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DfI Transport and Road Asset Management (TRAM)

Framework for Watercourse Maintenance

ConstructionCPV 45240000
ValueValue not published
Deadline
Published20 Feb 2026
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
TRAMprocurement@infrastructure-ni.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

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The brief

The Framework for Watercourse Maintenance will encompass five Measured Term Contracts to deliver watercourse maintenance in the following Contract Areas: A.

WME1 (Armagh); B.

WME2 (Lisburn and Greater Belfast); C.

WMW1 (Coleraine); D.

WMW2 (Omagh); and E.

WMW3 (Fermanagh).

Within each Contract Area, the works to be undertaken under this Contract may include, but not be limited to, the following Principal Work Activities which are provided by way of example: A.

Maintenance of Watercourses; B.

Riverbank & Flood Defence maintenance and scrub clearance; C.

Tree felling/removal; and D.

Provision of labour/plant.

Further ancillary works may be asked of the successful Supplier such as: A.

Treatment of aquatic weed/invasive species.

Within each Contract Area, the successful Supplier will be required to carry out any such works instructed by a Works Order, issued under the provisions of the Contract.

Such works will require a standard of works delivery consistent with that defined in the Procurement Documents.

Reimbursement to the successful Supplier for such works will be paid generally on the basis of an applicable Schedule of Rates and Prices (SoRP), adjusted in line with permitted price-fluctuation-factor provisions.

For each Contract Area, it is likely that the successful Supplier will be required to work at more than one location at any one time in order to meet the requirements of the programme of work for each Contract Area.

Successful Suppliers will be expected to have sufficiently skilled and available resources necessary to meet the requirements of such a programme and will be required to include in its rates and prices for the inevitable peaks and troughs that will be inherent in any such programme.

Such peaks and troughs may result from a variety of circumstances, not all within the control of the Department.

The financial limits for individual Works Orders under this Contract shall generally be between £1 – £250,000 GBP.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Framework for Watercourse Maintenance will encompass

The Framework for Watercourse Maintenance will encompass five Measured Term Contracts to deliver watercourse maintenance in the following Contract Areas:.

02

Within each Contract Area, the successful Supplier

Within each Contract Area, the successful Supplier will be required to carry out any such works instructed by a Works Order, issued under the provisions of the Contract.

03

For each Contract Area, it is likely

For each Contract Area, it is likely that the successful Supplier will be required to work at more than one location at any one time in order to meet the requirements of the programme of work for each Contract Area.

04

Successful Suppliers will be expected to have

Successful Suppliers will be expected to have sufficiently skilled and available resources necessary to meet the requirements of such a programme and will be required to include in its rates and prices for the inevitable peaks and troughs that will be inherent in any such programme.

05

The financial limits for individual Works Orders

The financial limits for individual Works Orders under this Contract shall generally be between £1.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065984
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
015784-2026
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