Published date: 23 October 2023

Withdrawn opportunity - This means that the contract has been withdrawn early. This could be due to a change of circumstances.


Closing: 9 November 2023, 11am

Contract summary

Industry

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

Location of contract

SO15 1EG

Value of contract

£9,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_394143/1273159

Published date

23 October 2023

Closing date

9 November 2023

Closing time

11am

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

CERS is the Consolidated European Reporting System which supports the United Kingdom in fulfilling its maritime reporting requirements under international legislation.

CERS will allow ports, shipping agents and vessels to meet reporting requirements in a user-friendly and modern application. The information collected by CERS is sent onwards to the European hosted THETIS system, where it can be accessed by MCA Surveyors and inform the UK's vessel inspection regime. An API tool also allows manipulation of the CERS dataset to respond to government and industry queries.

CERS is cloud hosted and not managed as part of the MCA network. An external supplier is required to maintain the system, troubleshoot errors, and liaise with external bodies that have system connections.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Providing support, maintenance and Cloud services management for the MCA Consolidated European Reporting System

  • Opportunity
  • Published 21 October 2023

Links

About the buyer

Contact name

MCA Procurement Team

Address

Spring Place, 105 Commercial Road
Southampton
SO15 1EG
England

Email

contracts@mcga.gov.uk