National Cableways Inspections and Servicing Contract

Tender description

A hydrometric cableway is any bank supported aerial conveying system suspended above a waterway. Such systems consist of a winch, pulley and cable system that is supported across a river by two metal towers or stanchions; they allow flow gauging equipment to be traversed across a river so that the Environment Agency can take measurements of water depth and velocity; such measurements are then be used to calculate the flow or discharge of the river. The Environment Agency is intending to procure a contract for inspections and servicing of its cableways installations. All cableways are to be inspected, serviced and load tested annually in accordance with the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) and BS EN ISO 4375:2014. This contract will cover the whole of the Environment Agency’s cableways asset base, spread across England. It is likely to be split into 3 lots based on the geographical location of the cableways. A key requirement of this contract will be for anyone working on these installations to have appropriate electrical and mechanical qualifications. If this contract is of interest please let us know by responding to the Future Opportunities Notice on Bravo (this is a tendering portal and you can register on this free of charge at www.defra.bravosolution.com).