Location
Canada / Americas
Project record
Pugwash small craft harbour floating-dock works
IMWO artist's impression of the published Pugwash small craft harbour floating-dock works scope
Fisheries and Oceans Canada awarded Brian MacGillivary Construction contract 4500057429 for floating-dock works at Pugwash, Nova Scotia. CanadaBuys records a CAD 516,100 total and a four-month term ending 29 March 2024. The package reinstates armour and core stone, dredges the harbour bottom into an existing containment berm, installs floating docks, strongarms, gangways and a continuous concrete retaining wall, and modifies the berm approach. Measured quantities, subcontractors, commissioning and owner acceptance remain unpublished.
Segment
Fishing harbour wharf, dredging and shore protection
Status
Brian MacGillivary Construction's CAD 516,100 contract ran from 22 November 2023 to 29 March 2024; CanadaBuys confirms the award and amended term but publishes no accepted dredging quantity, dock handover or completion certificate / Confirmed
Last checked
6 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
- Delivery parties
- Brian MacGillivary Construction - prime contractor under 4500057429, Dredging, floating-dock, strongarm, gangway, concrete, stone, survey and marine-plant lower tiers - not named in the cited federal records
- Contract route
- DFO issued solicitation 30005039 as an open construction tender with a conditional Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business set-aside. CanadaBuys records lowest-price selection, a 22 November 2023 award to Brian MacGillivary Construction and a CAD 516,100 current total under contract 4500057429.
- Execution window
- The tender proposed a four-month period beginning 20 November 2023. The award ledger records a four-month contract from 22 November 2023 to 29 March 2024 after amendment. No cited project-specific owner notice confirms substantial completion, final inspection or operating handover at the end of that term.
- Works package
- The contract covers removal and reinstatement of armour-stone and core-stone berm material, harbour-bottom dredging with disposal into the existing containment berm, supply and installation of floating docks, strongarms and gangways, a continuous concrete retaining wall and modifications to the berm approach using Type 1 gravel. Public records do not quantify dredged volume, dock modules, gangways, strongarms, concrete, stone or accepted depths.
- Marine interfaces
- Delivery combines dredging in a small operating fishing harbour with a constrained containment route, floating access installation, wall construction and berm reinstatement. The unresolved marine chain includes dredging plant, sediment testing, temporary berthing, bathymetric control, dock flotation and anchoring checks, gangway gradients, strongarm loading, concrete inspection and safe operating release.
- Commercial evidence boundary
- CanadaBuys reports CAD 516,100 as the total value including amendments. The public page does not break the amount into dredging, floats, steel, concrete, stone or mobilisation, and it does not disclose final quantities, payment certification, claims, lower-tier awards or a final account. No amount should be allocated to individual workstreams without a priced schedule.
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
4500057429 floating-dock construction
- Named party
- Brian MacGillivary Construction
- Status
- Confirmed
- Source position
- CanadaBuys records the contractor, CAD 516,100 total and 22 November 2023 award. Source
Marine scope
Dredging, containment, floating access and retaining wall
- Named party
- DFO and the prime contractor
- Status
- Confirmed
- Source position
- The tender identifies harbour-bottom dredging, berm disposal, floating docks, strongarms, gangways and a concrete retaining wall. Source
Lower-tier supply chain
Dredging plant, floats, steel, concrete, stone and survey
- Named party
- Undisclosed suppliers and subcontractors
- Status
- Undisclosed
- Source position
- The official tender and award name only the prime and do not allocate lower-tier work.
Completion and acceptance
Dredged basin, floating docks, berm and retaining wall
- Named party
- DFO and Brian MacGillivary Construction
- Status
- Not evidenced
- Source position
- The amended contract term ended, but the cited record supplies no final inspection, quantity certificate or handover.
Project timeline
Material developments
Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.
Open this project in the Change LogThe amended four-month contract term ended
CanadaBuys carries 29 March 2024 as the last amendment and end of the four-month term, without a completion certificate, final quantity schedule or operating release.
SourceDFO awarded the integrated floating-dock package
The CAD 516,100 award placed dredging, containment, floating access, retaining-wall and berm works under Brian MacGillivary Construction as the integrated prime contractor.
SourceEvidence gap
What remains unverified
Outstanding evidence
- Pre- and post-dredge hydrographic surveys
- Measured dredged volume and containment-berm record
- Installed float, strongarm and gangway schedule
- Concrete retaining-wall and berm acceptance
- Named dredging, steel, float and survey lower tiers
- Environmental controls and close-out
- Final account and owner acceptance
- Harbour return-to-service evidence
Sources and related records
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Source collections
Project sources 5
- 30005039 Pugwash floating-dock tender notice CanadaBuys / Government of Canada, 30 October 2023
- 4500057429 Pugwash floating-dock award notice CanadaBuys / Government of Canada, Contract awarded 22 November 2023; amended 29 March 2024
- 30005039 invitation to tender Fisheries and Oceans Canada via CanadaBuys, 30 October 2023
- 30005039 technical specifications Fisheries and Oceans Canada via CanadaBuys, 30 October 2023
- 30005039 contract drawings Fisheries and Oceans Canada via CanadaBuys, 30 October 2023