Vessel Technical Management Contract Tender, Fleet OPEX, Fees & SLA Comparison Tool

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Vessel Technical Management Contract Tender, Fleet OPEX, Fees & SLA Comparison Tool

Normalize competing shipmanager proposals before appointment. Separate vessel budgets from management remuneration, surface hidden procurement and extraordinary fees, and test whether cheaper offers survive service-level and contract-readiness scrutiny.

Selectable manager bid wall5-year fleet cash forecastOPEX normalizationService-performance exposureProcurement and extrasContract award holds

Rapid shipmanagement tender screen · 12 inputsCompare the incumbent's vessel OPEX and annual management fees against a proposed manager. OPEX is a vessel operating budget, not the manager's revenue. Procurement markup is incremental to underlying purchases.

Fleet contractor selection workbenchSet the commercial basis below, then use six detailed registers for vessel groups, shipmanager bids, OPEX budget lines, SLA scenarios, exclusions and readiness checks. Use the same fleet and scope across every quote.

Commercial and compliance boundary: The model compares user-entered quotations and assumptions. It does not verify a manager's Document of Compliance, confirm its authority as the ISM/ISPS Company, certify crewing or maintenance, forecast safety incidents, or determine contract liability. Service shortfall costs are owner-entered economic stress allowances, not automatic SLA penalties. Actual shipmanagement terms and owner responsibilities require review.

Fleet management tender screen

Use the inputs to compare normalized lifetime costs, management fees, performance exposure and award readiness.

1. Fleet Groups & Operating Exposure

Group similar vessels. Vessel count drives each manager's scope and fees; owner loss/day is used only in the separate service-risk model.

Use	Fleet group	Type	Vessels	Budget days / year	Owner exposure $/day	Operational priority	Remove

2. Shipmanager Tender Offers

Compare each manager on exactly the same fleet. Procurement markup applies only to categories marked eligible below. Setup fees are one-time; extra fees are yearly per vessel. Superintendent ratio is an entered resource indicator, not an international legal limit.

Use	Shipmanager	Fee $/vessel/year	Budget variance %	Procurement markup %	Extras $/vessel/year	Setup $ once	Annual fee uplift %	Vessels / superintendent	Transition days	Transition cost $/day	Proposal	Remove

3. Baseline Fleet OPEX & Procurement Categories

Baseline USD per vessel per year, assigned to a fleet group. A bid's budget variance applies to this baseline; procurement markup applies only where eligible. Do not enter management fees here.

Use	Fleet group row	OPEX category	Baseline $/vessel/year	Procurement markup eligible?	Evidence	Remove

4. Performance SLA & Service-Risk Scenarios

For each manager, model the financial consequence of a forecast that exceeds its agreed target. Breach event count and loss/event are user scenarios, not incident probabilities, expected legal penalties or verified managerial fault.

Use	Manager row	Service metric	Target (units)	Forecast (same units)	Events / vessel / year	Owner loss $/event	Evidence	Remove

5. Exclusions, Extraordinary Works & Cost Allowances

Use only costs outside the submitted OPEX and management fee. Enter a 0–100% chance as an illustrative budgeting assumption. A material unpriced exclusion remains a review hold.

Use	Manager row	Excluded service	Cost $/vessel/year	Probability %	Critical?	Quote status	Remove

6. Contract, Safety Management & Transition Readiness

Contract reviews remain explicit gates. Review SHIPMAN / negotiated terms, ISM Company and DOC responsibilities, insurance and liabilities, purchasing controls, cyber/data access, reporting, management changeover and termination.

Use	Manager row	Review requirement	Critical?	Status	Evidence reference	Remove

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