Contract for the Storage, Maintenance and Deployment of the United Kingdom's Counter Pollution Equipment Stockpile

Description

We invite eligible oil spill response organisation (OSRO's) to tender for the new contract. To allow for a one month handover period, if required, the new contract will begin on 3rd April 2018. It will run for a period of three years, with an optional extension of up to two years with the mutual agreement of both the MCA and the contracted OSRO. The main purpose of the contract is to provide storage of the MCA's equipment, to maintain it through a programme of planned preventative maintenance and repairs as required, and, to deploy the equipment in marine pollution incidents using trained and competent responders with experience in this industry. Other services which will be supplied by the OSRO are: • The delivery of training on MCA courses; • The provision of logistical support during incidents; • The provision of technical advice for equipment purchases, exercise planning and more generally in the field of oil spill response; and • The provision of a technical advisor to the MCA's Marine Response Centre during incidents.