Project record

Castletownbere small craft harbour piling and utilities

Aerial view of Castletownbere Fishery Harbour Centre and the small craft harbour basin at Dinish Island

Government Construction Contracts Committee; Dinish Island harbour context after the enabling expansion, not evidence of mobilisation under the 2026 piling and utilities contract

Ireland's Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine awarded Sorensen Civil Engineering the piling and civil-works contract for the small craft harbour at Dinish Island, Castletownbere. TED records a EUR 1,249,879.50 winning tender from three submissions, 45.1% below the EUR 2.275 million tender estimate, while the published subcontracting field remains not known.

Project signal

Award in Ireland

Current status TED published the EUR 1.2498795 million Sorensen award on 5 August 2026 and records contract conclusion on 22 June; no project-specific mobilisation, commencement or subcontractor notice has been published Source confidence Confirmed

Location

Ireland / Europe

Segment

Fishery harbour piling, civil works and marine utilities

Status

TED published the EUR 1.2498795 million Sorensen award on 5 August 2026 and records contract conclusion on 22 June; no project-specific mobilisation, commencement or subcontractor notice has been published / Confirmed

Last checked

5 August 2026

Coverage

Related sectors

Fishery harbour piling, civil works and marine utilities 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
Ireland Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, operator of Castletownbere Fishery Harbour Centre
Delivery parties
Sorensen Civil Engineering Ltd. - winning main contractor for the small craft harbour piling and civil-works contract, No piling, marine plant, concrete, utilities, testing, survey or other subcontractor is named in the published award; TED records subcontracting as not known
Contract route
DAFM used an open MEAT works procedure with a EUR 2.275 million estimate and 18-month duration. TED records three tenders, no variant, Sorensen at EUR 1,249,879.50, a 16 June decision and 22 June conclusion. The EUR 1,025,120.50, or 45.1%, gap is not treated as a final-project saving.
Execution window
The tender states 18 months but no commencement or end date. Do not derive completion from the 22 June conclusion. No mobilisation, site possession, completion or handover evidence was public by 5 August 2026.
Works package
The title identifies piling and utilities; the description confirms piling and civil works for safe commercial and recreational fishing-vessel berthing at Dinish Island. Pile, utility, quantity, testing and pontoon-interface details remain unpublished.
Marine interfaces
The package sits in an operating fishery harbour and the inner basin created by the earlier Dinish Wharf expansion. Those enabling works provide context, not 2026 mobilisation evidence or a reusable subcontract chain.
Commercial evidence boundary
A medium-sized Irish marine contractor won after three tenders at 45.1% below estimate. Every lower-tier package remains open, and Foyle & Marine's earlier Dinish Wharf role is not transferred to this award.

Project timeline

Material developments

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

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TED published the Sorensen award

The award fixed the winning contractor, EUR 1.2498795 million value, three-tender competition and a no-known-subcontracting boundary while keeping every lower-tier contractor publicly unresolved.

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The contract was concluded after the winner decision

TED records a 16 June winner decision and 22 June contract conclusion, later than the award and acceptance dates still displayed in the eTenders workspace.

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DAFM opened the piling and utilities competition

The open tender established the Dinish Island small craft harbour scope, EUR 2.275 million estimate and 18-month stated duration.

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Ireland funded its 2026 fishery-harbour programme

The national EUR 27 million programme provides owner-side investment context but does not replace the contract-specific award value or prove delivery.

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Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • Notice to proceed, site possession and marine mobilisation
  • Pile count, type, dimensions, founding level and testing regime
  • Marine plant, temporary works and installation subcontractor
  • Concrete, deck, utilities and shore-interface package allocation
  • Pontoon, gangway and berthing-system interfaces
  • Reconciled award, acceptance and contract-conclusion dates
  • Construction completion, testing and DAFM operational acceptance

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Reporting status

Award, confirmed confidence

Last checked 5 August 2026 across 6 cited sources. The dated timeline above carries the project events.

Last checked 5 August 2026 Cited sources 6

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