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title: "PIN Notice: Concession Contract for Port Operation Services at the Port of Ramsgate"
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# PIN Notice: Concession Contract for Port Operation Services at the Port of Ramsgate

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pin-notice-concession-contract-for-port-operation-services-at-the-port-of-ramsgate-ocds-h6vhtk-03d7ab). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** THANET DISTRICT COUNCIL: "PIN Notice: Concession Contract for Port Operation Services at the Port of Ramsgate". 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:** [THANET DISTRICT COUNCIL](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/thanet-district-council-ons-e07000114)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Berthing services, Cargo handling and storage services, Cargo handling services, Passenger terminal operation services, Port and waterway operation services and associated services (+2 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ4
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0023
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03d7ab`

## 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/pin-notice-concession-contract-for-port-operation-services-at-the-port-of-ramsgate-ocds-h6vhtk-03d7ab#tl-md)

## Description
This prior information notice is being published to indicate Thanet District Council’s intention to commence market engagement with organisations within the ports and harbours market.
The Council is intending to undertake a procurement process to attract and secure a port operator for two primary roll on/roll off (ro-ro) berths at the Port of Ramsgate and associated port side land by way of a services concession.
The Council is seeking to engage with the market to help inform its procurement exercise. A prospectus providing details of the opportunity has been published on the Kent Business Portal which can be accessed at https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/. Interested parties are invited to review the prospectus and to complete and submit responses to a market questionnaire by 7 July 2023.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 63100000, 63110000, 63721000, 63721500, 63723000, 98362000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Thanet District Council is the statutory harbour authority for the Port of Ramsgate. It is intending to undertake a procurement process for the award of a concession contract for the provision of services relating to the operation, equipping, promoti...

- **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%2F018602-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-06-29T18:20:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T05:51:04.493Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03d7ab