Boskalis Westminster has been awarded Ministry of Defence dredging and pumping works contract worth almost £6 million.

The South coast contract covers maintenance dredging and pumping works at HMNB Devonport and HMNB Portsmouth.

Boskalis Westminster Ltd were the only firm to bid for the contract which is valued at £5.9 million in total.

All suppliers interested in working with the Ministry of Defence must be registered on the MOD Supplier Information Database (SID) Register, available at www.contracts.mod.uk

The MOD SID is a database of active and potential suppliers available to all MOD and UK Defence procurement personnel and is the main supplier database of MOD Procurement organisations.