Mooring Ropes and Thimbles
- Buyer
- Met Office
- Value
- £600,000
- Closes
- 9 November 2026
- Where
- Exeter
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
The Met Office needs to buy custom mooring ropes and thimbles for their deep sea buoys. Ropes must be made to different lengths for each buoy, come with K2-C thimbles and master-links attached, and be supplied under a 3-year framework contract with an option to extend for 12 months.
What the buyer wants
• Supply mooring ropes in various configurable lengths tailored to individual buoy requirements • Provide ropes pre-encapsulated with K2-C thimbles and master-links already fitted • Deliver under a 3-year framework agreement with potential 12-month extension • Meet specifications suitable for deep sea buoy mooring systems
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
Most small businesses will struggle with this contract because it requires specialized marine engineering expertise, custom manufacturing capability, and the ability to supply a government framework contract worth £600,000 over 3 years with consistent delivery and quality standards that are typical of large industrial suppliers.
How to bid
This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.
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- Marine Connectors and Cables, Met Office, £600,000, closes 30 November 2026
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