Project record

Ardersier Port Phase 2 dredging procurement

Participation
Submissions closed
Submission deadline
Participation checked

PQQ closed on 1 May 2026; subsequent invitation to tender and supplier appointment remain unconfirmed in the reviewed notice

Participation source

Ardersier Port (Scotland) Limited is procuring a separate Phase 2 dredging package estimated at GBP 20 million. The package covers a 140-metre-wide navigation channel beside 300 metres of new quay and 758 metres of existing sheet-pile quay, with dredging planned for the second quarter of 2028.

Aerial view of Ardersier Port's waterfront, navigation channel and quay construction works in May 2024

Scottish National Investment Bank / Ardersier Port, May 2024

Location

United Kingdom / Europe

Segment

Port infrastructure

Phase

Prequalification / Confirmed

Last checked

15 October 2026

Coverage

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Port infrastructure is the primary work classification. Related sectors connect this record to adjacent marine delivery and market coverage.

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Project anatomy

Contract scope and delivery roles

Client / authority
Ardersier Port (Scotland) Limited / Haventus
Procurement references
MAR552707; APP2-HAV-ZZ-DD-PQ-K-000001; ocds-r6ebe6-0000827520
Delivery parties
Phase 2 dredging supplier - appointment not established by the reviewed procurement notice
Contract route
PCS MAR552707 / APP2-HAV-ZZ-DD-PQ-K-000001 / ocds-r6ebe6-0000827520 uses a competitive procedure with negotiation. The PQQ closed at 16:00 BST on 1 May 2026. The notice proposed a shortlist of four, invitations to tender on 15 May, negotiated submissions, preferred-bidder selection, standstill and contract execution; the March notice leaves subsequent stage outcomes unconfirmed.
Execution window
The contract notice gives a four-month duration and anticipates a Q2 2028 dredging window. These are procurement assumptions, not an awarded construction programme or notice to proceed.
Works package
Dredge a 140-metre-wide Phase 2 navigation channel to -12.4mCD along 300 metres of proposed new quay and to -6.5mCD along 758 metres of existing sheet-pile quay being upgraded
Marine interfaces
The dredging contractor must work around the quay civils principal contractor and port operations. The adjoining GBP 23 million quay-civils package includes a 100-metre-wide apron, new quay furniture and upgrades along the existing 758-metre frontage, while stating that dredging is by others.
Commercial evidence boundary
GBP 20 million is the contracting authority's estimate excluding VAT, not an award value. The PQQ sought bidders with at least GBP 30 million annual turnover for the preceding three years, three relevant dredging case studies and NEC/CEMAR experience. Any Phase 2 dredging award should be kept separate from the GBP 23 million quay-civils estimate, the port's earlier financing and completed Phase 1 works.

Project timeline

Material developments

Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.

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Ardersier opened prequalification for the Phase 2 dredging package

The notice set a GBP 20 million estimate, exact channel geometry, a four-stage negotiated route, a planned shortlist of four and a Q2 2028 dredging window. It did not publish a shortlist, tender issue, bidder, award or mobilisation.

Source

The separate quay-civils package defined the dredging interface

The GBP 23 million civils notice covers the 300-metre new quay and 758-metre existing frontage and expressly leaves dredging to others. The two packages need coordinated programmes but retain separate scope and value.

Source

Phase 1 port redevelopment entered construction

Bank reporting confirmed Haventus ownership, a GBP 100 million joint credit facility and construction of the earlier 650-metre quay. That context does not establish progress on the later Phase 2 dredging competition.

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Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • Published shortlist and invitation to tender
  • Final dredging scope after negotiated tender
  • Contract award and executed value against the GBP 20 million estimate
  • Phase 2 marine licence and material-management route
  • Coordination with quay wall, quay civils and live port operations
  • Baseline hydrography, mobilisation and start in the planned Q2 2028 window
  • Post-dredge survey and usable-channel acceptance

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Reporting status

Project phase
Prequalification
Evidence confidence
Confirmed
Last checked
15 October 2026
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