UK SBS PR18152 Offshore Scientific Drilling and Coring and Ice Management and Fleet Provision

This Prior Information Notice is being issued to make the market aware of a pending tender exercise and to welcome feedback on our chosen Lot structure with regards to this procurement exercise. Your email should include the reference "UK SBS PR18152" and you should include your company name and contact details of relevant representatives.

For the avoidance of doubt, this notice is not a Call for Competition; a Contract Notice will be issued as a call for competition. Not registering an interest shall not prevent any supplier participating in a future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process.

UKRI reserves the position not to award a contract. Please see the attached document entitled PR18152 Prior Information Notice for full details regarding this Notice.

Additional information: The Contracting Authority request that Organisations who express an interest also provide feedback on the proposed approach detailed in the attached document entitled "PR18152 Prior Information Notice". This feedback will enable the Contracting Authority to test the strategy and finalise procurement plans and requirements prior to launch. The Contracting Authority are anticipating launching the procurement and call for competition on the 10th January 2020, therefore any feedback will need to be submitted prior to this date in order to enable the Contracting Authority to consider this feedback in the planning of the procurement.