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Published 25 Sept 2026, 17:02 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Berths 9-10-11 Construction, Montrose Port

Authority: Montrose Port Authority

Two-stageWorksRestricted procedure
Published estimate£35,000,000≈ £18m / year
Submission deadline 16 Oct 202612:00 BST · 20d 17h left
Candidates invited to tender up to 4published shortlist size
Contract term 2 yrsstarts 31 Aug 2027
Bids per lot · the market 3.5CPV 4524 · n=14 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Montrose Port intends to appoint a suitably experienced contractor for the design and construction of a new quay and associated hardstanding, utilities and dredging.

  • Two-stage procedure: up to 4 candidates will be invited to tender around 20 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT.

CPV: Harbour construction works

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Montrose Port Authority intends to appoint a suitably experienced and capable contractor for the design and construction of a new quay and associated hardstanding, utilities... 2 yrs
Montrose Port Authority intends to appoint a suitably experienced and capable contractor for the design and construction of a new quay and associated hardstanding, utilities and dredging. The works will will comprise but will not necessarily be limited to. Design development and completion of the Contractors design obligations. Construction of new quay structure, Construction of new hardstanding areas. Installation of quay furniture and associated services. The Contractor will be responsible for the design and construction of the works in accordance with the Employers requirements, Scope, Site…
Contract period: 31 Aug 2027 — 31 Aug 2029 (2 yrs)Delivery: Scotland · Montrose PortTurnover guideline: ~£34,904,372/yr≈ 2× annual value
Second stage
up to 4 candidates invited to tender
Variant bids
not allowed

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
i

How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored
Quality: 30%Price: 70%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality — 30%
  • Cost — 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality — 30
  • Cost — 70%

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

Construction work for water projects (CPV 4524) in Scotland — and who usually turns up

Montrose Port Authority has too little published record in this market to describe on its own; the Scotland market stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Construction work for water projects (CPV 4524) →

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How the contest usually goes

Left: the procurement agent running this notice. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

Procurement agent · all its clients

Montrose Port Authority

Runs tenders for other bodies; the client is named in the notice, not in this record. no contract notices in Construction work for water projects (CPV 4524) in 36 months

Montrose Port Authority has published no bid reports, no comparable estimate → award pairs and no award dates that this analysis can use — in Construction work for water projects (CPV 4524) (36 months) or across all categories (24 months).

The market · delivery region

Scotland · Construction work for water projects (CPV 4524)

contract notices delivered in Scotland in 36 months: 23 in CPV 4524 (20 competed, 3 route not published) · 631 in division 45 (449 competed, 101 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4524), last 36 months: 14 lots. 3 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 11 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

3.5CPV 4524 · 36m · n=14 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4524), last 36 months: 14 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

21%CPV 4524 · 36m · n=14 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4524), last 36 months: 9 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

2% belowCPV 4524 · 36m · n=9 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4524), last 36 months: 3 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

41dCPV 4524 · 36m · n=3 notices
SME bidders
i

How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.

SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4524), last 36 months: 14 lots.

Last 36 months.

51%CPV 4524 · 36m · n=14 lots
Winners based in the region
i

How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.

Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4524), last 36 months: 12 awards.

Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.

Last 36 months.

92%CPV 4524 · 36m · n=12 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=14
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 14 lots on 14 contested notices · CPV 4524, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 21%
  • 2–3 29%
  • 4–6 43%
  • 7+ 7%

Median 3.5 · 14 lots on 14 contested notices · CPV 4524.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=9
i

How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 9 lot pairs · CPV 4524, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 44%
  • Within ±2% 33%
  • Above estimate 22%

9 lot pairs · CPV 4524.

robust · n=9
i

Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.

We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.

Based on the Scotland market’s usual movement over 9 lots (CPV 4524), applied to the £35,000,000 estimate on this notice. The range comes from the region’s middle half.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

Awards in Scotland (CPV 4524, n=9 pairs) land a median 2% below: on this notice’s £35,000,000 that is about £34,475,000, middle half £33,355,000–£34,965,000 (quartiles from Scotland · CPV 4524). Context for a bid, not a recommended price.
Coverage and what to read with care
  • Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Open for expressions of interest
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
25 Sept 2026, 17:02 BST
Last source update
25 Sept 2026, 17:02 BST
Authority reference
244002
Classification (CPV)
Harbour construction works
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM71)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077af5

Publisher note: NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=844077. Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: To be confirmed. (SC Ref:844077)

How to participate & submission route

Submit via portal
Submission portal named on this notice: portal not identified
Language: EN
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
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Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Shortlist
up to 4 candidates invited to tender
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Notice publishedearlier today
    25 Sept 2026, 17:02 BST
  2. Submission deadlinein 21 days
    16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Invitations to tender expectedin 55 days
    20 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 339 days
    31 Aug 2027, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Montrose Port Authority

Contracting authorityPort-related activities South Quay, Ferryden, Montrose, Scotland, DD10 9SL +44 1674672302 Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Forfar Sheriff CourtReview body Forfar
Process and specification contact points (1)
  • Arch Henderson a company of HaskoningProcess contact point Dundee, Scotland

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria