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title: "T0478 - Automatic Light Dues Information System (ALDIS) Support Provision"
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# T0478 - Automatic Light Dues Information System (ALDIS) Support Provision

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/t0478-automatic-light-dues-information-system-aldis-support-provision-ocds-h6vhtk-032d0f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Corporation of Trinity House: "T0478 - Automatic Light Dues Information System (ALDIS) Support Provision". Published status: unsuccessful. Published Value: £430,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 20 May 2022, 17:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** UNSUCCESSFUL (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The Corporation of Trinity House](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-corporation-of-trinity-house-GB-FTS-8629)
- **Published Value:** £430,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 May 2022 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Software support services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/t0478-automatic-light-dues-information-system-aldis-support-provision-ocds-h6vhtk-032d0f#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-032d0f`

## 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/t0478-automatic-light-dues-information-system-aldis-support-provision-ocds-h6vhtk-032d0f#tl-md)

## Description
The Automatic Light Dues Information System (ALDIS) was developed in two phases over 2004 and 2005 by two different developers.  It is written in Java and although currently supported by the developer who wrote the second phase of the software, Trinity House now needs to transition support to a new developer.
The key functions of ALDIS are:
• To allow Light Dues certificates to be issued by the ‘Collectors’, usually shipping agents affiliated to the Institute of Chartered Ship Brokers and appointed as Light Dues Collectors, and
• To record port record arrival data to verify the movement of vessels arriving to UK & RoI ports and their liability to pay Light Dues.
The ALDIS software (code and IPR) is owned by the General Lighthouse Authorities (GLAs) and funded from the General Lighthouse Fund (GLF).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** cancelled

- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £430,000
- **Description:** Tenderers are invited to quote for both of the two work packages listed below;
1) Cost of developing, testing and deploying changes to the password security in the ALDIS software (further details at Appendix 3 of Annex 1 – Specification of Requiremen...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 025797-2022-1 (unsuccessful)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

- **Award:** 025798-2022-1 (unsuccessful)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025798-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-09-14T13:05:25.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T16:15:40.568Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-032d0f