Thames Water has gone out to tender with a contract for river restoration and associated works worth an estimated £30 million in total.

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The UK's largest water and wastewater services provider is planning to award Build and Design and Build agreements, focusing on river restoration to meet its regulatory obligations.

The works, which will be carried out at environmentally sensitive areas and require relevant knowledge and experience, will include:

• Weir/removals or modifications
• In channel habitat enhancement works including channel/bed re-profiling, installing inchannel gravels, woody debris
• River bank re-profiling
• River bank replacement with softer options
• Denaturalising river channels
• Involvement and support in consultations with stakeholders

The agreements will be used as part of Thames Water’s AMP7 Capital Delivery programme, as well as smaller operational needs.

The water company is looking for suppliers who have a track record of providing these types of works at environmentally sensitive sites and can demonstrate how they manage environmental impacts and work to environmental constraints.

Initial contract term is 4 years with three further annual extension options.

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 4 August 2021 – click here to access the tender documentation.

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