Project record

Ardersier Port Phase 2 dredging procurement

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

Scottish National Investment Bank / Ardersier Port, May 2024

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.

Project signal

Prequalification in United Kingdom

The public notice defines a real marine package and a four-stage procurement route. The reviewed chain names no shortlist, invitation to tender, preferred bidder or award. Phase 1 construction and dredging images establish the site context, not progress on the 2028 Phase 2 package.

Current status PQQ closed on 1 May 2026; no shortlist, ITT or award notice is present in the reviewed public chain Source confidence Confirmed

Location

United Kingdom / Europe

Segment

Port infrastructure

Status

PQQ closed on 1 May 2026; no shortlist, ITT or award notice is present in the reviewed public chain / Confirmed

Evidence reviewed

18 July 2026

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Project anatomy

Scope, counterparties, and execution logic

Client / authority
Ardersier Port (Scotland) Limited / Haventus
Delivery parties
Phase 2 dredging contractor not appointed; PQQ closed and no shortlist or award is public
Contract route
Competitive procedure with negotiation. The published route moves from market consultation through PQQ and a shortlist of four to negotiated tender, preferred bidder, standstill and contract execution. The PQQ deadline was 1 May 2026 and the notice estimated invitations to tender on 15 May, but the reviewed public chain does not confirm that later step.
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 read
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.
Next milestone
Publication of the shortlist or invitation to tender, followed by negotiated scope, preferred bidder, award notice, executed value and Phase 2 marine-licence evidence

Material change register

What changed, when, and what it proves

Only source-bound events that alter phase, scope, counterparties, delivery, completion, commissioning, or acceptance are listed. A change can advance the record without proving the next gate.

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.

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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.

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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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Delivery watch

Evidence needed next

Publication of the shortlist or invitation to tender, followed by negotiated scope, preferred bidder, award notice, executed value and Phase 2 marine-licence evidence

Decision watchpoints

  • 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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Evidence reviewed 18 July 2026 Sources in this record 4

Source record

The 27 March 2026 Public Contracts Scotland notice controls the Phase 2 dredging geometry, GBP 20 million estimate, procurement stages, four-candidate shortlist plan, PQQ deadline and Q2 2028 target. The separate 3 December 2025 quay-civils notice controls the adjoining 300-metre new quay and 758-metre upgrade interface and says dredging is by others. Scottish National Investment Bank reporting confirms the owner, broader port redevelopment and Phase 1 construction context. The July 2024 Marine Directorate record concerns the earlier licensed capital dredge and material routes; it does not approve or describe the 2028 Phase 2 contract.

Phase: prequalification. Evidence reviewed: 18 July 2026.

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