Marine Pilot Digitalisation

Description

Peel Ports Investments Limited (the name under which any resulting contract from this procurement event will be signed) acting on behalf of The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company, Clydeport Operations Limited and Port of Sheerness Limited, are looking to appoint a single successful Tenderer to provide Marine Pilot Digitalisation. Peel Ports owns and operates six of the UK’s most important ports (Port of Liverpool, Heysham Port, Manchester Ship Canal, Medway (Sheerness / Chatham), Clydeport (Greenock, Hunterston, Ardrossan) and Great Yarmouth). It also operates a container terminal in Dublin. Peel Ports Group serves as the Statutory Harbour Authority (SHA) and the Competent Harbour Authority (CHA) for several UK ports, Managing marine pilots for each port. Currently, pilot requests and allocations are managed manually through a mix of systems such as physical tables, spreadsheets, phone calls, and messages. These systems involve transferring information between digital and paper formats. This project aims to award to a single successful Tenderer under a 4 year fixed term Agreement with 2 optional, 2 year extensions (potentially a total of 8 years). The successful Tenderer will be required to implement a unified software solution to streamline pilot request management at the following locations; Liverpool, Sheerness (Medway) and Clydeport. The full scope of works is set out in the tender documentation, however the scope associated with this opportunity is summarised below but not limited to :- Allow Group Port Control Centre (GPCC) staff to review and allocate pilots based on port-specific rules Provide an automated suggestions and manual overrides. Cover operations at the Ports of; a) Liverpool b) Sheerness c) Clydeport Provide a planning feature for the pilot launch programme in the Port of Liverpool and replace the current in-house Pilot App. The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=96462&B=

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