Analysis
Six procurement routes compare adviser selection, dredging, licensing, concessions and treatment-plant prequalification. Southampton includes its 12 August Boskalis selection and a 15 October licence-status review; Kinoya includes the September deadline correction and expected December invitations. Four other cases retain their dated August positions.
As at 16 August 2026, the Gopalpur adviser EOIs, Rosarito opening and scheduled ruling, Southampton consultation and original Kinoya deadline had passed. Aqaba's notice gave 14:00 Jordan time on 17 August for Tender 27/A/2026 proposals. Mumbai Port's Corrigendum VI set 15:00 India time on 24 August for Tender E.47/2026.
The six processes remain at different stages. An EOI close precedes a consultant shortlist; a bid close precedes evaluation and award; a consultation close precedes a licence decision. None of those events establishes mobilisation or accepted marine works.
Authority after the date
Appointments, opening records, rulings, licences, awards and prequalification lists establish different parts of scope and delivery authority.
An EOI, clarification, bid close, proposal opening, ruling, consultation or prequalification has a distinct procedural effect and accountable issuer.
Project status uses the correct procurement or approval stage.Corrigenda, deferred opening notices and clarifications control the current date, time, scope and submission terms.
Current date, time, scope and submission terms replace earlier versions.Bids received, proposal opening, technical qualification, financial opening, preferred bidder and award are distinct records.
No bidder is named as contractor before the accountable award document appears.The award, concession or contract establishes whether dredging, intake, outfall, berth rehabilitation, surveys and testing are inside the package.
Marine package boundaries come from a controlling document rather than inference from the wider project.The applicable permit, performance security, notice to proceed, baseline survey and plant mobilisation establish authority for physical execution.
Tender completion remains separate from construction and accepted delivery.Six procurement positions
Four August positions are historical. Southampton includes its UK6 selection and 15 October licence review; Kinoya includes the September corrigendum. Linked project records carry later verified updates.
IFC's technical and commercial consultant EOIs for the proposed 100 MLD Gopalpur Industrial Park desalination PPP closed on 20 July. The assignments cover demand, tariff and phasing alongside site comparison, bathymetry, oceanography, geotechnical conditions, seawater quality, intake and discharge concepts and tender inputs. Adviser appointments, concessionaire, final coastal site and marine packages were unconfirmed in the August snapshot.
Mumbai Port Authority's Corrigendum VI set bid submission for 15:00 on 24 August and technical opening for 15:00 on 25 August. Tender E.47/2026 covered three annual campaigns across channels, turning circles, berths, Indira Dock Basin, bunder areas and anchorages from 2026-27 through 2028-29. The INR 281.70 crore estimate, three 24-week cycles and nominated trailing suction hopper dredger capacity were tender conditions. Receipt, award, vessel selection and mobilisation were unconfirmed in that snapshot.
The Rosarito desalination invitation scheduled proposal opening for 24 July and a ruling for 29 July after an earlier public tender was declared void. The Proyectos Mexico entry reviewed on 28 July listed the first 2,200 l/s module without a participant result.
The wider federal-state record includes seawater intake, brine discharge, conveyance, storage, electrical works and connections. The invitation summary names construction of the desalination and pumping plants without publishing the complete marine allocation. A ruling, selected contractor and signed scope remain necessary to establish the package boundary.
MMO's consultation on Southampton Channel Deepening application MLA/2026/00178 closed on 30 July. Associated British Ports proposes about 5.5 million m3 of capital dredging at SCT 5 and through the main navigation channels, including the Nab Channel. The visible case summary reviewed on 15 October shows Submitted / (In progress) / [On Hold], with no current consultation; the hold reason and duration are unstated.
ABP's 12 August UK6 notice records Boskalis Westminster's selection on 11 August. The pending award schedules signature for 30 August and a contract period from 1 September 2026 to 31 July 2027. The complete history reviewed on 15 October contains no signed-contract record; its GBP 0 fields leave a usable price unconfirmed.
The marine application separately proposes physical works from 1 December 2026 to 31 July 2027, subject to approvals. Contract execution, licence conditions, disposal permissions, baseline surveys and notice to proceed require their own records before mobilisation can be established.
Aqaba Development Corporation's notice required separate technical and financial proposals for Tender 27/A/2026 by 14:00 Jordan time on 17 August, with a JOD 100,000 bid bond valid for at least 180 days. The 20-year DFBOT route covers rehabilitation, modernisation, financing, operation and transfer of the Cement Terminal and Mut'ah floating berth.
The August notice described the broad asset scope. A condition survey, measured works bill, bidder identities, preferred bidder and concession award remained undisclosed in that dated snapshot.
WAF's 7 September Corrigendum 1-IFP extended CW02 applications to 30 September 2026 at 15:00 Fiji time (GMT+12). It specifies up to three shortlisted eligible applicants and expects bidding invitations in December. The actual shortlist, invitation date and contractor remain unconfirmed.
The 13 August procurement plan v3 retains the approximately USD 104.85 million DBO estimate and five-year operations scope. The reference design gives 36 MLD first-stage treatment and discharge through the existing approximately 2.4 km Laucala Bay outfall. Detailed qualification thresholds require the TenderLink documents, which have not been obtained.
Gopalpur adviser appointments, Mumbai qualification and award, Rosarito ruling and signed scope, Southampton licence and signed contract, and Aqaba evaluation each require their own authority records. Southampton's UK6 establishes supplier selection; Kinoya's later corrigendum adds a corrected application close, shortlist limit and expected invitation month.
A deadline can expire without advancing the project. Status changes only when the responsible authority publishes the corresponding appointment, opening record, consent, shortlist, award or amended timetable.
Subject index
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Controlling extension for the 24 August bid close and 25 August technical-bid opening; it does not establish bidder receipt, qualification or award.
International Marine Work Organization (2026). Six marine procurements at six different stages. https://imwo.org/articles/article-marine-works-procurement-calendar-2026-07-19
