Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 9 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what criteria for Scottish or UK workshare has been specified by Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited in its request for tenders for the detailed design, construction, testing, survey, equipping, completion and delivery of two Ro-Pax ferries for UK domestic waters, which has a deadline for responses of 6 December 2022.
CMAL have used a closed tendering process through the Public Contracts Scotland portal for the procurement of 2 further Islay Class RoPAx vessels. This procurement allows for local content to be considered as part of the evaluation process amongst many other commercial and technical aspects. No specific criteria has been set.
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-12306 on 5 December 2022 2022. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers