Location
Canada / Americas
Project record
Centreville small craft harbour wharf reconstruction
The Centreville delivery package places Gregory Kerr Limited, operating as Kerr Limited, under contract CW2304566 for Small Craft Harbour wharves 404, 405 and 406. Its integrated scope removes the existing middle wharf, builds a new timber-crib wharf, carries out Class A basin dredging, installs shoreline protection and electrical service, demolishes the breakwater wharf and extends the armour-stone breakwater. The live CanadaBuys record reports CAD 18,864,176.72 after 11 amendments and a 31 December 2025 expiry, but the public evidence located does not establish owner acceptance, measured dredging, final account or return to unrestricted use.
Segment
Fishing harbour wharf, dredging and shore protection
Status
Kerr Limited's CAD 18.86 million contract reached its amended 31 December 2025 expiry after 11 amendments; no cited owner record confirms accepted completion, final dredged quantities or reopening / Confirmed
Last checked
16 August 2026
Coverage
Related sectors
Fishing harbour wharf, dredging and shore protection 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
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Small Craft Harbours, procured through Public Services and Procurement Canada
- Delivery parties
- Gregory Kerr Limited, operating as Kerr Limited - prime contractor under CW2304566, Dredging, timber, armour stone, electrical, survey, marine plant and other lower-tier suppliers - not named in the cited official records
- Contract route
- PSPC ran a competitive selective tender under solicitation WS3877753024 using lowest-price selection. CanadaBuys records an award to Gregory Kerr Limited on 9 May 2023 and 11 subsequent amendments under CW2304566. The current public contract page reports a total of CAD 18,864,176.72; it does not publish a subcontract schedule or final account.
- Execution window
- The tender required all work within 84 weeks and identified 31 August 2024 as the original completion point. CanadaBuys amendment history later moved the contract expiry to 31 October 2024 and then to 31 December 2025. The amended term has now expired, but no cited owner notice confirms substantial completion, acceptance or harbour reopening.
- Works package
- The integrated package covers demolition and disposal of the existing middle wharf, a replacement timber-crib middle wharf, Class A dredging in the harbour basin, shoreline protection, a new electrical service, demolition of the existing breakwater wharf and extension of the armour-stone breakwater. Public records do not disclose dredging quantities, design depths, crib dimensions, rock tonnage, electrical capacity or as-built geometry.
- Marine interfaces
- Centreville combines an operating fishing-harbour interface with wharf demolition, timber crib construction, basin dredging, armour-stone breakwater work, shoreline protection and electrical reinstatement. The unresolved delivery chain includes marine plant, sediment characterisation and destination, temporary berthing, timber and rock sources, hydrographic acceptance, structural inspection, navigation release and operating handover.
- Commercial evidence boundary
- CanadaBuys currently reports CAD 18,864,176.72 after 11 amendments. Public Accounts 2024 separately reported CAD 17,110,345 contracted and CAD 10,572,793 spent to date; Public Accounts 2025 reported CAD 17,030,859 contracted and spent to date. Those annual figures are fiscal disclosures, not a replacement for the current CanadaBuys total, and neither Centreville line carries the Public Accounts completion footnote.
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.
Prime award
CW2304566 wharves 404-406 reconstruction
- Named party
- Gregory Kerr Limited, operating as Kerr Limited
- Status
- Confirmed
- Source position
- CanadaBuys records a 9 May 2023 competitive award under WS3877753024. Source
Current contract ledger
Wharf, dredging, shoreline, electrical and breakwater works
- Named party
- PSPC and Gregory Kerr Limited
- Status
- Confirmed
- Source position
- The live contract page reports CAD 18,864,176.72, 11 amendments and an expiry of 31 December 2025. Source
Fiscal expenditure snapshot
Centreville wharf reconstruction
- Named party
- Public Services and Procurement Canada
- Status
- Confirmed
- Source position
- Public Accounts 2025 reports CAD 17,030,859 contracted and spent to date; the line does not carry the completion footnote. Source
Physical completion
Wharves 404-406, basin and breakwater acceptance
- Named party
- DFO, PSPC and Kerr Limited
- Status
- Not evidenced
- Source position
- The contract term has expired, but no cited project-specific owner record confirms completion, accepted quantities, defects close-out or reopening.
Lower-tier supply chain
Dredging, timber, rock, electrical, survey and marine plant
- Named party
- Undisclosed suppliers and subcontractors
- Status
- Undisclosed
- Source position
- The official award and fiscal records name the prime but do not allocate lower-tier packages.
Project timeline
Material developments
Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.
Open this project in the Change LogThe amended contract term expired
Amendment 012 left the current CanadaBuys total at CAD 18.86 million and the expiry at 31 December 2025 without publishing an acceptance or reopening record.
SourceThe contract had moved into a 31-month delivery window
Amendment 011 retained the 31 December 2025 expiry, materially later than the tender's 31 August 2024 completion requirement.
SourceGregory Kerr Limited received the integrated marine award
The award placed one prime across wharf demolition, timber-crib construction, basin dredging, shoreline protection, electrical work and breakwater extension.
SourceDFO placed Centreville inside a wider harbour-renewal programme
The federal announcement identified Centreville-area works and a planned regional containment cell, but did not establish this contract's later value or completion.
SourceEvidence gap
What remains unverified
Outstanding evidence
- Owner substantial-completion and final-acceptance certificate
- Actual dredged quantity, sediment route and disposal record
- Accepted basin geometry supported by post-dredge hydrography
- Timber crib, armour stone and electrical package suppliers
- Dredging contractor, marine plant and survey subcontractors
- Wharf structural inspection and electrical commissioning
- Final contract reconciliation across CanadaBuys and Public Accounts
- Harbour reopening and return-to-service evidence
Sources and related records
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Source collections
Project sources 6
- CW2304566 Centreville Wharf Reconstruction contract history CanadaBuys / Government of Canada, Awarded 9 May 2023; latest amendment 31 December 2025; reviewed 5 August 2026
- CW2304566 amendment 011 contract history CanadaBuys / Government of Canada, Amended 18 March 2025; reviewed 5 August 2026
- WS3877753024 Centreville Wharf Reconstruction tender history CanadaBuys / Government of Canada, Published 17 February 2023; reviewed 5 August 2026
- Public Accounts of Canada 2025, construction contracts Public Services and Procurement Canada, Fiscal year ended 31 March 2025; reviewed 5 August 2026
- Public Accounts of Canada 2024, construction contracts Public Services and Procurement Canada, Fiscal year ended 31 March 2024; reviewed 5 August 2026
- South Western Nova Scotia small craft harbour investment Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 29 July 2021