United Utilities has gone out to tender for early contractor involvement in project development for its £750 million Manchester and Pennines scheme.
The aim of the water company’s Manchester and Pennines Resilience project is to reduce the risk of disruption to the water supply to the Manchester and Pennines area.
United Utilities is proposing to carry out preliminary designs, land surveys and investigations as well as submitting for planning consent by 2021.
The utility is now looking to procure Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) to develop and assist in project development.
The scheme will address the biggest water supply risk for Manchester and the Pennines - the risk from a potential failure of the major strategic Haweswater Aqueduct which supplies water to 2.5 million people in the Greater Manchester and Pennine areas. The aqueduct supplies a third of the region’s drinking water every day but its condition is deteriorating.
The project will see United Utilities deliver replacement tunnels in AMP7 and 8 for the Aqueduct to ensure the resilience of potable water supplies.
United Utilities carried out a major outage investigation in 2016 – the findings indicated that there were a number of risks that could result in a widespread water quality incident or loss of supply to many thousands of properties for an extended period.
The utility is proposing to use the direct procurement model for the major £750 million-plus Manchester and Pennines Resilience scheme.
The water company has undertaken a wide range of consultations on its proposed plans – the customers’ preferred solution is to construct new sections of tunnel parallel to the existing aqueduct. Environmental and economic appraisals also favour this solution and analysis has shown it also the most robust option.
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate in the Early Contractor Involvement is 20th May 2019 – click here to access the tender documentation.
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