Location
United Kingdom / Europe
Project record
Burry Port pontoon floats
Carmarthenshire County Council directly awarded Solent Marine Ltd a goods contract for replacement floats for Burry Port Harbour's pontoons. Find a Tender notice 021723-2026 records GBP 72,600 excluding VAT, GBP 87,120 including VAT, signature on 9 March 2026 and a contract period from 16 March 2026 to 31 March 2029. The official records do not publish the float count, dimensions, compatibility design, delivery sequence, installation party, commissioning or owner acceptance.
Segment
Marinas, pontoons and berthing infrastructure
Status
Solent Marine holds a GBP 72,600 float award. / Confirmed
Last checked
9 August 2026
Coverage
Related sectors
Marinas, pontoons and berthing infrastructure 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
- Carmarthenshire County Council - contracting authority, harbour owner and statutory harbour authority
- Delivery parties
- Solent Marine Ltd - confirmed supplier of replacement pontoon floats, Compatibility design, fabrication, transport, removal, installation, disposal, inspection and commissioning lower tiers - no organization disclosed
- Contract route
- The council used a below-threshold direct procedure without competition under Find a Tender OCID ocds-h6vhtk-066726. One lot was awarded to one SME supplier. The UK7 notice was published on 11 March 2026 after the contract was signed on 9 March. Sell2Wales records one offer and the same supplier; neither service establishes a downstream installation appointment.
- Execution window
- The contract runs from 16 March 2026 to 31 March 2029. This three-year administrative period does not prove fabrication release, individual call-offs, delivery to site, removal of existing floats, installation, commissioning, acceptance or final account. No public milestone schedule or completed quantity was found.
- Works package
- The published description is limited to replacement floats for Burry Port Harbour's pontoons. The goods award uses CPV 34515000 for floating structures and 50246000 for harbour-equipment maintenance services. Float quantity, material, dimensions, buoyancy, connection compatibility, restraint system, utilities, spares, installation, disposal and acceptance criteria are undisclosed.
- Marine interfaces
- Replacement floats must fit the operating marina's pontoon geometry, restraints, freeboard, vessel loading, tidal range and access. Survey, compatibility checks, berth closures, lifting or launching, removal, reconnection and testing remain plausible interfaces; no cited source proves a package, lower tier or site activity.
- Commercial evidence boundary
- This supply contract fixes GBP 72,600 excluding VAT and GBP 87,120 including VAT. Sell2Wales reports one offer and one supplier. The value is a supply-contract baseline, not a per-float rate, installed value, paid amount or final account because quantity, installation scope, variations and payment records are not published. It must not be added to the separate GBP 425,000 Kaymac works, GBP 48,848 Anthony D. Bates consultancy or GBP 1 million capital allocation without an owner reconciliation.
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.
Legal award
Replacement pontoon floats at Burry Port Harbour
- Named party
- Solent Marine Ltd
- Status
- Confirmed
- Source position
- The UK7 notice and OCDS record name Solent Marine Ltd, company number 02612394, and record signature on 9 March 2026. Source
Commercial baseline
One-lot replacement-float goods contract
- Named party
- Carmarthenshire County Council and Solent Marine Ltd
- Status
- Confirmed
- Source position
- Find a Tender records GBP 72,600 excluding VAT and GBP 87,120 including VAT; Sell2Wales reports one offer and one supplier. Source
Published scope
Replacement floats for the harbour's pontoons
- Named party
- Carmarthenshire County Council and Solent Marine Ltd
- Status
- Confirmed
- Source position
- The procurement description and floating-structures classification confirm replacement floats, but publish no quantity or specification. Source
Installation chain
Removal, lifting or launching, installation, reconnection and disposal
- Named party
- No installation contractor or lower tier named
- Status
- Undisclosed
- Source position
- The award is primarily classified as goods and no cited record assigns installation or related marine works to Solent Marine or another party.
Physical delivery and closeout
Manufacture, delivery, installation, commissioning and acceptance
- Named party
- Carmarthenshire County Council and Solent Marine Ltd
- Status
- Not evidenced
- Source position
- No cited public record reports manufacture, delivered quantity, site activity, commissioning, owner acceptance, completion or final account.
Project timeline
Material developments
Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.
Open this project in the Change LogSell2Wales published the award
The Welsh procurement record corroborates one offer, one supplier and GBP 87,120 including VAT without adding quantity or delivery evidence.
SourceFind a Tender award
The UK7 notice fixes Solent Marine, signed values, direct route and contract period while leaving technical scope and physical progress open.
SourceCouncil signed the contract
The signed award establishes the supplier and commercial baseline while manufacture, delivery, installation, commissioning and owner acceptance remain unverified.
SourceEvidence gap
What remains unverified
Outstanding evidence
- Purchase schedule, float count, dimensions, material and buoyancy specification
- Compatibility design for existing pontoons, piles, restraints, services and gangways
- Manufacture, inspection, delivery and storage evidence
- Removal, disposal and replacement sequence by berth or pontoon run
- Named installation, lifting, marine-plant and commissioning parties
- Marina access restrictions, owner inspection and acceptance
- Call-offs, variations, paid value, completion and final account
- Owner reconciliation with separate Burry Port dredging and capital packages
Sources and related records
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Source collections
Project sources 6
- Replacement pontoon floats at Burry Port Harbour - procurement record UK Find a Tender service, Contract signed 9 March 2026; notice published 11 March 2026
- Replacement pontoon floats - UK7 contract details notice 021723-2026 UK Find a Tender service, 11 March 2026
- Replacement pontoon floats - OCDS record package UK Find a Tender service, Contract signed 9 March 2026; record published 11 March 2026
- Replacement pontoon floats contract-award view Sell2Wales, Published 12 March 2026; reviewed 9 August 2026
- Burry Port Masterplan Carmarthenshire County Council, Current page reviewed 9 August 2026; existing-harbour context only
- Solent Marine Ltd company record Companies House, Current company record reviewed 9 August 2026