I found this question in Hansards 2005. Look who one of the bidders was....


HMS Intrepid

Mr. Nicholas Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what tenders were sought by his Department for the breaking of HMS Intrepid; what responses were received from ship breaking firms based (a) inside and (b) outside the UK; and how many of the bidders were able to demonstrate compliance with the Environment Agency's environmental criteria. [18157]

Mr. Ingram: 39 companies were invited to tender for ex-HMS Intrepid:

Able UK Ltd.

AGS Ltd.

AWA Refiners Ltd.

B. P. B. Recycling

Babcock Rosyth Defence Ltd.

Belmont Drew Ltd.

C. K. Metals

Cronifer UK Ltd.

Dido Trading S. A.

Duddon Valley Shipbreakers

Eckhardt Marine GMBH

Environ Group Ltd.

European Metal Recycling Ltd.

G. D. Metal Recycling Ltd.

HMS Fearless & Intrepid Association

J. & G. Metals Group

J. Fenton & Sons (Contractors) Ltd.

Leavesley International

M. & M. Day Ltd.

M. & W. A. Anthracite Ltd.

Marlboro Shipbrokers Ltd.

Marie

Marine Salvage

Marine Support & Towage Ltd.

Messrs Bradley & Ashley

Metal Merchants UK Ltd.

Mil-Ver Metal Company Ltd.

N. V. Van Heyghen

PAVERA

R. M. Supplies (Inverkeithing) Ltd.



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RAMCO

Resyna SL

Rochdale Metal Recovery Ltd.

Ship Side Services SL

Shipbreaking (Queenborough) Ltd.

Ships Management Ltd.

Shepherd Offshore Ltd.

Sims Metals (Wessex) Ltd.

Wear Dockyard Ltd.

Of these, only nine companies responded:

Able UK

AGS Ltd.

Belmont Drew Ltd.

Dido Trading S. A.

Environ Group Ltd.

Leavesley International

Marlboro (Shipbrokers) Ltd.

N. V. Van Heyghen

Shepherd Offshore Ltd.

Of the nine bidders, six firms were based in the UK:

Able UK

Belmont Drew Ltd. (intended to decontaminate in UK and break in China)

Environ Group Ltd. (intended to break in Turkey)

Leavesley International

Marlboro (Shipbrokers) Ltd. (intended to break in Lithuania)

Shepherd Offshore Ltd.

The remaining three were firms based outside the UK:

AGS Ltd. (Turkey)

Dido Trading S. A. (Greece) (intended to break in Turkey)

N. V. Van Heyghen (Belgium)

None were able to demonstrate compliance with the necessary criteria.

Suffice to say, the Association didn't respond to the tender! Good on them, whoever they were in 2005.