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# Liverpool Cruise Terminal – Stevedore and Rope Handling Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/liverpool-cruise-terminal-stevedore-and-rope-handling-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0386a5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Liverpool City Council: "Liverpool Cruise Terminal – Stevedore and Rope Handling Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,100,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Dec 2022, 10:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Liverpool City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/liverpool-city-council-ons-e08000012)
- **Published Value:** £1,100,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 December 2022 at 10:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Port operation services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD7, UKD72
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/liverpool-cruise-terminal-stevedore-and-rope-handling-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0386a5#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0386a5`

## 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/liverpool-cruise-terminal-stevedore-and-rope-handling-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0386a5#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/liverpool-cruise-terminal-stevedore-and-rope-handling-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0386a5#participate

## Description
Tenders are invited from suitably qualified companies to provide both or either stevedore and/or rope handling services to Liverpool City Council’s Cruise Terminal (LCT) to support terminal operations immediately before, during and immediately after the visit of a range of vessels including, but not limited to, cruise ships, navy ships, working vessels and off-shore wind farm vessels.
Lot 1 – Stevedore Services
There are 2 types of cruise operations, transit and turnaround, each typically requiring
different numbers of skilled personnel.
Transit
Transit operations will require manpower to:
• Small amounts of storing and garbage off-load on occasion.
• Traffic Management operations
• General stevedore duties on behalf of the port, as designated by LCT management
Turnaround
Turnaround operations will require manpower to:
• Carry out a full storing of the ship
• Off-load of garbage
• Unload and on-load of passenger baggage
• Baggage handlers / porters to assist passenger with their baggage.
• Traffic Management operations
Lot 2 – Rope Handling Services
There are 2 types of cruise mooring operations, quayside and dolphin, each requiring
different numbers of skilled personnel.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Lot 1 – Stevedore Services
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 63721200
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Lot 1 – Stevedore Services
There are 2 types of cruise operations, transit and turnaround, each typically requiring
different numbers of skilled personnel.
Transit
Transit operations will require manpower to:
• Small amounts of storing and garbage of...

### Lot 2: Lot 2 – Rope Handling Services
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 63721200
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Lot 2 – Rope Handling Services
There are 2 types of cruise mooring operations, quayside and dolphin, each requiring
different numbers of skilled personnel.

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Liverpool Cruise Terminal – Stevedore and Rope Handling Services (active)
  - Award id: `019745-2023-DN643770-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Southampton Cargo Handling Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-87008`

- **Award:** Lot 2 – Rope Handling Services (active)
  - Award id: `019745-2023-DN643770-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Southampton Cargo Handling Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-87008`

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** Liverpool Cruise Terminal – Stevedore and Rope Handling Services (active)

  - Signed Date: 26/06/2023

- **Contract:** Lot 2 – Rope Handling Services (active)

  - Signed Date: 26/06/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F019745-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-07-11T10:36:31.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-30T10:06:09.560Z
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