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Rigging Coatings- Planned Procurement Notice

  • National Museum of the Royal Navy

UK3: Planned procurement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-015074

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04f81c

Published 24 March 2025, 4:30pm

Last edited 14 April 2025, 4:15pm

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This notice has been edited. The previous version is still available.

Updated timeline, including market engagement date and closure of expression of interest. PPN document updated accordingly.

Scope

Reference

HMSVP.2025.001

Description

The purpose of this Planned Procurement Notice (PPN) is to alert potential suppliers to an opportunity to provide coatings options for the conservation of HMS Victory's masts, yards and assorted rigging hardware.

Over the next 12 years the National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) is leading on the conservation of HMS Victory to ensure the long-term preservation of this world-class historic vessel. In addition to being the only surviving exemplar of a Royal Navy capital warship from the Age of Sail, HMS Victory continues to be a significant visitor attraction within the setting of No. 2 Dock and Portsmouth Historic Dockyard whilst continuing to serve as a commissioned warship and the Flagship of the First Sea Lord.

The aim of the HMS Victory Conservation Programme is to deliver a fully conserved ship, able to survive in an open environment for the next 50 years without major work beyond a programme of planned maintenance.

A key component of the project is the conservation of existing rigging elements including masts and yards - generally referred to as 'spars' - and assorted metalwork items - generally referred to as 'hardware'. As part of this, suitable coatings will need to be applied to the external surfaces of spars and hardware, and the internal faces of hollow spars.

Further information can be found in the attached PPN notice to this advert.

The NMRN will host an online engagement session on Wednesday 7th May 2025 to allow interested parties to pose questions and seek clarifications before the close of the expression of interest period, Friday 16th May 2025

Interest suppliers are welcome to express their interest to tenders@nmrn.org.uk.

Note- all dates for future tender are provisional at the time of this notice being published.

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 30 November 2025 to 30 November 2026
  • 1 year, 1 day

Main procurement category

Goods

CPV classifications

  • 44000000 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

Contract locations

  • UKC - North East (England)
  • UKD - North West (England)
  • UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
  • UKF - East Midlands (England)
  • UKG - West Midlands (England)
  • UKH - East of England
  • UKI - London
  • UKJ - South East (England)
  • UKK - South West (England)

Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

1 October 2025

Tender submission deadline

7 November 2025, 12:00pm

Tenders may be submitted electronically

Yes


Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - open competition


Documents

Associated tender documents

20250303_HMSVSparCoatingsPPN_v3.pdf

Updated PPNotice


Contracting authority

National Museum of the Royal Navy

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PZYJ-5834-NBRM

Main Road (PP66), HM Naval Base Portsmouth

Portsmouth

PO1 3NH

United Kingdom

Region: UKJ31 - Portsmouth

Organisation type: Public authority - central government