Location
South Africa / Africa
Project record
Port of Durban North Bank revetment repairs
Transnet National Ports Authority tender document; exact project aerial; public procurement record
South Africa's eTenders OCDS release names KATLANTIC as the supplier on an active ZAR 5,466,159 award for North Bank revetment repairs at the Port of Durban. TNPA's RFP defines a localised repair: survey the damaged entrance-channel section, source and place approximately 1,000 m3 of 50-100 kg rock into the cavity, and complete interim and out surveys. The tender required landside access, no stockpiling and coordination around an operational entrance channel. The release does not expose an award date or contract record, and no cited official source confirms notice to proceed, mobilisation, installed quantities, completion or acceptance.
Segment
Port revetment repair and armour-rock placement
Status
South Africa's official procurement release records an active ZAR 5,466,159 award to KATLANTIC for the Port of Durban North Bank revetment repairs; the public record does not provide an award date, executed contract, notice to proceed, physical progress or completion / Confirmed
Last checked
11 August 2026
Coverage
Related sectors
Port revetment repair and armour-rock placement 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
- Transnet National Ports Authority, a division of Transnet SOC Ltd
- Delivery parties
- KATLANTIC - supplier named in the active official award record, Rock source, haulage, survey, testing and other lower-tier parties - not identified in the cited public records
- Contract route
- TNPA tender TNPA/2023/10/0019/45251/RFP was issued on 30 January 2024, carried a compulsory briefing on 7 February and closed on 21 February 2024. The RFP uses the NEC3 Engineering and Construction Contract. National Treasury's OCDS release records an active ZAR 5,466,159 award to KATLANTIC but exposes neither an award date nor a contract object.
- Execution window
- The tender title and RFP specify a three-month period, but that is the procurement requirement rather than evidence of actual commencement or completion. No cited official record provides site possession, notice to proceed, mobilisation, a construction window, actual duration, completion date or acceptance.
- Works package
- Perform an in-survey and base survey report; source, sort, load and transport rock; and place and level approximately 1,000 m3 of 50-100 kg rock into the damaged revetment cavity, followed by interim and out surveys. TNPA prohibited stockpiling because of limited space and required work from the landside. The RFP describes the wider approximately 500 metre revetment and its existing 0.7-1.4 tonne armour, 50-100 kg dredged-slope armour and 53 mm filter layers as asset context, not as a 500 metre replacement scope.
- Marine interfaces
- The repair sits on Durban's operational entrance channel, where commercial shipping has right of way. The contractor must coordinate access and placement around vessel traffic while preserving the existing 1:1.5 revetment profile, geotextile and graded layers. Although the RFP contains generic floating-plant and diving clauses, the project-specific scope states landside-only execution; those generic clauses are not evidence of a marine-plant or diving subcontract.
- Commercial evidence boundary
- KATLANTIC and ZAR 5,466,159 are confirmed at award-record level. The public release does not establish contract signature, actual expenditure, payment, variation, final quantities or final account. Quarry, rock processing, road haulage, survey and testing are plausible supply-chain workstreams because the RFP requires them, but no lower-tier appointment should be attributed without a dated package-specific source.
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
TNPA/2023/10/0019/45251/RFP
- Named party
- KATLANTIC
- Status
- Confirmed
- Source position
- National Treasury's active OCDS award record reports KATLANTIC and ZAR 5,466,159, but no award date or contract object. Source
Rock placement
Damaged North Bank revetment cavity
- Named party
- KATLANTIC
- Status
- Confirmed
- Source position
- The RFP requires approximately 1,000 m3 of 50-100 kg rock to be placed and levelled in the damaged section from the landside. Source
Survey and quality control
In-survey, interim surveys, out survey and rock compliance
- Named party
- Unconfirmed lower tiers
- Status
- Confirmed
- Source position
- The procurement documents require surveys plus source approval, sampling, testing, transport and placement controls, but do not name survey, quarry, haulage or laboratory subcontractors. Source
Physical delivery
Mobilisation, placement, completion and acceptance
- Named party
- TNPA and KATLANTIC
- Status
- Not evidenced
- Source position
- The cited official sources do not confirm site possession, notice to proceed, installed quantities, completion, acceptance or final account.
Project timeline
Material developments
Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.
Open this project in the Change LogThe tender closed after its compulsory briefing
The procurement timetable reached bid close, while the later active award record leaves the award date and contract signature unpublished.
SourceTNPA issued the North Bank revetment repair tender
The RFP established the approximately 1,000 m3 localised rock-placement scope, landside-only method, NEC3 route and live entrance-channel constraints; this release date is not an award date.
SourceEvidence gap
What remains unverified
Outstanding evidence
- Official award date and executed NEC3 contract
- Notice to proceed, site possession and mobilisation
- Approved rock source, grading, sampling and test results
- In-survey, placement limits and verified 1,000 m3 quantity
- Landside haulage, no-stockpile sequence and port access controls
- Commercial-shipping coordination at the entrance channel
- Interim and out surveys, profile tolerances and completion certificate
- Variation, payment, final-account and lower-tier disclosure
Sources and related records
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Source collections
Project sources 4
- OCDS release ocds-9t57fa-79688 South African National Treasury eTenders, Release dated 30 January 2024; award fields reviewed 11 August 2026
- TNPA North Bank revetment repairs RFP and Addendum 01 Transnet National Ports Authority via South Africa eTenders, Issued 30 January 2024
- Generic specification for rock for revetment slopes Transnet National Ports Authority via South Africa eTenders, Tender annexure reviewed 11 August 2026
- National Treasury eTender Publication data policy South African National Treasury, Current policy reviewed 11 August 2026