Sunderland City Council has gone out to tender with a civil engineering and infrastructure works framework contract worth an estimated £40 million.
The wide-ranging framework, which will run for 4 years, is being tendered in 13 separate Lots. Construction activities covered under the contract include:
- drainage works
- construction of new surface water/highway drainage systems
- repairs to existing surface water/highway drainage systems
- construction of flood alleviation structures and systems (e.g. SUDS, storage tanks),
- repairs to existing flood alleviation structures
- marine/coastal/river works
- construction of new sea defences
- repairs to existing sea defences
- construction of new river walls
- repairs to existing river walls
Sunderland City Council is tendering on behalf of a number of organisation, including:
- Darlington Borough Council
- Durham County Council
- Gateshead Council
- Hartlepool Borough Council
- Middlesbrough Council
- Newcastle City Council
- North Tyneside Council
- Northumberland County Council
- Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
- South Tyneside Council
- Stockton Borough Council
- Sunderland City Council
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 2nd October 2020 – click here to access the tender documentation
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