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title: "Marine Pilot Digitalisation"
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# Marine Pilot Digitalisation

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/marine-pilot-digitalisation-ocds-h6vhtk-04ffae). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company: "Marine Pilot Digitalisation". Published status: active. Published Value: £1,100,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 13 Oct 2025, 10:30 BST. Published submission portal: uk.eu-supply.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-mersey-docks-and-harbour-company-GB-PPON-PRWZ-2267-YTZX)
- **Published Value:** £1,100,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 13 October 2025 at 10:30 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT software package, Industry specific software package, Scheduling software package, Software package and information systems
- **Delivery Location:** UKD7, UKJ4, UKM8, UKM9
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/marine-pilot-digitalisation-ocds-h6vhtk-04ffae#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04ffae`

## 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/marine-pilot-digitalisation-ocds-h6vhtk-04ffae#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [uk.eu-supply.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.eu-supply.com%2Fapp%2Frfq%2Frwlentrance_s.asp%3FPID%3D96462%26B%3D)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/marine-pilot-digitalisation-ocds-h6vhtk-04ffae#participate

## Description
Peel Ports Investments Limited (the name under which any resulting contract from this procurement event will be signed) acting on behalf of The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company, Clydeport Operations Limited and Port of Sheerness Limited, are looking to appoint a single successful Tenderer to provide Marine Pilot Digitalisation. Peel Ports owns and operates six of the UK’s most important ports (Port of Liverpool, Heysham Port, Manchester Ship Canal, Medway (Sheerness / Chatham), Clydeport (Greenock, Hunterston, Ardrossan) and Great Yarmouth). It also operates a container terminal in Dublin. Peel Ports Group serves as the Statutory Harbour Authority (SHA) and the Competent Harbour Authority (CHA) for several UK ports, Managing marine pilots for each port. Currently, pilot requests and allocations are managed manually through a mix of systems such as physical tables, spreadsheets, phone calls, and messages. These systems involve transferring information between digital and paper formats. This project aims to award to a single successful Tenderer under a 4 year fixed term Agreement with 2 optional, 2 year extensions (potentially a total of 8 years). The successful Tenderer will be required to implement a unified software solution to streamline pilot request management at the following locations; Liverpool, Sheerness (Medway) and Clydeport. The full scope of works is set out in the tender documentation, however the scope associated with this opportunity is summarised below but not limited to :- Allow Group Port Control Centre (GPCC) staff to review and allocate pilots based on port-specific rules Provide an automated suggestions and manual overrides. Cover operations at the Ports of; a) Liverpool b) Sheerness c) Clydeport Provide a planning feature for the pilot launch programme in the Port of Liverpool and replace the current in-house Pilot App. The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=96462&B=

## Lots (1)
### Lot LOT-0000: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `LOT-0000`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 48000000, 48100000, 48332000, 48517000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD, UKJ, UKM
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £1,100,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/01/2026 to 30/01/2030
- **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%2F044686-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-31T10:57:54.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T12:31:23.451Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04ffae