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title: "Torpoint Ferry Refits 2023-2025"
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# Torpoint Ferry Refits 2023-2025

Buyer: CORNWALL COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0322ca

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## Summary

The Cornwall Council is leading a procurement process for the "Torpoint Ferry Refits 2023-2025" project, involving the refurbishment of three chain ferries connecting Plymouth with South East Cornwall. The procurement falls under the services category and is in the tender initiation stage. The project aims to conduct three refits in April 2023, 2024, and 2025, with a dry dock period not exceeding 30 days for each vessel. The key objective is to ensure ferry maintenance, quality checks, and modifications, with the Cornwall Council overseeing the procurement process.

This tender for the "Torpoint Ferry Refits 2023-2025" provides growth opportunities for businesses involved in ferry repair services. Companies with expertise in marine engineering, ship refurbishment, and quality assurance would be well-suited to compete. The procurement method used is an Award procedure without prior publication, and the contracting authority, Cornwall Council, aims to secure contractors to deliver the specified refits within the designated timeframes. For businesses seeking to expand their service portfolio in the maritime sector, engaging in this tender could lead to valuable contracts and partnerships with key stakeholders in the ferry industry.

## Notice

The Torpoint Ferry Service is the largest chain ferry operation in the world, carrying 2.4 million vehicles and 800 thousand foot passengers a year. It operates three chain ferries linking Plymouth with South East Cornwall, each vessel has a length of 48 metres and breadth of 20 metres and can carry up to 73 cars and 140 foot passengers. Every five years each of the three Torpoint ferries requires a mandatory dry docking to allow a survey of the underwater hull to ensure the material state is sufficient to safely last a further five years, to enable classification society and Marine Coastguard Agency surveys together with essential maintenance and modifications. Cornwall Council is leading this procurement to procure ferry refits on behalf of its Joint Authority owners in accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and the Open Tender procedure, with the intention to let a framework contract covering three refits taking place in April 2023, April 2024 and April 2025. The contracted work package for each refit to include the tow from Torpoint to the refitting shipyard and the return and the refits cycle time should be no greater than 30 calendar days from removal of each Ferry from its chains to reinstatement and full return to service. The objective is to provide a period in dry dock for essential dock dependent ferry maintenance and modifications together with inspections of other key equipment and systems by Lloyds Register, a third party quality assurance organisation. This statutory requirement and satisfactory completion is required before the issue of a Chain Ferry Certificate by the regulatory authority, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The aim at the completion of a refit is to provide a ferry that is of a sufficient material state to allow issue of a Chain Ferry Certificate and give five years high availability operational service without significant breakdown or other major maintenance requirements in line with the specification. Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee (TB&TF) will provide the technical supervisory role at the refit location. There will be a requirement to integrate TB&TF staff maintenance activity, within the overarching refit project management plan. TB&TF will assist with provision of certain spare parts and also will advise on particular specialist sub- contractors that may be required to undertake specific tasks.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Torpoint Ferry Service is the largest chain ferry operation in the world, carrying 2.4 million vehicles and 800 thousand foot passengers a year. It operates three chain ferries linking Plymouth with South East Cornwall, each vessel has a length of 48 metres and breadth of 20 metres and can carry up to 73 cars and 140 foot passengers. Every five years each of the three Torpoint ferries requires a mandatory dry docking to allow a survey of the underwater hull to ensure the material state is sufficient to safely last a further five years, to enable classification society and Marine Coastguard Agency surveys together with essential maintenance and modifications. Cornwall Council is leading this procurement to procure ferry refits on behalf of its Joint Authority owners in accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and the Open Tender procedure, with the intention to let a framework contract covering three refits taking place in April 2023, April 2024 and April 2025. The contracted work package for each refit to include the tow from Torpoint to the refitting shipyard and the return and the refits cycle time should be no greater than 30 calendar days from removal of each Ferry from its chains to reinstatement and full return to service. The objective is to provide a period in dry dock for essential dock dependent ferry maintenance and modifications together with inspections of other key equipment and systems by Lloyds Register, a third party quality assurance organisation. This statutory requirement and satisfactory completion is required before the issue of a Chain Ferry Certificate by the regulatory authority, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The aim at the completion of a refit is to provide a ferry that is of a sufficient material state to allow issue of a Chain Ferry Certificate and give five years high availability operational service without significant breakdown or other major maintenance requirements in line with the specification. Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee (TB&TF) will provide the technical supervisory role at the refit location. There will be a requirement to integrate TB&TF staff maintenance activity, within the overarching refit project management plan. TB&TF will assist with provision of certain spare parts and also will advise on particular specialist sub- contractors that may be required to undertake specific tasks.

Renewal: Future refits to be scheduled as necessary to comply with Lloyds register 5 yearly docking survey requirements.

### Procurement Information

Awarded by way of direct award through use of negotiated procedure without prior publication, in accordance with Regulation 32(2)(a) of the Public Contracts Regulations (2015), when no compliant bids were received following the original open tender process

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012797-2023 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 4 May 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 26 May 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 5 Apr 2023 |
| Contract period | 31 Oct 2022 - 30 Apr 2025 |
| Recurrence | Estimated timing for further notices to be published: On a similar five yearly cycle |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £3,078,717 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | CORNWALL COUNCIL |
| Additional buyers | PLYMOUTH CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | TRURO |
| Post town | Truro |
| Postcode | TR1 3AY |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK4 Devon |
| ITL 3 | TLK41 Plymouth |
| Local authority | Plymouth |
| Electoral ward | St Peter and the Waterfront |
| Westminster constituency | Plymouth Sutton and Devonport |
| Delivery location | TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, TLK41 Plymouth |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | A & P FALMOUTH |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 50 - Repair and maintenance services

### Codes

- 50241200 - Ferry repair services

## Release History

- 4 May 2023 at 12:22 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012797-2023
- 16 Mar 2022 at 15:47 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007216-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://plymouth.gov.uk
- http://www.cornwall.gov.uk
- https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=7da5f8cd-a773-ec11-8110-005056b64545

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