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title: "/Marine Asset Service"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-07908e"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company Limited"
published: "2026-10-26"
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# /Marine Asset Service

Buyer: The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company Limited  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07908e

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## Summary

The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company is planning a marine asset service covering the operation and management of vessels and associated equipment used in port and harbour operations across Peel Ports Group. The anticipated services include crewing, maintenance, inspection, certification, repair, mobilisation and demobilisation, as well as planning, scheduling, compliance management and performance reporting. Assets and operations may include workboats, pilot vessel operations, line-handling vessels and services, harbour support craft and towage, together with necessary land-based equipment or vehicles. The purpose is to support safe, reliable and compliant marine operations. The scope excludes Medway pilot transfer and hydrographic survey operations unless a future procurement expressly includes them. This is a marine transport support services requirement.

The process is at planning: the buyer has stated an intention to procure and is conducting preliminary market engagement, not inviting tenders. It expects responses to a Marine Asset Service Activities Questionnaire by 16 November 2026; a future notice is anticipated by 15 January 2027. The expected contract period runs from 1 November 2027 to 1 November 2031, with possible extension to 1 November 2035. The estimated gross value is £14.4 million. The requirement is presented as one lot, and the stated contract period and extension apply to that lot. Suppliers should treat these dates and the value as planning expectations; the information describes a potential future procurement rather than a settled tender procedure.

This requirement is suited to suppliers able to provide and manage marine assets and operational services for ports, including vessel operators, towage and harbour-support providers, and businesses supplying crewing, maintenance, inspection, certification or repair. Suppliers will need the capacity to support round-the-clock operations throughout the year, while coordinating mobilisation, scheduling, compliance and performance reporting across port-specific requirements. The buyer has identified safety, reliability and regulatory compliance as operational priorities. It also wants to understand how suppliers could help reduce fuel consumption and emissions, improve environmental performance over asset lifecycles and contribute to its Net Zero 2040 ambition. Small and medium-sized enterprises are considered suitable, making this potentially relevant to specialist providers as well as larger marine service groups.

## Notice

Overview Peel Ports Investments Limited, acting on behalf of the contracting entities identified in this notice, intends to conduct Preliminary Market Engagement for a potential future procurement covering the provision, management and delivery of marine asset services across Peel Ports Group. Anticipated scope of services The anticipated scope may include, depending on the port-specific requirements, but is not limited to, operation, management, crewing, maintenance, inspection, certification, repair, mobilisation, demobilisation, planning, scheduling, compliance management and performance reporting for marine assets and services used in port and harbour operations. Assets and services may include workboats, pilot vessel operations, line handling vessels and services, harbour support craft, and towage operations together with any associated land-based equipment or vehicles necessary to support the delivery of marine services. Operational requirement and exclusions The requirement is to support safe, reliable and compliant marine operations on a 24/7/365 basis across the Peel Ports Group ports detailed above. The scope excludes Medway pilot transfer service and hydrographic survey operations, unless expressly stated otherwise in any future procurement documents. Decarbonisation and environmental performance Peel Ports Group also wishes to understand how suppliers can support its decarbonisation objectives, including reduced fuel consumption, lower emissions, improved lifecycle environmental performance and contribution to Peel Ports Group's Net Zero 2040 ambition. Supplier response requirements Suppliers with relevant capability are invited to submit the following to sourcing@peelports.com * Marine Asset Service Activities Questionnaire Response deadline Responses must be received no later than three weeks from the publication date of this notice.

### Planning Information

https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=110437&TID=100115447&B=

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/101224-2026 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 15 Jan 2027 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Nov 2027 - 1 Nov 2031 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £14,400,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company Limited |
| Locality | LIVERPOOL |
| Postcode area | Liverpool |
| Postcode | L21 1LA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD7 Merseyside |
| ITL 3 | TLD73 Sefton |
| Local authority | Sefton |
| Electoral ward | Church |
| Westminster constituency | Bootle |
| Delivery location | TLD North West (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLM Scotland |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

### Codes

- 63700000 - Support services for land, water and air transport
- 63720000 - Support services for water transport

## Release History

- 26 Oct 2026 at 16:34 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/101224-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/101224-2026
  26th October 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=110437&TID=100115447&B=
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.peelports.com

## Provenance

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