Diving Life Support (DLS) In-Service Support (ISS)

Defence Equipment and Support (DES) Salvage and Marine Operations (SALMO) Delivery Team (DT) have a requirement for the provision of In-Service Support (ISS) to the Diving Life Support (DLS) portfolio of equipment.

The DLS portfolio provides a diving capability to the UK Military, led by the Royal Navy, to support a full range of technical and support activities to enable the delivery of underwater Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), underwater engineering, underwater search and engineering tasks in support of UK Defence Tasks.

The DLS ISS requirement is divided into the following four Lots:

Lot 1 - Diver's Dress and Dive Ancillaries

Estimated value: £10M ex VAT

Includes: Diver's dress, e.g. dive suits, boots, gloves, etc and Dive Ancillaries

Lot 2 - Diving Support Equipment

Estimated value: £14M ex VAT

Includes:

Diver Through Water Communication (DTWC)

Gas Boosters Pumps

Portable Breathing Air Compressor (PBAC)

Portable Oxygen Monitoring Apparatus (POMA)

Type B Recompression Chamber (RCC)

Lot 3 - Dive Sets and Dived Equipment

Estimated value: £21M ex VAT

Includes:

Enclosed Mine Lift Bags (EMLB)

Swimmers Oxygen Breathing Apparatus (SOBA), including Excursion variant

Surface Supplied Diving Equipment (SSDE)

Parachute Lift Bags (PLB)

Underwater Hydraulic Tools

Lot 4 - Self-Contained Air Diving Equipment (SCADE) and Clearance Diver Life Support Equipment (CDLSE)

Estimated value: £17.5M ex VAT

Includes:

Self-Contained Air Diving Equipment (SCADE), including Swimmers Air Breathing Apparatus (SABA) and Rechargeable Air Breathing Apparatus (RABA)

Clearance Divers Life Support Equipment (CDLSE)

The Lots require ISS to extant equipment, as well as the ability to procure more/new equipment at the direction of the Authority.

The DLS ISS contracts will be for five (5) years, with two (2) additional one (1) year options to extend. If all the options to extend are exercised by the Authority, each contract's duration will be a total of seven (7) years.