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title: "Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) System Tender"
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# Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) System Tender

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/vessel-traffic-service-vts-system-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-03c20f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** BELFAST HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS: "Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) System Tender". Published status: complete. Published Value: £9,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 31 May 2023, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.belfast-harbour.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [BELFAST HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/belfast-harbour-commissioners-GB-FTS-10198)
- **Published Value:** £9,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 31 May 2023 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Industry specific software package
- **Delivery Location:** UKN
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/vessel-traffic-service-vts-system-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-03c20f#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03c20f`

## 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/vessel-traffic-service-vts-system-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-03c20f#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [belfast-harbour.co.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.belfast-harbour.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/vessel-traffic-service-vts-system-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-03c20f#participate

## Description
This contract relates to the supply of a Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) system (software and any necessary supporting hardware, e.g. Radar, AIS, VHF Radio, Environmental Sensors, Device Communications, Network connectivity, Server based infrastructure). The service includes full project life cycle [Design > Build > Test > Train parallel operation and implementation as well as post implementation support and maintenance.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Estimated Value:** £9,000,000
- **Description:** The aim of this project is to replace the current VTS system and supporting infrastructure (software and hardware), with the latest technologies providing for real time data and enterprise-wide integration. The aim is to replace the current VTS syste...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 013369-2024-1 (active)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 013369-2024-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 28/03/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013369-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-04-24T18:33:54.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T17:56:18.738Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03c20f