Location
Canada / Americas
Project record
Cap-aux-Meules access-channel dredging
Contract CW2402077 appoints Dragage Ocean DS for both maintenance and capital dredging of the Cap-aux-Meules access channel, with optional maintenance dredging in the harbour and at berths. The initial displayed contract value was CAD 3,488,880.04. A later amendment added CAD 3,235,386.68, taking the current CanadaBuys total to CAD 6,724,266.72. Quebec's construction-site register independently identifies Dragage Ocean DS as the site-responsible contractor for the October-November 2025 dredging work. Accepted quantities, completion and final account remain unconfirmed by the cited owner material.
Segment
Capital and maintenance dredging for a remote ferry, cargo and fishing port
Status
PSPC awarded contract CW2402077 to Dragage Ocean DS on 1 September 2025; a CNESST filing places the contractor at the Cap-aux-Meules dredging site from a planned 13 October to 12 November 2025, while a 13 May 2026 amendment lifted the published contract total to CAD 6,724,266.72 without disclosing its scope / Confirmed
Last checked
13 August 2026
Coverage
Related sectors
Capital and maintenance dredging for a remote ferry, cargo and fishing port is the primary work classification. Related sectors connect this record to adjacent marine delivery and market coverage.
Subject index
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Project anatomy
Contract scope and delivery roles
- Client / authority
- Transport Canada, procured through Public Services and Procurement Canada
- Delivery parties
- Dragage Ocean DS inc. / Ocean Dredging DS Inc - construction prime under contract CW2402077, Dredging-plant, towage, survey, disposal, environmental-monitoring and other lower tiers - not identified in the cited public records
- Contract route
- PSPC ran solicitation WS5150659206 for Transport Canada as a competitive open-bidding request for proposals using lowest price. The first notice opened on 7 May 2025 and closed on 28 May; the procurement was reissued in July under the same solicitation number and closed on 29 July. CanadaBuys records one award, contract CW2402077, to Dragage Ocean DS on 1 September 2025. The reviewed public notice chain does not explain the reason for the reissue or publish the bid comparison.
- Execution window
- CanadaBuys gives a three-month contract period from 1 September to 19 December 2025. CNESST records a declared site opening of 13 October and planned closure of 12 November 2025 at 70 chemin du Debarcadere. The associated Transport Canada disposal-at-sea permit was valid from 25 October 2025 to 24 October 2026 and restricted loading and disposal to three seasonal windows. These dates establish contract, site-filing and environmental windows; they do not prove the final day of dredging, completion acceptance or commercial close-out.
- Works package
- The base solicitation covers maintenance and capital dredging of the Cap-aux-Meules access channel. It also contains optional maintenance dredging of the harbour and berths. Transport Canada's environmental permit allows loading from the port and channel and disposal at PBCM-1, within the channel or within the harbour. Permitted methods include clamshell, barge-mounted mechanical dredging, land-based heavy equipment or a trailing suction hopper dredge, followed by seabed levelling with a steel beam, scraper blade or hydraulic excavator. Those are permitted methods, not the confirmed project spread.
- Marine interfaces
- The dredging package serves a remote public port supporting ferry, cargo and fishing operations in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Channel capital work, recurring maintenance, optional berth clearance, seasonal environmental windows, direct navigation to disposal areas and continued vessel access must be coordinated inside one operating harbour. The permit allows towed-scow or hopper-dredger transport and bottom dumping or direct vessel disposal, while preserving an exclusion area established in 2022.
- Commercial evidence boundary
- CanadaBuys shows CAD 3,488,880.04 as the contract value before the later monetary amendment. Amendment 002, dated 13 May 2026, adds CAD 3,235,386.68 and lifts the total to CAD 6,724,266.72, an increase of 92.7%. The public amendment page does not disclose why the value changed, which work items moved, whether an option was exercised, whether quantities increased or whether the expiry date changed. The amount must therefore remain a contract-ledger fact rather than a production or completion measure.
