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title: "Dover Harbour Board - Provisional Harbour Towage Services"
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# Dover Harbour Board - Provisional Harbour Towage Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dover-harbour-board-provisional-harbour-towage-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0663ae). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Dover Harbour Board: "Dover Harbour Board - Provisional Harbour Towage Services". Published status: planning. Concession Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Dover Harbour Board](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/dover-harbour-board-GB-PPON-PBWQ-3165-XGNL)
- **Concession Value (operator's expected revenue):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Port and waterway operation services and associated services, Ship-launching services, Ship-operating services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dover-harbour-board-provisional-harbour-towage-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0663ae#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0663ae`

## 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/dover-harbour-board-provisional-harbour-towage-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0663ae#tl-md)

## Description
The Dover Harbour Board (DHB) intends to undertake preliminary market engagement in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023, to further inform its ongoing review of long-term harbour towage arrangements as identified in Find a tender notice identifier: 2025/S 000-000055 dated 3rd January 2025.
This engagement is for information-gathering purposes only and does not constitute a procurement exercise. 
DHB will be seeking to hold discussions with a maximum of 5 experienced harbour towage operators under an NDA, to allow DHB to better understand current market capability and typical delivery models for a 24/7 harbour towage service.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 63721000, 63726600, 63726610
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 02/09/2027 to 04/09/2031
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F020197-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-03-06T09:23:44.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T16:41:19.833Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0663ae