Reviewing candidate performance in vessel tender evaluations

Context

A charterer received a number of bids for an SOV tender for O&M work in the North Sea. They wanted a third-party data set with a modeled vessel performance analysis consistent across the fleet for accurate benchmarking. 

They also wanted to compare the operating envelope of each vessel to maximise the number of O&M days spent on the wind farm. This unbiased performance analysis was compared with potentially optimistic contractor data. 

Spinergie data has also been used by vessel managers in similar ways to adjust their own responses to tenders. 

Challenge

The charterer needed to narrow down the list of potential vessels that were offered in the tender and assess the attractiveness of each bid. The chartering team wanted to analyse each vessel’s performance during previous O&M campaigns and needed to evaluate vessel operability including transit speed, technical specifications and the maximum wave height for turbine connections. It was important for them to assess the performance of vessels on similar projects and in similar weather conditions to generate an accurate track record of candidates.   

Spinergie's market intelligence solution 

Spinergie Market Intelligence has several dashboards and datasets that helped the chartering team screen candidates from the tender, measure past performance and compare technical specifications. This allowed them to select the best-performing candidate. 

1. First, the team used the Vessel Comparator to identify all vessels that met the specification requirements within the tender. 
2. The next step was to assess the shortlisted fleet in the Vessel Schedule and remove vessels which would not have desired availability. 
3. Finally, the performance of each vessel could be analyzed within the Vessel Fact Sheet. 

‍Vessel Comparator

The Vessel Comparator utilises a database of over 13,000 vessels to benchmark specs, availability and environmental criteria. Through it, the chartering team could assess the abilities of competing vessels and visualise specs side-by-side to create their initial shortlist for the tender. 

The Comparator also clearly shows a side-by-side analysis of Spinergie’s Enviro-Score. The Enviro-Score, which has a maximum score of 100, is calculated based on emission reduction technologies and behavior analysis (overspeeding, ECA etc.) of the vessel. Emission reduction technologies which have a positive impact on the score include, but are not limited to, ESS, SCR and low-emission fuel.

The Vessel Schedule gave the chartering team the ability to view the contracting activity of the shortlisted fleet. They were able to filter for vessel availability under multiple chosen criteria and view it alongside milestones such as manager changes, SPS or upgrades.

Vessel Fact Sheet

Vessel Fact Sheets gave the chartering team granular data for each vessel. The project and activity schedule provides detailed information about activities within each work package completed while under contract. Additional metrics show how weather conditions affected activities for each project as well as speed profiles. 

Further dashboards show turbine/substation connections over time, which can be viewed as a chart or downloaded as a data table, wave height limit analysis and connection durations at previous wind farm projects.

It is also possible to access the Map via the Vessel Fact Sheets which has a historical vessel positions feature to allow for a deep dive into locations and weather data at a specific activity. 

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Result

The charterer was happy with an unbiased and objective solution to review vessel performance. They used Market Intelligence to create a longlist, then shortlist, of preferred candidates and benchmark individual vessel performance. With our data backing their in house analysis and research, they were confident in selecting the best vessel from the tender bids.

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Contact Spinergie today to request a demo of our innovative market intelligence solutions and discover how our benchmarking and performance analysis tools can help you with your projects and operations. For further reading on the SOV market click here for an article on how offshore wind is becoming a major factor in driving demand.