Official UK procurement notice
Oban 1 Linkspan, Berth and adjacent Slipway Modifications & Repairs
Authority: Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (Utility)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionContractors are invited to support market intelligence gathering in relation to CMAL's Oban 1 linkspan, berth and adjacent slipway modifications and repairs project. Interested bidders should submit their responses to the attached questionnaire no later than 12 noon on 30th October 2025 to [email protected] or as a response submission to the PIN within PCS.
CPV: Civil engineering machinery · Construction work for engineering works except bridges, tunnels, shafts and subways · Electrical engineering installation works · Engineering works and construction works · Environmental improvement works · Mechanical engineering installation works · Project and design preparation, estimation of costs · Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Oban Ferry Terminal is situated in the middle of the town of Oban at the western…Planned
The Oban Ferry Terminal is situated in the middle of the town of Oban at the western end of the A85. It has two linkspans and a slipway, supporting the operation of ferry services to the islands of Lismore, Mull, Colonsay, Islay, Coll, Tiree, Barra and South Uist. It is the busiest port on the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Network.
The project is looking to provide upgrades to the Oban 1 Linkspan and associated infrastructure as well as the adjacent slipway, as summarised in the table below.
The project is currently at outline design stage, and we are in the process of developing an Outgoing Business Case to support a preferred option and achieve funding approval to advance to detailed design and Full Business Case.
Contractors are invited to engage with the following activities for this project:
- Provide preconstruction support and work with the Client's designer and Shore power electrical integrator to ensure buildability of the preferred option
- Assist to develop construction methodologies, phasing and programme of works
- Provide input to the capital dredging and marine licence, where required
- Undertake all the works.
Interested parties are asked to complete and return the attached document, which will inform CMAL of your organisations area(s) of interest.
II.2.14) Additional information Additional information: ANTICIPATED WORKS Dredging Shore Power civils Slipway Widening Replace existing approach structure lifting dolphins & linkspan. Replace fenders & bollards Potential quay wall realignment. ANTICIPATED OUTLINE DESIGN COMPLETE AND SUBMISSION OF OUTLINE BUSINESS CASE-March 2026; ANTICIPATED DETAILED DESIGN COMPLETION & SUBMISSION OF FULL BUSINESS CASE-Spring 2028;CONSTRUCTION START DATE-Winter 2028
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (Utility) buys Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work (CPV 4520), and who usually turns up
Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (Utility)’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work (CPV 4520) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often local firms win similar work.
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A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Scotland.
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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.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 42 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid20% / 13%
2–30% / 35%
4–660% / 35%
7+20% / 18%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
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Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate43%
Within ±2%43%
Above estimate13%
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1The Oban Ferry Terminal is situated in the middle of the town of Oban at the western…CPV 4520Estimate not published
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid10%
2–328%
4–641%
7+21%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
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- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Oct 2025, 14:57 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Oct 2025, 14:57 BST
- Authority reference
CMAL0351- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-066775- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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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=813482. (SC Ref:813482)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
20 Oct 2025 → 1 May 2028 · 2 dates- Notice published366 days ago20 Oct 2025, 14:57 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expected1 May 2028, 00:00 BST
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