East Riding of Yorkshire Council has gone out to tender with a civil engineering contractors framework contract worth an estimated  £324 million.

The Council is purchasing on behalf of a number of other contracting authorities, including central government departments and their agencies, Internal Drainage Boards, Local Authorities Fire Authorities (including fire and rescue authorities), other emergency services, Educational Establishments and the University Purchasing Consortium.

It is intended that the Framework Agreement will deliver a significant proportion of the civil engineering construction programmes of the public sector bodies.

The YORcivil2 North and East Area Contractors Framework Agreement, which is divided into Lots,  will run for four years and covers a wide range of construction works, including contractors design when required.

The framework also has an option to extend for a further period of 2 years to allow the appointed contractors adequate time to recoup their significant initial investment in establishing processes and procedures that will deliver the improvements that the clients are seeking through the framework.

The works involved are principally civil engineering works, bridges/structure works, highway surfacing works, flood alleviation works and coastal works. In addition some building works may also be included.

The Council is looking to appoint up to 44 suppliers to the framework, which replaces the original YORcivil North and East Area Contractors Framework and builds upon its legacy of partnership and collaborative working. The agreement is one of two YORcivil2 Framework Agreements, set up primarily to serve the Yorkshire and Humber region (split geographically between North and East, and South and West areas).

The frameworks coverage also extends across a number of areas comprising of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the North East of England. The framework also covers authorities in the North East of England for lot 6 - coastal works.

The YORcivil2 frameworks have been established to provide all public sector and third sector organisations in the area of coverage above with access to quality contractors under best practice partnering arrangements.

Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents  is 1st January 2017 – click here to access the tender documentation.