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title: "HOA3 - Harbour Operating Agreement"
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# HOA3 - Harbour Operating Agreement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hoa3-harbour-operating-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-0510bb). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (Utility): "HOA3 - Harbour Operating Agreement". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (Utility)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/caledonian-maritime-assets-ltd-utility-GB-FTS-909)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Port and waterway operation services and associated services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM6, UKM8
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £137,440,000 (exc. VAT, 2 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0510bb`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
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- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hoa3-harbour-operating-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-0510bb#tl-md)

## Description
This notice concerns the award of a harbour operating agreement, known as HOA3, by Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) to CalMac Ferries Limited (CFL).
CMAL is the statutory harbour authority at certain harbours and other marine facilities and is responsible for the operation, management, maintenance and improvement of them.
CFL is due to be appointed by Transport Scotland on behalf of Scottish Ministers as the operator of lifeline ferry services in the Clyde and Hebrides, under a ferry services contract known as CHFS3. Please refer to this notice published by Transport Scotland for further details: Notice ID: MAY529943. The CHFS3 services will call at the CMAL harbours.
CMAL is awarding the HOA3 to CFL because it is the operator of CHFS3 and because of the need to have the same operator for both the ferry services and the harbour operations as explained in this notice.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** CMAL intends to award the HOA3 to CFL following the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a call for competition under regulation 48 of the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016. Regulation 48(1)(c)(ii) is applicable in this cas...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 020411-2025-CMLA0322-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **CalMac Ferries Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-2726`
  - Value: £70,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 063715-2025-CMAL0322-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **CalMac Ferries Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-2726`
  - Value: £67,440,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 063715-2025-CMAL0322-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £67,440,000
  - Signed Date: 22/09/2025

- **Contract:** 020411-2025-CMLA0322-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £70,000,000
  - Signed Date: 11/05/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F063715-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-10-09T12:16:44.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T06:09:58.691Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0510bb