Birmingham City Council has gone out to tender with a contract to put a miscellaneous drainage works framework in place.
Scope of the contract covers rivers, brooks, reservoirs, pools and drainage. Works which will be provided under the framework include:
- Routine and reactive maintenance work to existing grill structures in watercourses
- 24 Hour Emergency clearance work to grill structures and highway culverts.
- Construction of new and maintenance of existing flood defence structures.
- Repair and reconstruction of brick and other lining to watercourses.
- Repair, improvements and rehabilitation to natural watercourses, small pools and large reservoirs.
- Small Flood defence schemes
- Sustainable drainage schemes and maintenance works
- Earthworks, dredging and general environmental works, including in environmentally sensitive areas.
- Construction and maintenance of lengths of drains, gullies and manholes.
- Resilience work to protect properties.
- Installation of new drainage systems and associated manhole constructions.
- Other miscellaneous civil and water engineering works
- Drainage maintenance and landscape management
The framework agreement contracts will be for a period of 4 years and awarded to up to three suppliers. Anticipated start date is 9th January 2022.
Deadline to express an interest is 8th November 2021 – click here to access the tender documentation.