Official UK procurement notice
Conventional Twin-screw Ship Handling Tug - Manchester Ship Canal
Authority: THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL COMPANY LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Manchester Ship Canal is a 36-mile-long inland waterway in the North West of England linking Manchester to the Irish Sea. The Manchester Ship Canal Company operate four ship-handling tugs on the canal and wish to research the market for replacing these vessels.
CPV: Tug boats
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Ship handling tugs for use on the Manchester Ship Canal have the following broad…Planned
Ship handling tugs for use on the Manchester Ship Canal have the following broad specification.
- Conventional twin-screw ship handling tug
- Capable of towing over the stern as a conventional tug
- Capable of towing over the bow as a braking tug (made fast to the assisted vessel’s stern)
- Beam overall not to exceed 8.15m
- Draught not to exceed 3.6m
- Bollard pull astern 18-20 tonnes
- Bollard pull ahead at least 25 tonnes
- Free running speed at least 10.5 knots
- Accommodation for a crew of three (in separate cabins), including galley, messroom and wash-place
- Built to Class rules and classed with a recognised Classification Society
- Coded under the Workboat code for minimum Category 3, 20 miles from safe haven
This notice is for market research purposes only. The procurement for any replacement tugs will be the subject of a future notice.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Oct 2022, 09:37 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Oct 2022, 09:37 BST
- Authority reference
MDHC/C0111/PRO106- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-028355- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
10 Oct 2022 → 16 Jan 2023 · 2 dates- Notice published10 Oct 2022, 09:37 BST
- Tender notice expected16 Jan 2023
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
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