Cargo handling and storage services

Tender description

Contract for the provision of biomass handling services at the Port of Tyne in South Shields. The Port of Tyne (‘Port’) is seeking to appoint a specialist supplier for the provision of services at its existing facility at South Shields, namely the receiving of biomass fuel being woodchip/wood pellet from the quay, conveying to the storage facility by use of tipper trucks, the material handling and stock management whilst in storage and the reclamation to a rail loading silo for onward dispatch. The service provider will be required to supply all personnel and equipment necessary for the provisions of the services; wheeled Loading shovels must be appropriately classified to operate within a Zone 22 T3 rated facility. The contract is for an initial period of 5 years, with 2 options for the Port to extend the term by a period of 12 months each. The value shown in this notice assumes that both of these options are exercised and is based on an assumed annual throughput of 1 000 000 tonnes at an assumed price. Actual throughput and pricing may vary but the contract will include an annual guaranteed volume.