Official UK procurement notice
Mobile Harbour Crane · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Dover Harbour Board (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupply, test and commission of 1 (one) Mobile Harbour Cranes at the Port of Dover's Refrigerated Cargo Terminal for the discharge and loading of containers, bulks and general cargo.
CPV: Cranes · Harbour cranes · Quayside cranes
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Supply, test and commissioning of 1 (one) Mobile Harbour crane at the Port of Dover's…
Supply, test and commissioning of 1 (one) Mobile Harbour crane at the Port of Dover's Refrigerated Cargo Terminal for the discharge and loading of containers, bulks and general cargo.
Supply shall include all associated project services such as warranty, training, service and support.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 May 2023, 10:16 BST
- Last source update
- 12 May 2023, 10:16 BST
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-013543- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Dover Harbour Board (DHB) is a Utility as defined in the Regulations, and through its wholly
owned subsidiary Port of Dover Cargo Ltd (PoDCL), it operates a Refrigerated Cargo
Terminal in the Western Docks at the Port of Dover. PoDCL handles weekly cargo of fresh fruit for the UK market as well as handling break bulk, steel, grain, aggregates and project
cargo that directly supports UK supply chains.
In 2021 DHB published a VEET notice to procure 2 (two) MHC to replace MHC's that had suffered significant and unforeseeable structural failures in 2020 which resulted in them having to be removed from service and returned to the manufacturer.
MHCs are highly specialized large complex assets. The Cargo operation requires a further third MHC to fulfil committed operations. This third crane needs to be aligned to the current, replacement, cranes for continuity of service, operation, usage and maintenance. Liebherr Great Britain Limited, who has one MHC available under manufacture which meets the specification requirements of DHB.
Procedures with a prior call for competition could not be complied with (even on the basis of
an accelerated procurement process) as Liebherr only have these one MHC currently
available for purchase with delivery that meets DHBs requirements.
The contract has not been entered in to at the date of publication of this notice and it is not
intended to enter in to contract until 30 days after the publication date of this notice.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracts
Contract 013543-2023-1 · supplier not published
- Signed
- 12 May 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England and WalesReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.