Lancashire County Council has gone out to tender with a contract for highways repair and maintenance works worth an estimated £8 million.
The contract is being tendered in the following four Lots:
Lot 1: General Civils (includes Maintenance and Shallow Drains): highway maintenance/cyclic maintenance/construction/shallow channel drainage;
Lot 2: Deep Drainage: point drainage, which intercepts water at gullies (points). Gullies connect to drainage pipes beneath the ground surface and deep excavation is required to facilitate this system. Support for deep trenches is required in the shape of planking, strutting or shoring;
Lot 3: Confined Spaces: confined spaces defined as cellars, chambers, pits, tanks, flues, boreholes, manholes, sewers, drains, pipes, boilers, shafts, tunnels, culverts;
Lot 4: Structures: construction, maintenance and repairs of bridges, structures and retaining walls.
Suppliers can apply for any combination of Lots – they will be expected to supply the service to any location within the Lancashire County Council administrative boundary.
Contract term is four years.
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 18th December 2020 – click here to access the tender documentation.