Quick answer — Ministry of Defence, Ships, Commercially Supported Shipping (CSS) TeamLast refreshed 09 Mar 2021

At a glance

Ministry of Defence, Ships, Commercially Supported Shipping (CSS) Team has awarded £151.6m across 15 suppliers, with 5 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 35% · 0 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 0% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration35%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share0%
Pipeline · open now0
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Ministry of Defence, Ships, Commercially Supported Shipping (CSS) Team is a contracting authority, based in Bristol. Tracks 22 published notices and 22 awards on PublicSupply.

22
Notices published
22
Awards
15
Suppliers engaged
2017
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

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12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£2.2m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Ministry of Defence, Ships, Commercially Supported Shipping (CSS) Team — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

0

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

Unspecified21 · £253.9m
goods1 · £0

Instrument type

contract22 · £253.9m
Source:Contracts Finder: 21Find a Tender: 1

Awarded contracts · 5 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Ministry of Defence, Ships, Commercially Supported Shipping (CSS) Team is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Design and Build of Police Patrol CraftMarine Specialised Technology Limited34521300£36.3m09 Mar 2021active
Design and Build of Police Patrol CraftMarine Specialised Technology Limitedactive
Provision of Hydrographic Sonar System SupportKongsberg Maritime Ltd50240000£2.2m18 Nov 2020active
PROVISION OF SUPPORT TO ROYAL NAVY OCEANOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENTOcean Scientific International Ltd50240000£484k06 Apr 2020active
Provision of Support to Royal Navy Oceanographic Equipment50240000£0active
Support to RFA Business System Management ToolsC Data Marine Limited72222300£764k19 Dec 2019active
Hydrographic Support, CSS0174Teledyne Caris Inc.71354400£165k07 Oct 2019active
Hydrographic Support-CSS/0173Applanix Corporation71354400£431k07 Oct 2019active
Support and Maintenance to Business System IT Applications Contract in support of RFAC Data Services Limited72222300£567k17 Sept 2019active
Deliver Platform Support to Maintain the Capability of MoD BoatsGriffon Hoverwork Ltd34520000£17.1m18 Jan 2019active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
MS
3 contracts · 18 Jan09 Mar
£53.4m
35% of total
2
GH
1 contract · 18 Jan
£17.1m
11% of total
3
BS
£17.1m
11% of total
4
HM
1 contract · 18 Jan
£17.1m
11% of total
5
DR
1 contract · 18 Jan
£17.1m
11% of total
6
SJ
2 contracts · 13 Jun29 Jan
£12.3m
8% of total
7
IP
1 contract · 03 Oct
£11.7m
8% of total
8
KM
1 contract · 18 Nov
£2.2m
1% of total
915
···
7 other suppliers
long tail · 0 SMEs
£3.8m
2% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Transport equipment, vehicles
9 contracts
£122.4m
81%
Repair & maintenance
11 contracts
£27.3m
18%
IT services, software
2 contracts
£1.3m
1%
Architecture, engineering
2 contracts
£596k
0%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

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Transport equipment, vehicles
Repair & maintenance
IT services, software
Architecture, engineering
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

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Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

Ministry of Defence, Ships, Commercially Supported Shipping (CSS) Team has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

0%
SME supplier share
target 33%
0
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
15
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 0% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
Bristol
Contact
Lorna De Souza
Email
lorna.desouza753@mod.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

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