Service contracts for standby oil spill recovery vessel(s)

European Maritime Safety Agency

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) was tasked to 'work with the Member States to support on request with additional means, in a cost-efficient way, the pollution response actions in case of pollution caused by ships as well as marine pollution caused by oil and gas installations' (Article 2(3)(d) of Regulation 1406/2002/EC as amended).
EMSA's action plan for oil pollution preparedness and response (2004), as well as the action plan for response to marine pollution from oil and gas installations, as updated by the annual work programmes of the Agency, identify how to implement these tasks and highlighted the necessity for a network of oil recovery vessels.
Consequently, contracts have been established for at-sea oil recovery services in the Baltic Sea, along the Atlantic coast, in the North Sea, in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Black Sea. More information on these issues is available from the Agency website http://www.emsa.europa.eu
Following the adoption of the Agency's work programme 2014 by the Administrative Board in November 2013, EMSA intends to maintain and strengthen its response capacity network through a 'eighth round' of contractual arrangements with companies/consortia. Such companies/consortia can include shipowners and/or operators and/or spill response organisations/manufacturers.
Description of standby oil spill recovery vessel service to be provided:
Through service contracts for a period of 4 years, renewable up to a maximum of 4 additional years, the Agency intends to establish, for certain defined areas of the EU coastline, additional response capacity to that of the pollution response mechanisms of EU Member States in case of a major oil spill.
This can be provided by either a single vessel for each area or through a 'pool' of vessels arrangement. The Agency would like to utilise vessels that are engaged in economic activities, during the contract period, in the identified area and establish service contracts for their availability during a (major) incident for spill response activities.
EMSA would like to offer at-sea oil recovery services by ships on the basis of vessel availability contracts with companies/consortia. Such companies/consortia can be drawn from any relevant industry including shipowners/operators and the spill response service industry.
Following a request for assistance from an affected coastal State, such vessels would be transformed into oil recovery vessels and made available at short notice for at-sea oil recovery activities during a (major) oil spill.
Main elements of the service contracts:
The service for an area will be structured and specified in the 2 following contracts:
— a 'vessel availability' contract (VAC) signed between the company/consortium and the Agency for the availability and associated preparation of vessel(s) for spill response activities,
— an 'incident response' contract (IRC) signed between the company/consortium and the coastal State requesting the provision of at-sea oil recovery resources during an actual incident. In order to improve vessel mobilisation time, the incident response contract will include pre-agreed terms, conditions and tariffs for the provision of assistance to a coastal State.
Project phases and related tasks:
For each contract signed by EMSA there should be 2 different implementation phases:
— preparatory phase (estimated between 0 and 9 months following signature of the contract depending on the vessel(s) offered and needs) during which the contractor will have to adapt or pre-fit the vessel(s) concerned in order to bring it up to 'occasional oil recovery vessel' classification or equivalent. During this period the contractor will carry out the transfer and servicing of the oil pollution response equipment and purchase of additional items, if applicable. Both the pre-fitting and equipment costs can be financed by the Agency in accordance with the rules established in the vessel availability contract,
— standby phase (between 45 and 48 months after the preparatory phase) during which the vessel(s) will, under normal circumstances, carry out their usual commercial activities, participate in regular drills and in oil pollution exercises on request. Participation in at-sea spill response exercises and similar activities will either be for a maximum of 10 days a year per contract or 3 days per vessel offered, whichever is the greater. These days are inclusive of time to sail to/from exercise location.
In the event of a (major) oil spill and following a request for assistance, via the Agency, by a coastal State, the vessel(s) will cease its usual activity as soon as possible and will operate as an at-sea oil recovery vessel(s). The services will be provided to the requesting coastal State on the basis of the 'incident response' contract. The vessel(s) must be available, at short notice, in the geographical area, during the whole period of the contract for pollution response activities to ensure rapid mobilisation. The oil pollution response equipment can either be permanently on board or stored onshore ready for rapid installation.
Geographical areas:
The areas of the procurement procedure in 2014 can be expected to be:
1. Atlantic coast (Atlantic European coastal area from Porto (Portugal) to and including Donges (France), and limited by the 13° meridian west);
2. northern Black Sea (the northern Black Sea area limited by the coastline of Bulgaria and Romania and by the 32° meridian east);
3. Channel and southern North Sea (southern coastline of the United Kingdom from Land's End to Hull and the European continental coastline from Esbjerg (Denmark) to Donges (France));
4. northern North Sea and Norwegian Sea (western coastline of Norway, the Faroe Islands, the southern coast of Iceland and limited by the 25° meridian west and between 58° and 65° parallel north).
Potential procurement timetable:
The Agency would like to conclude the procurement process during 2014 through the following provisional timetable:
January 2014: contract notice is published in the 'Official Journal of the European Union' (OJEU).
January 2014: potential information meetings, open to all interested parties, on the procurement procedure including award criteria. Precise venues to be determined at a later date. Details will be available from the Agency website.
February 2014: deadline for submission of applications to participate in the procurement procedure.
March–November 2014: establishment of shortlisted candidates, submission of full tenders, evaluation and awarding of contracts.

O prazo para a recepção das propostas era 2014-02-18. O concurso foi publicado em 2013-12-23.

Os seguintes fornecedores são mencionados nas decisões de adjudicação ou noutros documentos de contratação:

• • DC Industrial (DCI)
• • Petronav Ship Management Limited (PSL)
• • Remolcadores Nosa Terra S.A. (Remolcanosa)

• • European Maritime Safety Agency

• • Aluguer de embarcações, com tripulação › Aluguer de embarcações marítimas, com tripulação
• • Aluguer de embarcações, com tripulação › Serviços de embarcações antipoluição
• • Aluguer de embarcações, com tripulação › Serviços de navios de intervenção
• • Rastreio e monitorização da poluição e reabilitação › Serviços relacionados com a poluição da água
• • Serviços relacionados com a poluição por produtos petrolíferos › Serviços de reabilitação de derrames de hidrocarbonetos
• • Transporte por vias navegáveis › Operações marítimas

• • Portugal