By this procurement Frontex aims to acquire multiple access (minimum four) to already existing Maritime Analysis tools for a period of of one (1) year. The contract shall be renewable, maximum three times, each time for another year and by the decision of Frontex. The overarching objective is to put in place a dedicated analytical capability to research systematically the maritime risk environment and deliver a set of products that identify high-risk threats, assess maritime risks and inform the key stakeholders: policy-makers and law enforcement in this important area of work. Thus, the deployment of Maritime Analysis tools is intended to enhance Frontex operational support to EU border/coast guard and law enforcement authorities in suppressing and preventing, among others, illegal migration and cross-border crime in the maritime domain.

For the purpose of this contract, Maritime Analysis Tools is defined as a system that works with maritime ‘big data’ (e.g. maritime reporting systems data, information on ship ownership/management, historical movements of vessels, and relevant open source information). The system must be capable of producing information of interest for border/coast guard and law enforcement authorities by performing the following functions:

(a) capturing, collecting, storing, searching, querying, visualization and updating maritime ‘big data’;

(b) analysing, identifying/categorising high-risk threats, assessing maritime risks and informing policy and practice in this work area of the maritime domain;

(c) performing analytical capabilities to research systematically the maritime risk environment and deliver a set of products, such as risk alerts/profiles, periodical strategic overviews, maritime area analyses and EU/regional risk maps.