PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

The Administration of the UK Government Support for Maritime Training (SMarT) Scheme

MCA - Maritime and Coastguard Agency · published 25 Feb 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release IDf30155f6-7113-437c-9f72-660831e40b95-885882
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-7ef557d4-9e5a-47bf-88d1-bdf3aaa8327c
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-193790
Release typeawardUpdate
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

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Award value
£503,420
award field
Tender value
£503,420
tender field
Procurement method
Open procedure (above threshold)
Category
services
CPV
75112100
Administrative development project services
Delivery
British Oversea Territories
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

This contract has been awarded for the administration of Government support grants for maritime training, under the scheme known as SMarT - UK Support for Maritime Training. SMarT may provide government financial assistance under the powers in Section 56 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 to providers of approved training.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release25 Feb 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published20 Feb 2024
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2024
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

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Published name only

Ricardo-AEA Limited

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 25 Feb 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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