Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2022-05-04
Buyer: Stornoway Port Authority
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 45241000: Harbour construction work
Estimated value: 48989000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Procurement of contractor for a new deep water port within Stornoway Harbour. The anticipated contract works include the following:
1. Dredging between 500,000m3 and 700,000m3 of the seabed to increase water depths to 10m below Chart Datum at the berths and in adjoining manoeuvring areas
2. Re-use of dredge arisings to form a new platform and laydown area; removal of material unsuitable for re-use to the nearby Arnish disposal site
3. Rock blasting and associated earthworks to create infill to supplement dredge material and to clear space for the access and link roads
4. Two quay walls, one to provide part of the main berth approximately 191m long and one of approximately 140m to provide a berth for ferries and other ro-ro vessels
5. An open piled finger pier approximately 119m long to the south of and extending the main berth to approximately 310m in length
8. A heavy duty pontoon, 100m long and 4m wide, to be located at the west side of the finger pier, with an access bridge from the finger pier
11. Utility services (electricity, water, telecoms), external lighting, tanks for storage of marine fuel and potable water and a new sub-station
16. A 25m wide access link road approximately 650m long between the new berth and Arnish Point Industrial Estate to allow the transfer of large components such as offshore modules and large windfarm components.
17. Removal of elements of the wreck of the SS Alabama which are above 8m below Chart Datum (removed elements to be placed within the footprint of the wreck)
This tender is being conducted in accordance with the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016 using a Negotiated process. This is to allow flexibility of negotiation (i.e. discussion and dialogue) with bidders before final tenders are invited and evaluated. The Invitation to Tender will set out the issues in relation to which negotiation is expected, such as value engineering proposals, price structure and risk allocation. The extent of contractor design is very limited; it is not anticipated that negotiations will focus on alternative design proposals. Negotiation will involve primarily the exchange of documentation together with, if required, some remote meetings between each bidder and the Port Authority, such meetings will be limited in terms of number, duration and the number of participants. The Port Authority’s aim is to complete the process from the issue of the invitation to tender to its evaluation decision in five months.
See Instructions to Bidders document available at www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk for information regarding the exclusion and selection criteria, minimum requirements, the tender process and project timescale. Bidders are required to complete and submit the ESPD document and provide the required appendices to register their interest in this contract.
Bidders should note that this procurement exercise is being conducted under the Utilities Contract (Scotland) Regulations 2016. References within this Notice to the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 do not apply.


Winner: McLaughlin & Harvey
Award value: 48989000
Number of bids: 2