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Maritime Trade Information Centre (MTIC) Digital Technical Service

  • Ministry of Defence

UK1: Pipeline notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-020273

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05105c

Published 11 May 2025, 10:41pm



Scope

Reference

714811453

Description

There is an intention to run a procurement in the future for the provision of a Digital Technical Service to:

Enable the Operation of the Maritime Trade Information Centre (MTIC) through an enabling and technical support service which focuses on delivery, operation, and capability development, following an Agile management model.

Deliver a critical output of a 24/7/365-day service that during a maritime security incident provides real-time information direct from the bridge of a merchant ship to responding naval assets.

This will be a re-procurement to follow on from an existing contract and will potentially be run as a call off competition under a Crown Commercial Services framework.

Total value (estimated)

  • £8,500,000 excluding VAT
  • £10,200,000 including VAT

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 31 March 2026 to 31 March 2028
  • 2 years, 1 day

Main category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 72415000 - World wide web (www) site operation host services

Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

31 January 2026


Procedure

Above or below total value threshold

Above or equal to threshold


Contracting authority

Ministry of Defence

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PHVX-4316-ZVGZ

Navy Commercial, NCHQ, Whale Island

Portsmouth

PO2 8BY

United Kingdom

Region: UKJ31 - Portsmouth

Organisation type: Public authority - central government