MCA Technical Specialist Advisory Services

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is looking to establish a Framework Agreement on behalf of the Secretary of State for Transport. The framework shall be made up of specialist commercial providers with a firm background in the maritime sector who supply multi-disciplinary maritime technical and scientific services in response to an emergency incident.

The Contracting Authorities will usually be the MCA, Department for Transport Central, Trinity House, Northern Lighthouse Board. The MCA reserve the right to procure services on behalf of the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), British Overseas Territories (Anguilla, Ascension, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Monserrat, Saint Helena, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, Tristan da Cunha and the Pitcairn Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands) and Crown Dependencies (Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man).

It is that the anticipated scope of the future framework agreement is as follows:

Lot 1 Salvage Technical Services.

Lot 2 Cargo Technical Services

Lot 3 Oil and Gas Technical Services

Lot 4 Technical Dive Services

Lot 5 Naval Architect, Masters and Chief Engineers, Surveyor Technical Services

Lot 6 Emergency Response Legal Services