Official UK procurement notice
Kishorn Port - Phase 1B - East Quay Development
Authority: Kishorn Port Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionKishorn Port Limited (KPL) own and operate the drydock facility at Kishorn. The existing drydock has been enlarged with the rock material blasted and removed to reclaim 8.5 hectares of foreshore land to the east of the drydock. The contractor will construct a new 150m long quay at the newly formed reclamation area with -12m CD water depth. In support of its ongoing operations, KPL is engaging in market research with a view to launching a competitive tender process for works associated with the Phase 1B - East Quay Development at a later date for the award of a contract.
- Two-stage procedure: up to 5 candidates will be invited to tender around 2 Dec 2026.
CPV: Harbour construction works
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The procurement will be conducted in accordance with the Restricted ProcedurePublished value£30,000,000
The procurement will be conducted in accordance with the Restricted Procedure.
First Stage: Selection and Shortlisting (Selection Stage)
A Selection Stage exercise will be carried out. Successful bidders at this stage will be eligible to progress to the Award Stage.
Bidders are required to complete the SPD and provide all information requested.
Where the bidder relies on consortium members or subcontractors for more than 10% of the likely contract value, a completed SPD
response from these consortium members or subcontractors must be submitted.
Relevant evidence and certificates to support declarations in the SPD must be submitted with the SPD.
A maximum of up to 5 applicants will be shortlisted to go forward to the Award Stage of this competition.
Second Stage: Invitation to Tender (Award Stage)
Bidders successful at the Selection Stage will be invited to participate in the Award Stage.
The general award criteria will be based on a combination of price and quality. Specific percentage weightings for each will be published in
the Invitation to Tender document for the Award Stage exercise. The quality sub-criteria will include: Health and Safety, Environmental,
use of Local Suppliers and matters relating to delivery of the works e.g. Organisation, Personnel, Methodology and Programme.
The weightings of sub-criteria for the Quality submission will be included in the Invitation to Tender document for the Award Stage
exercise.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Methodology, Programme & Quality Control: 30
- Tender Price: 70
- price: 70
Published award criteria (3)
- Methodology, Programme & Quality Control: 30
- Tender Price: 70
- Price: 70
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 140 of 170 points: a 10% discount moves about 14 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £60,000,000 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Kishorn Port Limited buys Construction work for water projects (CPV 4524), and who usually turns up
Kishorn Port Limited has little published record in this market. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Construction work for water projects (CPV 4524) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Across this market, small firms won 61% of awards with a known supplier size.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Across this market, 60% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 23 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.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Across this market, at least 31% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid17%
2–340%
4–623%
7+20%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate41%
Within ±2%44%
Above estimate15%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1The procurement will be conducted in accordance with the Restricted ProcedureCPV 4524Published estimate£30m
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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.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid15%
2–365%
4–618%
7+2%
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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.
Based on 4 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£26m–£30m
Estimate£30m
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.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| RJ McLeod (Contractors) LtdWorked for this buyer | Kishorn East Reclamation and Dry Dock Enlargementnotice published Jun 2025 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
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.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £33m4 awards in 36m · last 17 months ago | None on file | 13% above n=1 | |
Mears LimitedLarge | £2.0bn34 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 5 live · £528m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=11 |
| £886m15 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | 1 live · £67m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=7 | |
| £659m18 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 2 live · £9.9m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=9 | |
| £38m7 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | None on file | 20% above n=3 |
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.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Requests to participate open
- 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
- 2 Oct 2026, 15:24 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Oct 2026, 15:24 BST
- Authority reference
2525-1B- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-093459- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077ffcFind a Tender
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=844561. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 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: The Contractor will be asked to provide the following community benefits during the works: Maximise employment opportunities for local residents within a 50-mile radius of the works. Maximise local supply chain for procurement of goods and services. Engage in skills and training by involvement in local secondary schools/colleges, arranging visits for students interested in STEM and Engineering careers, work experience for school and college students. Support and enhance local communities by engagement and information to local residents, and other stakeholders about the works. Support by delivery of benefits in kind and other local support to community groups. (SC Ref:844561) Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=844561
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Public Contracts Scotland- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 2 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Shortlist
- up to 5 candidates invited to tender
Timeline
2 Oct 2026 → 2 Dec 2026 · 3 dates- Notice published24 days ago2 Oct 2026, 15:24 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 7 days2 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expectedin 36 days2 Dec 2026
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
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria