Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bcf-cfc9-70d3-adf7-7d803fd5bb29/third-party-chart-production-support-2026 awarded GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Third Party Chart Production Support 2026 [UK Hydrographic Office](https://tendernation.io/buyers/uk-hydrographic-office) Pays 100% within 30 days Estimated value £8,055,000 Published 29 Apr 2026 Deadline Closed 7 Jan 2026 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Sets up a framework Winning a place does not guarantee work: contracts are awarded later as call-offs, and the list usually stays closed for years. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender The UK Hydrographic Office ("Authority"), based in Taunton, Somerset, requires support for its Operational requirements for an initial 36 months term, with 1 optional 12 month extension, as follows: 1.Gridding and Data Improvement - to carry out data improvement tasks within the Hydrographic Database to enable gridding of our data packages and generation of new gridded ENC cells. 2.Compilation and Support - to carry out the full range of these cartographic compilation tasks 3.Repromat Processing - to manage the conversion of Foreign Government Hydrographic Office (FGHO) charts that are being adopted into the UKHOs digital and paper chart series. 4.CUIA - to create Notice to Mariners, Blocks, Tracings, chart base updates and maintain their associated audit trails. 5.HDT and DCPT Support - to update and maintain the Hydrographic Data Base for work specified by the Hydrographic Data Team. ## CPV classification Miscellaneous water transport support services Source Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-05d695-2026-04-29T08:05:26+01:00 [View official notice](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-05d695-2026-04-29T08:05:26+01:00) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile UK Hydrographic Office: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/uk-hydrographic-office) [Sector More Logistics & travel services tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/logistics-travel-services) ## More tenders like this [Cargo handling services – Proc. n. 4388/AQ/2026 · Giunta Regionale della Campania - Ufficio Speciale Centrale Acquisti · 33 days left · 20 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-430a-71d6-b6de-a6b715f901b7/italy-cargo-handling-services-proc-n-4388aq2026) [Aircraft refuelling services – Kvaltitetssäkring av bränsleangläggningar - Bränslepool · Sjöfartsverket · 29 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-44c0-73b5-a5cf-3990cc342f52/sweden-aircraft-refuelling-services-kvaltitetssakring-av-bransleanglaggninga) [Traffic control services – Accords-cadres pour la réalisation de comptages et d'analyses de déplacements sur les Routes Départementales (2027-2031) · Departement de la Reunion · 38 days left · 26 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-1f68-73d4-8df5-2d8e6b23b4a2/france-traffic-control-services-accords-cadres-pour-la-realisation-de-compta) [Travel management services – Nemzetközi utazásszervezési szolgáltatások · Nemzeti Média- és Hírközlési Hatóság · 31 days left · 18 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-165f-7395-ac88-51f8106fabdf/hungary-travel-management-services-nemzetkozi-utazasszervezesi-szolgaltataso) [Travel agency and similar services – Servicio de agencia de viajes para la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid · Rector de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid · 29 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-0cdf-70e5-9842-c2471efcf2fd/spain-travel-agency-and-similar-services-servicio-de-agencia-de-viajes-para) [Port and waterway operation services and associated services – Taipaleen ja Konnuksen kanavien sekä Savonlinnan avattavien siltojen käyttö ja kunnossapito 2027 - 2031 · Väylävirasto · 7 days left · 26 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-4d28-7094-abd4-d179aaeebcd1/finland-port-and-waterway-operation-services-and-associated-services-taipale)