PORT GLASGOW. Ferguson Marine. Castle Road, Port Glasgow PA14 5NG<br /><br />General view of Hull 802, it remains incomplete and is five years delayed. The project (2 ferrys) is more than £200m over-budget. The procurement process has been labelled as potentially "rigged."<br /><br />Ferguson ferry bid document was largely copied<br /><br />Ferguson ferry bid document was largely copied<br />Close<br />A BBC documentary has uncovered evidence of irregularities in the awarding of a £97m contract for two CalMac ferries.<br /><br />Ferguson Marine won the deal in 2015 based on a bid that was said to be the best quality, but the construction of the ships has been beset by problems.<br /><br />A dossier of leaked documents reveals that a key section of the Ferguson bid was largely copied from a detailed 424-page specification produced by CalMac which was not available to other bidders.<br /><br />The BBC understands Ferguson had access to the CalMac document because its design contractor had also worked on an earlier phase of the tender process.<br /><br />The Scottish government's ferries procurement agency CMAL has said to the best of its knowledge it did not pass the CalMac document to Ferguson.
