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title: "Conventional Twin-screw Ship Handling Tug - Manchester Ship Canal"
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# Conventional Twin-screw Ship Handling Tug - Manchester Ship Canal

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/conventional-twin-screw-ship-handling-tug-manchester-ship-canal-ocds-h6vhtk-03743b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL COMPANY LIMITED: "Conventional Twin-screw Ship Handling Tug - Manchester Ship Canal". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL COMPANY LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-manchester-ship-canal-company-limited-coh-07438096)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Tug boats
- **Delivery Location:** UKD7
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03743b`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/conventional-twin-screw-ship-handling-tug-manchester-ship-canal-ocds-h6vhtk-03743b#tl-md)

## Description
The 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** 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 (ma...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F028355-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-10-10T08:37:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T20:58:29.979Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03743b