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Westmorland and Furness Council

Underwater Bridge Maintenance and Repair Term Contract 2025-2028

ConstructionCPV 45000000 45200000 45220000 45221000
Value£485k
Awarded28 Feb 2025
Published29 Jan 2025
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

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Contract value in context
£485ktotal contract value
median £158k
this tender£0£6.5m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Construction band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 64,002 valued Construction tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Westmorland and Furness Council (WFC) is responsible for around 1079 highway bridges, the majority of which are masonry arch bridges, over 680 retaining walls and over 385 culverts.

Many of these structures are founded below water level and are prone to erosion and scour damage.

As part of the capital works programme, the Council carries out planned and reactive maintenance and repairs to a number of its structures assets where defects occur or are identified that if left unattended could result in structural collapse and risk to the public.

This Term Contract is for underwater maintenance, repairs and debris recovery for bridges and structures across the Westmorland and Furness area in Cumbria.

The contract will comprise both planned repair works and additional reactive works, all commissioned through task orders.

The tender is advertised via The Chest, if you are not already registered on the portal the help you need to get started can be found here https://www.the-chest.org.uk/.

All details are in the documents within the tender and available via the above portal.

Should you have any further questions please direct them via the messaging system on The Chest.

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Westmorland and Furness Council (WFC) is responsible

Westmorland and Furness Council (WFC) is responsible for around 1079 highway bridges, the majority of which are masonry arch bridges, over 680 retaining walls and over 385 culverts.

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The tender is advertised via The Chest

The tender is advertised via The Chest, if you are not already registered on the portal the help you need to get started can be found here https://www.the-chest.org.uk/.

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Should you have any further questions please

Should you have any further questions please direct them via the messaging system on The Chest.

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Stage
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Buyer ref
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