Portsmouth Water has gone out to tender with a major consultative engineering and construction services contract worth an estimated £14 million.
The water company is tendering a principal designer contract and design services framework for the Havant Thicket winter storage reservoir project .
Portsmouth Water said this represents a flagship project to design the first new strategic water resource in the South East for decades with a total value of £106 million. The whole project is described as socially, economically and environmentally significant. Portsmouth said the project is the product of collaborative regional water planning and forms a key step in increasing water resilience in the South East.
Main construction work is anticipated to start on the winter storage reservoir at Havant Thicket in 2024 for completion by 2029.
The tender covers the appointment of a Principal Designer for the project and the establishment of a framework agreement for wider design services.
The Principal Designer contract will be in two parts: Phase 1 (outline design) and Phase 2 (detailed design). The scope is likely to include:
- engineering and architectural design
- procurement support
- site investigation scoping, interpretation and reporting
- environmental impact assessment
- planning advice and consultancy
- supervisor services.
Portsmouth Water also envisages that the highest scoring three tenderers (including the successful tenderer) will be admitted to a framework agreement. Other design services required for the Project (e.g. Employer’s Agent) and also general smaller scale design services may be called off from time to time by Portsmouth Water either in connection with the Project or Portsmouth Water’s business as usual activities.
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 12th September 2019 – click here to access the tender documentation.
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