Official UK procurement notice
Port of Dover - OPTICS Software
Authority: Dover Harbour Board (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Scope of this contract will cover implementation of expansion to the OPTICS software solution to cover:
- Berths
- Ferry Operator data exchange
- Check-in
- UTP and inbound exit
- OBC
This will encompass development of data integration with the ANPR middleware server (GDS Server), development of business rules and logic to interpret the live traffic data, creation of new dashboards and APIs. Delivery will include testing, project documentation and training.
- How the procedure runs: An initital IT participation stage followed by a tender stage
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Industry specific software development services · Industry specific software package · Software package and information systems · Software programming and consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£1,500,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality / Technical: 60%
- Commercial: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Commercial
- Quality / Technical
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Aug 2026, 13:58 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Aug 2026, 13:58 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
DHB/IGNITE/003- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-081341- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06eca7Find a Tender
- How it runs
An initital IT participation stage followed by a tender stage
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 25 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 25 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
26 Aug 2026 → 12 Feb 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published57 days ago26 Aug 2026, 13:58 BST
- Submission deadline27 days ago25 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Award decision expected by6 days ago16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 112 days12 Feb 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published26 Aug 2026, 13:58 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender