacement - Phase 2

  Location: South East

  Awarded contractContract ends 18 Dec, 202643 daysValue £100.53kSource Find a Tender

  The National Oceanogrpaphy Centre has appointed a contractor for the refurbishment of the existing Level 2 toilet facilities at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton. The works comprise the strip-out of the existing male, female and accessible WCs and construction of four self-contained unisex toilet cubicles

  Awarded to WEST END ROOFING AND CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

• Provision of Independent Visa & Immigration Advice and Support

  Location: South East

  Awarded contractContract ends 31 Aug, 202710 monthsValue £31.20kSource Find a Tender

  NOC has appointed a specialist legal services provider to provide ad hoc UK visa and immigration advice and support. The services include advice on immigration routes, sponsor licence compliance, immigration legislation and related visa and immigration queries.

  Awarded to BURGES SALMON LLP

• Provision of Long-Range Doppler Velocity Logs (DVL)

  Location: South East

  Awarded contractContract ends 27 Sept, 202711 monthsValue £62.03kSource Find a Tender

  NOC requires two DVLs to support the expansion of its ALR fleet. The DVLs are a critical component of the ALR system configuration and will be used within two new systems being added to the fleet.

  Awarded to NORTEK INSTRUMENTS LIMITED

• Provision of source to contract solution

  Location: South East

  Awarded contractContract ends 1 Sept, 202934 monthsValue £321.98kSource Contracts Finder

  The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has awarded a contract for the provision of a cloud-based eProcurement and supplier management solution via G-Cloud 14. The solution will provide an integrated platform to support procurement and commercial activities across the organisation, including sourcing and tender managem

  Awarded to Proactis Limited

• Procurement of Design, Manufacture and Supply of Investment Casting Tooling and Castings for Radar Tide Gauges

  Location: South East

  Awarded contractContract ends 28 Sept, 202823 monthsValue £58.32kSource Find a Tender

  The contract covers the design and manufacture of three investment-casting mould tools and the subsequent supply of castings, for use in the manufacture of radar tide gauges at the NOC's Liverpool site.

  Awarded to NEWBY FOUNDRIES INVESTMENT CASTING LIMITED

• Provision of Recruitment Agency Services for the Supply of Temporary Staff

  Location: South East

  Awarded contractContract ends 22 Sept, 202711 monthsValue £26.04kSource Find a Tender

  The NOC requires agency services to supply three temporary administrative staff to support the People & Skills team in delivering a personnel records review and remediation project.

  Awarded to BARNA AND COMPANY LIMITED

• Supply of MGO Fuel to the RRS Discovery - Halifax Oct 2026

  Location: South East

  Awarded contractPublished 22 Sept, 2026Value £390.00kSource Find a Tender

  Supply of Marine Gas Oil (MGO) to a National Oceanography Centre research vessel. Delivery D-01: RRS Discovery (IMO No. 9588029), Port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Estimated quantity 230 metric tonnes. Required on the estimated delivery date 04.08.206. All quantities are estimates. The final invoiced quantity will

  Awarded to STANDARD FUEL OILS LIMITED

• Provision of CTD Deployment Cable for Research Vessel Operations

  Location: South East

  Awarded contractContract ends 2 Sept, 202710 monthsValue £89.28kSource Find a Tender

  Supply of two 8,000m armoured CTD deployment cables for use aboard NOC research vessels. The cables are required to support the deployment and recovery of oceanographic instrumentation whilst providing real-time data transmission during scientific research activities.

  Awarded to ELMERIDGE CABLES LIMITED

• NOCS Energy Centre Plant Replacements

  Location: South East

  Awarded contractContract ends 6 Nov, 20261 dayValue £38.39kSource Find a Tender

  The contract comprises the replacement of three critical plant assets serving the site's heating, cooling and seawater systems. The existing equipment has exceeded, or is approaching the end of, its economic and operational lifespan and requires replacement to maintain system reliability, efficiency and resilience. The

  Awarded to MKG BUILDING SERVICES LTD

• Provision of an Automated Seawater Total Alkalinity Analysis System

  Location: South East

  Awarded contractContract ends 19 Aug, 20279 monthsValue £41.00kSource Find a Tender

