Repair and maintenance services

Tender description

Thanet District Council is seeking a contractor to undertake Coastal Zone maintenance and repair. The civil engineering works are primarily associated with the maintenance of coastal defence structures along the Authority’s 16 mile coastline. Thanet District Council is seeking a contractor to undertake Coastal Zone maintenance and repair. The civil engineering works are primarily associated with the maintenance of coastal defence structures along the Authority’s 16 mile coastline; the works may take the form of responsive repairs, general maintenance, or emergency works for which a 24 hour call out service will be required within a 2 hour response time. Typical work orders may involve formed concrete works and concrete repairs, handrail repairs, fencing, bituminous surfacing, steel works or drainage works; however, this is not an exhaustive list. The majority of the works will be undertaken in the vicinity of the lower and upper promenade areas on the Thanet coastline. Some of the works will also be undertaken within the tidal zone and some works may be ordered in locations away from the coastline. The duration of the contract is 3 years, subject to the right of the Authority (at its sole discretion) to exercise its right to extend the Contract by up to 24 months. The maximum length of the contract is therefore 5 years. The procurement process will be undertaken on the basis of an open tender. All tenders will be accepted subject to the tenderer providing suitable responses to grounds for Mandatory and Discretionary Rejection, and that a minimum standard is met as set out in the Invitation to tender document. Evaluation will be on the basis of criteria as set out in the Invitation to tender document. The form of contract will be JCT Measured Term Contract 2016.