# Hydrographic Survey Services - extension

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [MCA - Maritime and Coastguard Agency](/buyers/mca-maritime-and-coastguard-agency/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Njord Survey AB
- Award value: £11,080,000
- Tender value: £11,080,000
- Award date: 18 March 2026
- Published: 2 April 2026
- Contract start: 1 April 2026
- Contract end: 31 March 2028
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: f8fb2b33-97dd-42b3-8fee-c3f12a37389e-891398
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2f2e760c-5042-4576-a216-963b028acee9

## Description

The UK Civil Hydrography Programme: The MCA plays a unique role within Government in discharging statutory hydrographic obligations under the United Nations' Safety of Life at Sea \(SOLAS\) Convention\. The CHP is a multi-million-pound MCA-led Government initiative to prioritise, survey and map UK waters in order to keep UK nautical charts and publications current, safe and fit for purpose\. This multi-disciplined marine data gathering programme is targeted at areas of highest navigational safety risk\. The CHP work scopes are divided as follows: - Lot 1 Shallow Water - typically water depths 0-200m, predominantly depths less than 40m; - Lot 3 Routine Resurvey - navigationally critical shallow water areas with mobile seabed; - Lot 4: Protection of Wrecks Act 1973, Section 2 Surveys - SS Richard Montgomery - Lot 5: Supplementary Hydrographic Survey Services - Protection of Wrecks Act 1973, Section 2 Surveys - SS Richard Montgomery:

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f8fb2b33-97dd-42b3-8fee-c3f12a37389e-891398)