Provision of Lead for Fixed Ballast, RRS Sir David Attenborough
What the buyer wrote
RRS Sir David Attenborough is an Ice class research ship that operates in the polar regions for UKRI research activities. The ship is very heavy towards the bow due to the ice strengthening. To correct the Ballast the ship requires 477 tonnes of lead ballast in the aft of the ship. The lead is to be inserted in man handleable blocks into a specially designed void space within the aft peak ballast tank. The lead requires to be protected to prevent noise and vibration transmitting through the hull that would interfere with the acoustic equipment and create vibration.
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- What the buyer calls it
- Provision of Lead for Fixed Ballast, RRS Sir David Attenborough
- How they are buying
- Advertised, open to anyoneAny supplier could bid without being invited first.
- Type
- goods
- Work starts
- 4 Dec 2025
- Work ends
- 30 Sep 2026
- Where
- in the South West
Who the buyer named
The buyer published a contact address on this notice. Questions closed on 3 Nov 2025, 14:00 GMT.