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Blackpool Council

Submerged Arc Option on Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramway

ConstructionCPV 45000000 45200000 45260000 45262000
Value£600k
Awarded24 Nov 2023
Published24 Oct 2023
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£600ktotal 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

The Blackpool & Fleetwood Tramway is the only remaining first generation tramway in the United Kingdom, having remained in constant operation since it first opened in 1885.

The current network extends for 18.2Km along the Fylde coastline from Starr Gate terminus at the southern end of the alignment to Fleetwood Ferry in the north.

Blackpool & Fleetwood Tramway is owned by Blackpool Council (BC) and operated under licence by Blackpool Transport Services (BTS).

Blackpool Council wishes to appoint a Contractor who can clearly demonstrate the ability to develop a technical proposal to undertake sub-arc welding operations on the Blackpool & Fleetwood tramway system.

Applications to Blackpool Council should include an indicative programme of works, a schedule of rates and an offer price.

To minimise service disruption, it is anticipated that the contract term will commence in February and be undertaken between the hours of 23:30 - 05:30.

It is anticipated that work will commence in February 2024, the Council will finalise the Contract duration with the successful bidder however, it is anticipated that work will not take longer than 12 weeks dependent upon weather constraints.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Blackpool Council wishes to appoint a Contractor

Blackpool Council wishes to appoint a Contractor who can clearly demonstrate the ability to develop a technical proposal to undertake sub-arc welding operations on the Blackpool & Fleetwood tramway system.

02

Applications to Blackpool Council should include

Applications to Blackpool Council should include an indicative programme of works, a schedule of rates and an offer price.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
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