Service Contracts for stand-by oil spill recovery vessels – Channel and North Sea, Atlantic Middle and Black Sea North

The Agency provides additional response capacity to that of the pollution response mechanisms of EU Member States through contractual arrangements with private or public companies/consortia. Such companies/consortia can be drawn from any relevant industry including shipowners/operators and the spill response service providers.

The contracted vessels would undertake normal commercial activities and, at request, be transformed and mobilised at short notice for at-sea oil recovery services during an (major) oil spill.

This procurement procedure for stand-by oil spill recovery vessels will cover the following areas:

• Lot 1 – Channel and North Sea
• Lot 2 – Atlantic Middle
• Lot 3 – Black Sea North

More details about this procurement procedure can be found in documents that can be downloaded in the zip file below.

The relevant Contract Notice for this procedure (reference 2022/S 056-145416) as published in the Official Journal of the European Union can be found in the link below.