Project record

Fox Island River harbour entrance improvement and re-dredging

Aerial visualization of Fox Island River harbour entrance channel dredging with a barge between a sheet-pile wall and rubble-mound breakwater

IMWO artist's impression of the published Fox Island River harbour entrance improvement and re-dredging scope

Fox Island River Small Craft Harbour has two separately awarded marine packages in the current evidence chain. Marine Contractors Inc received the 2023 entrance-improvement contract for excavation or dredging and a rubble-mound breakwater or groyne. R.J.G Construction Limited then received a distinct 2024 channel re-dredging contract. Published contract dates have elapsed, while physical completion and acceptance remain unverified.

Project signal

Delivery in Canada

Current status Marine Contractors' CAD 1.499m entrance-improvement contract and R.J.G Construction's separate CAD 1.133m channel re-dredging contract have both reached their published administrative end dates, but no completion certificate, accepted hydrography, final dredged quantity or causal link between the packages is public Source confidence Confirmed

Location

Canada / North America

Segment

Small-craft-harbour entrance dredging and breakwater works

Status

Marine Contractors' CAD 1.499m entrance-improvement contract and R.J.G Construction's separate CAD 1.133m channel re-dredging contract have both reached their published administrative end dates, but no completion certificate, accepted hydrography, final dredged quantity or causal link between the packages is public / Confirmed

Last checked

9 August 2026

Coverage

Related sectors

Small-craft-harbour entrance dredging and breakwater works 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
Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Small Craft Harbours; Public Services and Procurement Canada administered the 2023 entrance-improvement procurement
Delivery parties
Marine Contractors Inc - confirmed prime on CW2330925 for the 2023 harbour entrance improvement, R.J.G Construction Limited - confirmed prime on 4500077474 for the separate 2024 channel re-dredging contract, Dredging plant, survey, disposal, armour-stone, geogrid and other lower-tier parties - not disclosed in the reviewed public records, Future 2026 channel-wall and marginal-wharf delivery parties - not appointed in the reviewed public record
Contract route
PSPC used a two-stage route for solicitation WS4128424472: an Invitation to Qualify followed by an invitation to qualified suppliers, with competitive selective tendering and lowest-price selection. DFO used competitive open bidding and lowest-price selection for solicitation 30006219. The two procedures produced separate contracts, suppliers, values and delivery clocks.
Execution window
CW2330925 was awarded on 20 September 2023 and the current CanadaBuys history runs through 4 September 2024, broadly matching the tender's 50-week delivery requirement. Contract 4500077474 was awarded on 4 December 2024 and records a period from 10 December 2024 to 23 April 2025, while the procurement required completion within 20 weeks of award. Those dates establish administrative windows only; no cited record proves mobilisation, achieved quantities, as-built survey, completion or owner acceptance.
Works package
The 2023 entrance package covered excavation or dredging and construction of a rubble-mound breakwater or groyne using core, filter stone and armour stone. Loose harbour-bottom sediments of about 300 mm were to be removed from the footprint before polypropylene geogrid and core placement. The later R.J.G package is described separately as channel re-dredging. Impact Assessment Registry project 86125 describes a planned dredging reach of about 280 metres between the sheet-pile entrance wall and north rubble-mound breakwater, to -2.4 metres low normal tide and 7,500 cubic metres; those are planning quantities, not accepted production.
Marine interfaces
The operating entrance sits between a sheet-pile channel wall and rubble-mound protection, so channel geometry, sediment recurrence, safe fishing-vessel access, dredge plant, survey control, disposal, geogrid foundation preparation and breakwater placement all interact. The later channel-dredging award and the 2026 wall proposal show that navigation depth and structural protection must be monitored as separate but connected workfronts.
Commercial evidence boundary
CanadaBuys history records an initial CAD 1,403,575 entry for CW2330925, a CAD 110,055 amendment and a later CAD 14,375 reduction, producing a current total contract value of CAD 1,499,255. The separate R.J.G contract totals CAD 1,133,000. Their combined arithmetic value is CAD 2,632,255, but that is not a programme budget, final account or evidence that either package is accepted. No public lower-tier values were identified.

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.

Entrance improvement

CW2330925 / WS4128424472

Named party
Marine Contractors Inc
Status
Confirmed
Source position
CanadaBuys identifies Marine Contractors as prime and records a current total contract value of CAD 1,499,255. Source
Entrance marine works

Excavation or dredging, rubble-mound breakwater or groyne and geogrid foundation

Named party
Marine Contractors Inc
Status
Confirmed
Source position
The official tender describes excavation or dredging, core, filter and armour stone, removal of about 300 mm of loose sediment and polypropylene geogrid below the breakwater footprint. Source
Channel re-dredging

4500077474 / 30006219

Named party
R.J.G Construction Limited
Status
Confirmed
Source position
CanadaBuys records R.J.G Construction at CAD 1,133,000 for channel dredging, awarded 4 December 2024. Source
Dredging design basis

About 280 m to -2.4 m low normal tide and 7,500 m3

Named party
Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Small Craft Harbours
Status
Confirmed
Source position
Impact Assessment Registry project 86125 publishes these planned dimensions and volume; they are not an as-built or accepted result. Source
Physical closeout

Completion, accepted hydrography, final quantities and final account

Named party
Not evidenced
Status
Not evidenced
Source position
The reviewed sources publish contract dates and scopes but no completion certificate, owner acceptance, final survey or paid final account.

Project timeline

Material developments

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

Open this project in the Change Log

Separate channel-wall proposal closed its public-comment period

The new marginal-wharf and wall proposal is a distinct pre-procurement workfront and does not evidence completion or defects on either earlier contract.

Source

Re-dredging contract reached its published administrative end

The CanadaBuys period ended on 23 April 2025 at CAD 1,133,000 without a published completion certificate or accepted hydrography.

Source

R.J.G Construction received the separate channel-dredging award

Contract 4500077474 established a new CAD 1.133 million delivery package rather than an amendment to Marine Contractors' entrance works.

Source

Entrance contract closed its current amendment history at CAD 1.499m

A CAD 14,375 reduction brought CW2330925 to CAD 1,499,255 while physical completion, accepted quantities, owner handover and the final account remained unreported.

Source

Marine Contractors received the harbour entrance award

Marine Contractors became the confirmed prime for the excavation or dredging and rubble-mound package, while lower tiers and acceptance evidence remained undisclosed.

Source

Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • CW2330925 completion certificate, accepted breakwater scope and final account
  • Contract 4500077474 dredging mobilisation, plant and production record
  • Final dredged quantity, disposal destination and environmental closeout
  • Post-dredge survey and accepted -2.4-metre navigation depth
  • Any evidence explaining the need and timing of the re-dredging package
  • Unpublished survey, stone, geogrid, disposal and marine-support lower tiers
  • Separation from the 2026 marginal-wharf and channel-wall reconstruction
  • Future maintenance-dredging cycle and navigation notices

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Reporting status

Delivery, confirmed confidence

Last checked 9 August 2026 across 7 cited sources. The dated timeline above carries the project events.

Last checked 9 August 2026 Cited sources 7

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