Framework for the Manufacture, Supply and Installation of Bespoke Lock Gates for Basingstoke Canal

Tender description

Hampshire County Council (the Authority) intends to award a Framework for the Manufacture, Supply & Installation of Lock Gates for Basingstoke Canal. The Framework Agreement is due to commence on 22 April 2025 and will be for a period of 4 years to 21 April 2029. Hampshire County Council will be the lead contracting authority, with the framework available for use by the following contracting authorities: Hampshire County Council and Surrey County Council. The Authority may enter into Call-off Contracts with a Framework Supplier at any time during the term of the Framework Agreement, up until the date of expiry, by following the Call-off Procedure as detailed in the ITT and the Framework Specification. Call-off contracts will be awarded under the framework following a Cascade approach. Lot 1: The Basingstoke Canal Authority (BCA) (a local Council partnership hosted by Hampshire County Council) (HCC) manages the Basingstoke Canal for HCC and Surrey County Council (SCC) - the owners of the waterway since 1976. The Canal was restored by Countryside Rangers, Canal Society Volunteers and Manpower Services Commission Job Creation workers. They rebuilt the lock gates in a converted workshop using timber supplied by SCC. The BCA was formed in 1990 to manage the restored waterway and initially continued to build the lock gates themselves "in house". In the mid-1990s changes in staffing and the cessation of the "job creation" Apprentices' Scheme led to lock gates being procured externally from specialist suppliers. Since 2016 lock gates have been procured through a multi-supplier framework of oak specialist joiners. Historically, the gates have been delivered to the Canal by the supplier but are moved to site and installed by the Canal Authority staff. Hampshire County Council (the Authority), on behalf of the BCA, intends to establish a multi-supplier framework for the provision of manufacture, delivery and installation of lock gates for Basingstoke Canal, including supporting measurement services.