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 2^nd October 2020 – click here to access the tender documentation