Official UK procurement notice
SVRP Civils & Marine Works Framework
Authority: Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (Utility)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionCMAL wish to appoint a single supplier in respect of the civils and marine works Framework for the Small Vessel Replacement Programme (SVRP) projects.
CPV: Construction machinery and equipment · Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus) · Construction work · Engineering design services · Environmental engineering consultancy services · Quantity surveying services for civil engineering works
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values publishedLot #1Colintraive Ferry Terminal; Portavadie Ferry Terminal by Tighnabruaich, ArgyllPlanned
This PIN is to inform the market that CMAL intends to publish the tender for this framework anticipated week commencing 5th January 2025, for bid responses anticipated 20th February 2026. Please note that no extensions can be granted.
Bidders will be invited to participate in the framework to engage in the following activities: provision of preconstruction support and work with the Client's designer and shore power electrical integrator to ensure buildability, assist in the development of construction methodologies and programme of works, provide input to the capital dredging and marine licences and undertake all the works. The nature of the work will include; dredging, berthing structure, marshalling area extension, slipway widening and shore power civils infrastructure.
Lot #2Largs Ferry Terminal; Tarbert Loch Fyne Ferry Terminal, Tarbert, ArgyllPlanned
This PIN is to inform the market that CMAL intends to publish the tender for this framework anticipated week commencing 5th January 2025, for bid responses anticipated 20th February 2026. Please note that no extensions can be granted.
Bidders will be invited to participate in the framework to engage in the following activities: provision of preconstruction support and work with the Client's designer and shore power electrical integrator to ensure buildability, assist in the development of construction methodologies and programme of works, provide input to the capital dredging and marine licences and undertake all the works. The nature of the work will include; dredging, berthing structure, marshalling area extension, slipway widening and shore power civils infrastructure.
Lot #3Tobermory Ferry Terminal, Isle of Mull; Kilchoan Ferry Terminal & Lochaline Ferry Terminal, MorvernPlanned
This PIN is to inform the market that CMAL intends to publish the tender for this framework anticipated week commencing 5th January 2025, for bid responses anticipated 20th February 2026. Please note that no extensions can be granted.
Bidders will be invited to participate in the framework to engage in the following activities: provision of preconstruction support and work with the Client's designer and shore power electrical integrator to ensure buildability, assist in the development of construction methodologies and programme of works, provide input to the capital dredging and marine licences and undertake all the works. The nature of the work will include; dredging, berthing structure, marshalling area extension, slipway widening and shore power civils infrastructure.
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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).
- “SVRP Civils & Marine Works Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (Utility) buys Construction work (CPV 45), and who usually turns up
Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (Utility)’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Construction work (CPV 45) →
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 96 days of the bid deadline.
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Lot #1Colintraive Ferry Terminal; Portavadie Ferry Terminal by Tighnabruaich, ArgyllCPV 45Estimate not published
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1 bid6%
2–317%
4–628%
7+49%
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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.
Lot #2Largs Ferry Terminal; Tarbert Loch Fyne Ferry Terminal, Tarbert, ArgyllCPV 45Estimate not published
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 45. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 324 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid6%
2–317%
4–628%
7+49%
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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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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
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.
Lot #3Tobermory Ferry Terminal, Isle of Mull; Kilchoan Ferry Terminal & Lochaline Ferry Terminal, MorvernCPV 45Estimate not published
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 45. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 324 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid6%
2–317%
4–628%
7+49%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
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.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- 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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 Dec 2025, 14:04 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Dec 2025, 14:04 GMT
- Authority reference
CMAL0333- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-079381- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ee08Find a Tender
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How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
3 Dec 2025 → 6 Jan 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published324 days ago3 Dec 2025, 14:04 GMT
- Tender notice expected290 days ago6 Jan 2026
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