Reports in The Independent and Evening Standard newspapers suggest that three UK firms in the running for the Environment Agency’s £485 million Thames Estuary Programme flood contract have been ruled out, leaving two overseas groups as final bidders.
According to The Independent, Colorado-headquartered CH2M Hill (owner of Halcrow in the UK) and Jacobs, a group from California have been named as in the running to be the Environment Agency’s “delivery partner.
Three UK-led consortia consisting of
- Mace and Surrey-based WS Atkins
- Costain, Capita and URS
- construction group Morgan Sindall with Dutch firm Grontmij
are now longer in the bidding for the TEP1 contract, which covers an area from Teddington in west London to Sheerness and Shoeburyness in Kent and Essex.
The contract is the first in a series known as TE2100 which will eventually see the replacement of the Thames Barrier.
The Independent quoted an Environment Agency spokeswoman as saying:
“We can confirm our shortlist is down to two firms, Jacobs and CH2M Hill. The TE2100 project will be delivered by UK suppliers and contractors.”
The Environment Agency announced details of the shortlist in February this year.
The contract relates to the first phase of the Thames Estuary Plan (TE2100) published in November 2012 which sets out the strategic direction for managing flood across the Thames estuary.The Plan contains recommendations on what actions the Environment Agency and others will need to take to manage tidal flood risk through to the end of the century.
The contract, which is worth between £314 million to £485 million, will run for an initial 7 year term with a further three year extension option. Click here for more information on TE2100.
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