Contract and delivery chain
Named roles and open packages
Named appointments are shown against the workstream they cover. Unallocated packages remain open until a project source identifies the responsible party.
Construction prime
Contract CW2402077 / solicitation WS5150659206
- Named party
- Dragage Ocean DS inc.
- Status
- Confirmed
- Source position
- CanadaBuys records the competitive lowest-price award to Dragage Ocean DS on 1 September 2025. Source
Physical site presence
Cap-aux-Meules dredging site
- Named party
- Dragage Ocean DS inc.
- Status
- Confirmed
- Source position
- CNESST notice OUV673076 identifies Dragage Ocean DS as the site-responsible party and gives declared opening and planned closure dates of 13 October and 12 November 2025. Source
Base dredging scope
Access-channel maintenance and capital dredging
- Named party
- Transport Canada, PSPC and Dragage Ocean DS
- Status
- Confirmed
- Source position
- The original CanadaBuys notice expressly includes both maintenance and capital dredging of the channel. Source
Optional work
Harbour and berth maintenance dredging
- Named party
- Transport Canada and Dragage Ocean DS
- Status
- Reported
- Source position
- The solicitation identifies optional harbour and berth dredging, but no reviewed record confirms whether the option was instructed or completed. Source
Environmental authorization
Disposal-at-sea permit QUE-00604-1
- Named party
- Transport Canada as permittee
- Status
- Confirmed
- Source position
- ECCC authorizes specified dredging and disposal methods at the port and channel for no more than 60,000 m3 during defined 2025-2026 windows; the maximum is not an executed quantity. Source
Contract amendment
Amendment 002
- Named party
- PSPC, Transport Canada and Dragage Ocean DS
- Status
- Confirmed
- Source position
- CanadaBuys records a CAD 3,235,386.68 amendment on 13 May 2026 and a current CAD 6,724,266.72 total without publishing the change scope. Source
Project timeline
Material developments
Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.
Open this project in the Change LogContract total increased by CAD 3.235 million
Amendment 002 raised the CanadaBuys total from CAD 3.489 million to CAD 6.724 million, but its scope and delivery effect remain undisclosed.
SourceCNESST filing places Dragage Ocean DS at the site
The site-opening record independently moves the award beyond paper procurement while stopping short of measured production or owner acceptance.
SourceTransport Canada disposal permit signed
The permit establishes methods, loading and disposal areas, seasonal windows and a 60,000 m3 ceiling for the 2025-2026 environmental envelope.
SourceDragage Ocean DS received contract CW2402077
The competitive lowest-price award fixed Dragage Ocean DS as construction prime and established the original three-month contract window without proving field mobilisation.
SourceEvidence gap
What remains unverified
Outstanding evidence
- Amendment 002 scope and reason for the 92.7% value increase
- Issued dredging prism and split between capital and maintenance quantities
- Exercise or non-exercise of optional harbour and berth dredging
- Assigned dredger, scows, tugs, survey spread and disposal sequence
- Named lower tiers and equipment-hire parties
- Disposal registers and actual volume against the 60,000 m3 ceiling
- Final bathymetry, completion and owner acceptance
- Final account and defects or re-dredging obligations
Sources and related records
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Source collections
Project sources 6
- WS5150659206 original tender notice CanadaBuys / Government of Canada, Published 7 May 2025; amended 20 May 2025
- WS5150659206 reissued tender notice CanadaBuys / Government of Canada, Published 14 July 2025; award linked 1 September 2025
- CW2402077 initial contract history CanadaBuys / Government of Canada, Awarded 1 September 2025
- CW2402077 amendment 002 CanadaBuys / Government of Canada, 13 May 2026
- Disposal at sea permit QUE-00604-1 Environment and Climate Change Canada, Published 14 October 2025
- 2025 construction sites requiring a full-time safety representative Commission des normes, de l'equite, de la sante et de la securite du travail, Produced 16 January 2026