Orkney Harbours Masterplan Phase 1 - Scapa Deep Water Quay (SDWQ)

This procurement is for the design and construction of Scapa Deep Water Quay a new multi-use facility on the coastline of Mainland Orkney between Kirkwall and Holm, offering more than 600m of quayside and water depth of between 15m and 20m below Chart Datum: not only contributing to the need for laydown but also providing deep water access and berths that can accommodate the larger vessels coming on stream in the offshore wind industry. The facility is located on the east side of Scapa Flow, one of the largest natural deep water harbours in Northern Europe encompassing 125 square miles of sheltered water, a unique area that lends itself to wet storage, which is becoming a key requirement for floating turbine integration.

This procurement is for the appointment of a Main Contractor to provide Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) pre-construction services including, developing design, progressing key statutory consents and building up detailed construction costs. ECI pre-construction services is likely to be administered through via a NEC4 Professional Services Contract.

Following completion of the ECI pre-construction stage, the contract may, at the sole discretion of the Authority, proceed to an optional Contract Stage 2, which will include the construction stage of the contract under either a design and build contract likely to be under a NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract (main Option A) or a “Build-Operate-Transfer” (“BoT”) type structure, pursuant to which the successful tenderer (or possibly a corporate joint venture vehicle formed between the Authority and the successful tenderer) would be granted a long lease of the land and marine assets, enter into a development and operation agreement relating to the project with the Authority, as well as agreement(s) for the provision of finance and the construction contract for construction of the project. The envisaged scope of the construction contract will be to deliver all works associated with the construction of a new deep water quay on the east side of Scapa Flow on the site of agricultural lands some 4km south of the existing Scapa Pier and approx. 1.1km west of the existing A961 public road.

The works include land creation and reclamation, bulk earthworks cut/fill, new deep water quay construction, piling and reinforced concrete construction, dredging to -15mCD and -20mCD, pier fit out and all ancillary works to complete the development. Additional information: Further information on the project is available from https://orkneyharboursmasterplan.com/