By this procurement Frontex aims to acquire multiple access (minimum 4) to already existing maritime analysis tools for a period of 1 year. The contract shall be renewable, maximum 3 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.