NLV Pharos Buoy Crane 5-year service

Buyer
Northern Lighthouse Board
Value
£33,000
Closes
11 November 2026
Where
Edinburgh, Scotland
Type
Open tender

In plain English

Northern Lighthouse Board wants a contractor to carry out the five-year service on the buoy crane fitted to its vessel NLV Pharos, so the crane can be re-certified by 20 December. The work is at Leith docks, with the service carried out 13 to 17 December and a third-party load test and inspection on 18 December. The contract is valued at £33,000.

What the buyer wants

• Carry out the five-year service and maintenance on the Liebherr RL-S 2650-30 Litronic buoy crane at Leith docks between 13 and 17 December, and attend the load testing and inspection on 18 December. • Use engineers approved by the crane's manufacturer (OEM, original equipment manufacturer) and by Class (ship classification body approval), and supply the parts listed in the Schedule of Requirements. • Submit a quote including a proposed method of works, labour details, a timeframe programme, examples of previous work, risk assessments and method statements, and an itemised price.

Requirements

What could rule a small business out (our reading of the notice, written with AI): The notice requires engineers approved by both the crane's manufacturer and by Class, which many small firms would not hold, and it sets a fixed December window with method statements and examples of previous crane work required.

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