Early Market Engagement Notice – NSIGN HMNB(C) – Soft FM

Submarine Delivery Agency

Publication date 19 January 2026, 3:28pm
Contract locations
UKK12 - Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
UKM63 - Lochaber, Skye & Lochalsh, Arran & Cumbrae and Argyll & Bute
Total value £236,000,000

This engagement is designed to enable the Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) to engage with the market to welcome innovative ideas on how to develop on the requirements for Soft Facilities Management (Soft FM) services at His Majesty’s Naval Base (HMNB) Clyde. The MOD team based at the Naval Base (NB) continues to develop the future requirements for the Soft FM services at HMNB Clyde.
The Future Maritime Support Program (FMSP) contract for Soft FM managed and delivered at HMNB Clyde will expire in 2028, this notice commences Early Market Engagement (EME) activities for the Soft FM contract only.
The Naval Support Integrated Global Network (NSIGN) Naval Base (NB) project seeks to replace the FMSP Soft FM contract between 2026 and 2028. FMSP contains a total of 10 contracts, the scope of which covers the provision of Naval Base Services, engineering management, delivery to Complex Warships (Type 45, QEC, Type 26, etc), and Submarine Engineering across 3 Naval Bases.
Requests for participation in the event will be managed through the Defence Sourcing Portal – see link below.

Early Market Engagement Notice – NSIGN HMNB(C) – Soft FM