The Environment Agency has gone out to tender with a contract for a programme of capital investment and improvement works for flood defence assets to replace the current national Water and Environment Management Frameworks worth an estimated £1.5 billion.
The Agency is looking to appoint consultants and contractors to a new Collaborative Delivery Framework - BAM Nuttall, Galliford Try, Jackson, JN Bentley, Van Oord and Volker Stevin are among contractors on the existing framework.
The contract is being tendered in two Lots for Professional Services and Programme Delivery respectively. Both lots will be split into 6 geographical areas and will operate within local collaborative delivery teams. Tenderers will only be permitted to win a maximum of 2 geographical areas.
The consultants’ role under Professional Services includes:
- Appraisal and design of capital works for fixed and active assets
- Asset structural condition inspections and structural intrusive surveys
- Design and consultancy services
- Project appraisal services
- Engineering surveys and other investigations
- Environmental and engineering design of works
- Design of compensatory habitat creation schemes
- Reservoir inspection
- Incident management support
- Supply chain management
- Development of the forward programme beyond the framework duration.
Contractor services under Lot 2 Programme Delivery include:
- Appraisal and design of capital works
- Asset structural condition inspections and structural intrusive surveys
- Site investigations
- Construction engineering works
- Coastal works
- Incident management support
- Design and consultancy services
- Soft landscaping implementation and maintenance
- Programme and schedule management
- Supply chain management
- Development of the forward programme beyond the framework duration.
Contractors may also be required to provide and deliver (or manage the provision and delivery through its supply chain) operation and maintenance services for the fixed and active capital assets falling within the Programme.
The initial term of the framework will be 4 years with an option to extend for a further period of up to 4 years. The estimated framework value of £1.5 billion is the estimated value over the full 8 year duration,
The Environment Agency is open to receiving Expressions of Interest from Consortia, Joint Ventures, Strategic Alliances and other similar arrangements.
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 19th February 2018, followed by an estimated date of 12th April of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates.
Click here to access the tender documentation.
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