  Supply, installation and commissioning of an automated flow-through total alkalinity analysis system for continuous underway measurement in marine research applications. The contract may include associated software, integration support, training, warranty and initial consumables required to bring the system into operat

  Awarded to PLANET OCEAN LIMITED

• Supply of HVO fuel to RRS Discovery and RRS James Cook September 2026

  Location: South East

  Awarded contractPublished 16 Sept, 2026Value £1.30mSource Find a Tender

  Supply of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) fuel to two National Oceanography Centre research vessels by way of two bunker deliveries at two ports on consecutive days. The contract is to be awarded to Standard Fuel Oils Limited as a single contract covering both deliveries, each performed against its own delivery refere

  Awarded to STANDARD FUEL OILS LIMITED

• HPE Tech Care Essential Support Services for Marine IT Shipboard Infrastructure

  Location: South East

  Awarded contractContract ends 14 Aug, 202933 monthsValue £74.76kSource Find a Tender

  The contract provides HPE Tech Care Essential support services for National Oceanography Centre shipboard Marine IT infrastructure, including HPE servers and associated software. The support arrangement includes access to firmware updates, software updates, patches, hotfixes, technical assistance, and hardware replacem

  Awarded to LOGICALIS UK LIMITED

• Renewal of Autodesk Licenses 2026-27

  Location: South East

  Awarded contractContract ends 3 Jul, 20278 monthsValue £112.22kSource Find a Tender

  The contract is for the renewal of Autodesk software licence subscriptions and associated support services for a period of one year. The licences support engineering, design and manufacturing activities undertaken by engineers across the National Oceanography Centre and includes: 5 x AutoCAD licences 40 x Inventor Prof

  Awarded to AUTODESK IRELAND OPERATIONS UNLIMITED COMPANY

• Provision of LabVIEW Volume Licensing Agreement

  Location: South East

  Awarded contractContract ends 31 Aug, 202710 monthsValue £31.56kSource Find a Tender

  Provision of a LabVIEW Volume Licensing Agreement (VLA) to support engineering and scientific users across the National Oceanography Centre. The agreement provides access to LabVIEW software licences together with associated licence management, software updates, technical support and training resources.

  Awarded to NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION (UK) LIMITED

• Provision of support for HPC hardware and software

  Location: South East

  Awarded contractContract ends 28 Apr, 20276 monthsValue £57.82kSource Contracts Finder

  The National Oceanography Centre conducted a call off via the ITS4043 SU / SSSNA for the supply of HPC hardware and software maintenance services for a period of 1 year. The provision of this contract is inclusive of a 4 hour response SLA and the service for breakfix determination and support / parts / engineer visit f

  Awarded to OCF Limited

• Provision of Network Licenses, Support and Hardware

  Location: South East

  Awarded contractContract ends 31 Dec, 202826 monthsValue £120.95kSource Contracts Finder

  The National Oceanography Centre has awarded a contract for the provision of maintenance, software licensing support, technical assistance, and vendor support services for its enterprise network infrastructure at Southampton, with the option to buy hardware as requirements arise. The contract includes support for inst

  Awarded to Vizst Technology Ltd

• Provision of a Deep-Ocean Microstructure Sensor Package

  Location: South East

  Awarded contractContract ends 7 Sept, 202710 monthsValue £82.09kSource Find a Tender

  The contract is for the supply of a deep-ocean microstructure sensor package for use on the Autosub Long Range (ALR) vehicle fleet. The sensor will support the collection of high-resolution oceanographic data during scientific deployments and provide additional operational resilience for ongoing and future missions

  Awarded to ROCKLAND SCIENTIFIC INTERNATIONAL INC

• Supply of (HVO) fuel to RRS Discovery August 2026

  Location: South East

  Awarded contractPublished 1 Sept, 2026Value £349.31kSource Find a Tender

  Supply of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) fuel to RRS Discovery (IMO No. 9588029), berthed at Southampton, UK. Estimated Quantity required: 210,000 litres. The quantity is an estimate; the final invoiced quantity will be confirmed by the Bunker Delivery Note and the actual density at the point of delivery. Delivery: B

  Awarded to STANDARD FUEL OILS LIMITED