Procurement

Diving Life Support (DLS) In-Service Support (ISS)

  • Defence Equipment and Support

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

Description

Defence Equipment and Support (DES) Salvage and Marine Operations (SALMO) Delivery Team (DT) have a requirement for the provision of In-Service Support (ISS) to the Diving Life Support (DLS) portfolio of equipment.

The DLS portfolio provides a diving capability to the UK Military, led by the Royal Navy, to support a full range of technical and support activities to enable the delivery of underwater Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), underwater engineering, underwater search and engineering tasks in support of UK Defence Tasks.

The DLS ISS requirement is divided into the following four Lots:

Lot 1 - Diver's Dress and Dive Ancillaries

Includes: Diver's dress, e.g. dive suits, boots, gloves, etc and Dive Ancillaries

Lot 2 - Diving Support Equipment

Includes:

Diver Through Water Communication (DTWC)

Gas Boosters Pumps

Portable Breathing Air Compressor (PBAC)

Portable Oxygen Monitoring  Apparatus (POMA)

Type B Recompression Chamber (RCC)

Lot 3 - Dive Sets and Dived Equipment

Includes:

Enclosed Mine Lift Bags (EMLB)

Swimmers Oxygen Breathing Apparatus (SOBA), including Excursion variant

Surface Supplied Diving Equipment (SSDE)

Parachute Lift Bags (PLB)

Underwater Hydraulic Tools

Lot 4 - Self-Contained Air Diving Equipment (SCADE) and Clearance Diver Life Support Equipment (CDLSE)

Includes:

Self-Contained Air Diving Equipment (SCADE), including Swimmers Air Breathing Apparatus (SABA) and Rechargeable Air Breathing Apparatus (RABA)

Clearance Divers Life Support Equipment (CDLSE)

The publication of this Contract Award Notice (UK6) shall commence standstill, with the last day of the standstill period being 19th August 2026.

Notices

UK6: Contract award notice

Notice identifier
2026/S 000-075909
Published
10 August 2026, 4:39pm
Show all versions Hide all versions

UK4: Tender notice

Notice identifier
2025/S 000-065899
Published
16 October 2025, 12:40pm
Show all versions Hide all versions

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice

Notice identifier
2025/S 000-010815
Published
24 March 2025, 9:41am
Show all versions Hide all versions