Project record

Kustlijnzorg Walcheren beach nourishment (31205036)

Participation: Not assessed
Project facts checked: 7 August 2026

Fa. Gebr. Van der Lee signed the EUR 8.199 million contract on 31 March 2026; the contract is live through 2027, while no public evidence of physical mobilisation, vessel assignment or accepted production was identified by the 7 August 2026 review

Project sources

Rijkswaterstaat awarded Fa. Gebr. Van der Lee contract 31205036 for three Walcheren beach-nourishment packages. The Walcheren design set calls for 550,000 m3 in situ at Westkapelse Zeedijk, 750,000 m3 between Westkapelle and Zoutelande, and 440,000 m3 at Breezand, a combined 1.74 million m3 across about 7.05 km of beach. TenderNed identifies no contract-specific vessel, site mobilisation, placed quantity or acceptance milestone.

Aerial visualization of a trailing suction hopper dredger, shore pipeline and grading spread for Walcheren beach nourishment

Location

Netherlands / Europe

Segment

Beach and foreshore nourishment

Phase

Award / Confirmed

Last checked

7 August 2026

Coverage

Related sectors

Beach and foreshore nourishment is the primary work classification. Related sectors connect this record to adjacent marine delivery and market coverage.

Subject index

Related subjects

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Project anatomy

Contract scope and delivery roles

Client / authority: Rijkswaterstaat Programma's, Projecten en Onderhoud
Delivery parties: Fa. Gebr. Van der Lee - signed engineering and execution contractor, Assigned TSHD, survey team, sand source and beach pipeline spread - not identified in the reviewed official record, Lower-tier suppliers and subcontractors - no subcontracting was declared in the award notice; subsequent appointments remain unverified
Contract route: The Walcheren package went through an open European Engineering and Construct procedure under UAV 2012. Seven bids were received, including one from an SME. TenderNed records Fa. Gebr. Van der Lee as winner at EUR 8,199,000 excluding VAT and a contract signature date of 31 March 2026.
Execution window: TenderNed schedules execution from 9 April 2026 to 15 December 2027. The programme factsheet and final design allocate three Walcheren work packages. A project-specific mobilisation sequence and physical start remain absent from the official notices.

Works package: WP1 Westkapelse Zeedijk beach: 550,000 m3 in situ over about 1.5 km. WP2 Westkapelle-Zoutelande beach: 750,000 m3 over about 4.7 km. WP3 Breezand beach: 440,000 m3 over about 0.85 km. The contractor must develop execution design, mobilise marine and shore spreads, place and grade sand, survey the works and comply with environmental and safety requirements.
Marine interfaces: The three sites require offshore borrow and TSHD logistics, floating and shore pipeline configuration or alternative approved placement, beach grading, hydrographic and topographic measurement, public-access controls and coordination with exposed Walcheren coastal conditions. Separate site geometry and windows make mobilisation sequencing commercially important.
Commercial evidence boundary: EUR 8.199 million is the signed contract value. The 1.74 million m3 combined design volume provides a scope denominator, but not a valid unit-rate calculation because the public price includes engineering, mobilisation, surveys, environmental controls, pipeline operations and package-specific risk. No package prices, variations, certified quantities, payments or final account are public.

Contract and delivery chain

Work packages and named roles

Published scope, named parties and supporting evidence for each workstream.

Legal award

31205036

Named party: Fa. Gebr. Van der Lee
Evidence status: Confirmed
Source position: TenderNed records a EUR 8.199 million contract signed on 31 March 2026 after seven bids. Source

Designed nourishment scope

WP1-WP3

Named party: Rijkswaterstaat and Fa. Gebr. Van der Lee
Evidence status: Confirmed
Source position: Final design documents indicate 1.74 million m3 in situ at three Walcheren beach locations. Source

Contractor capability

Dredging and coastal protection

Named party: Fa. Gebr. Van der Lee
Evidence status: Confirmed
Source position: The contractor's official page states that it operates its own trailing-suction hopper dredger fleet and delivers dredging, land reclamation, coastal defence and port development. Source

Physical delivery

Mobilisation, placement, survey and acceptance

Named party: Not publicly evidenced
Evidence status: Not evidenced
Source position: No reviewed official source identifies a contract-specific vessel, first placement, measured quantity or acceptance.

Project timeline

Material developments

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

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30 April 2026

TenderNed published the 31205036 award

The public award release disclosed the EUR 8.199 million value, seven-bid competition and contract period while leaving the execution spread and physical start open.

Source

31 March 2026

Van der Lee signed contract 31205036

The EUR 8.199 million award fixed the prime contractor for 1.74 million m3 of designed Walcheren beach nourishment through 2027.