Northern Ireland’s Department for Infrastructure has gone out to tender with a roads and rivers term contract for the inspection and maintenance of underground infrastructure worth an estimated £6 million.
The term contract for inspection and maintenance of underground infrastructure 2020 has defined three contract areas:
- IMU1 — Greater Belfast area;
- IMU2 — Coleraine, Omagh and Fermanagh areas;
- IMU3 — Armagh and Lisburn areas.
Works to be undertaken under within each contract area include:
- desilting of culverts
- CCTV surveys of culverts
- trenchless/specialist repairs of culverts
- traffic management, gaining access to culverts, associated civil works
Estimated total value of the contract is £6 million.
Deadline for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 20th November 2020 – click here to access the tender documentation.
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