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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

UK-Bristol: Underwater photography services.

Section I: Contracting authority/entity (as stated in the original notice)

I.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence, Ships, Other
MOD Abbey Wood | 3203 | Ash 2A | BS34 8JH, Bristol, BS34 8JH, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 7710777468, Email: lewis.cheesman100@mod.gov.uk
Contact: Lewis Cheesman
Main Address:
NUTS Code: UKK11

Section II: Object (as stated in the original notice)

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title: S&MOCB/3394 – Survey of Wreck SS DERBENT Reference number: S&MOCB/3394
II.1.2) Main CPV code:
79961320 – Underwater photography services.

II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
II.1.4) Short Description: The Authority has a potential upcoming requirement to survey the wreck of the SS DERBENT (built 1907, sunk by torpedo on 30/11/1917, located off Anglesey, North Wales, UK) to determine the quantity of oil remaining. The Authority is therefore conducting a market analysis activity to inform the procurement strategy for a potential Restricted Competition to award a contract to deliver the requirement. The SS DERBENT Wreck Survey requirement is currently an unfunded initiative and in issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN), the MOD is not committing to carry out any procurement in relation to the strategy stated in this PIN. Any related future procurement activity will be subject to the PCR 2015.

Section VI: Complementary information

V1.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 14/12/2020

VI.6) Original notice reference:

Notice Reference: 2020 – 248142
Notice number in OJ S: Not Provided
Date of dispatch of the original notice: 14/12/2020

Section VII: Changes

VII.1) Information to be changed or added

VII.1.1) Reason for change: Modification of original information submitted by the contracting authority

VII.1.2) Text to be corrected in original notice No: 1

Section Number: II.1.2
Lot No: Not provided
Place of text to be modified: CPV Code / Type of contract
Instead of:
71324000 – Quantity surveying services.

Read:
79961320 – Underwater photography services.

VII.2) Other additional information: The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.

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