Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Cornwall Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Underhill Engineering (UK) Ltd SME
- Value
- £3,730,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Construction materials · Structures of bridges (CPV 44212120)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Feb 2025
- Published4 Aug 2025Published 157 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of various steelwork fabrications, structural repairs and associated maintenance support services at the Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry.\\r\r \\r\r There are many routine and ad hoc maintenance requirements, as well as smaller projects across both services, for instance:\\r\r - contract support services,\\r\r - on-site welding inspection and testing,\\r\r - welding, maintenance, repairs and metal fabrications on board the ferries,\\r\r - maintenance and repairs to shore side infrastructure such as ferry chain gantries,\\r\r - minor structural repairs to bridge structure, gantries and runway beams,\\r\r - bridge and ferry inspection support,\\r\r - routine annual maintenance activities - greasing, cleaning bearing and joints, etc.,\\r\r - larger one-off contracts such as major bridge access improvements,\\r\r - general labour support - ferry chain replacement, ferry gantry maintenance.\\r\r \\r\r Please note that existing arrangements involve the present contractor typically…
About the supplier
Underhill Engineering (UK) Ltd: every public contract they have won.