Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bf8-3f08-70ed-86e2-113f714832fb/tamar-road-bridge-gantries-principal-inspection-reporting-for-future-maintenan awarded GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Tamar Road Bridge Gantries Principal Inspection & Reporting for Future Maintenance Requirements Contract [Cornwall Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/cornwall-council) Estimated value £300,000 to £700,000 Published 18 Nov 2016 Deadline Closed 1 Jul 2015 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender It is a Statutory Legal Requirement that the Maintenance Gantries of the Tamar Road Bridge are fully inspected at 6 yearly intervals. The Tamar Road Bridge is part of the A38 Trunk Road and crosses the River Tamar on the border between Devon and Cornwall. The crossing is jointly owned by Cornwall Council and Plymouth City Council (the Joint Authority) and operated on behalf of the two authorities by the Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee (TBTF). There are four maintenance gantries, which are under the main deck and cantilevers of the Bridge and were installed in 1998 and 2001. The gantries traverse along rails suspended from the underside of the Tamar Bridge, and they now require their second 6 yearly Principal Inspection. In order to provide a more stable environment unaffected by the weather, it is envisaged that the gantries and bogeys will require to be lowered from the bridge and removed from site for inspection and structural load testing and then re-erected although it is feasible to undertake the inspection in situ on the Bridge and Contractors are invited to detail their methods and pricing proposals for both options. This contractual work is anticipated to take up to a maximum period of 12 months. A detailed report is to be produced identifying all of the defects found and what remedial works are required, as well as an indication of the costs estimated to repair them. The testing will include Structural Load Testing of the gantries. Therefore, the information gleaned from the inspection will effectively inform the specification for the follow up tendering exercise to appoint a suitable maintenance company to actually carry out the majority of the maintenance works required, although it is possible that some more urgent remedial maintenance work may be required to be undertaken by the company appointed for the initial Gantry Inspection work or its recognised sub-contractor. Whilst the details of potential expenditure, given above, within this notice, are provided as being indicative only and in good faith, as a guide to assist Tenderers in submitting their bids, they are not an undertaking on behalf of the Joint Authority to purchase the Services to this or any other particular value and shall not create a binding obligation unless specifically stated within the Contract. Additional information: This tender opportunity is also being advertised via the Tenders in Cornwall website and on the Official Journal of the European Journal (OJEU) for the same duration. However, please note, only the Main ITT document, Priced Activity Schedule and Volumes 1, 2 and 3 relating to the Specification and Contract Terms and Conditions can be downloaded via the Tenders in Cornwall website and this website, as above. The significant number of additional supporting documents and drawings can be be made available, via an email request to the Contact Officer, via the Joint Authority's Cryptshare facility. All prospective will be expected to attend, or at least be represented at, the designated Provider Information Event to be held at the Bridge and currently scheduled for 10 am on Wednesday 10th June, 2015. Attendance is strongly advised but not mandatory and any contractors unable to be in attendance will, along with those who were, be provided in writing with any information or questions raised and answers given on the day to ensure all parties have the same information to base their tender submissions upon and avoid any confusion or misunderstandings etc. The meeting point contact and address for assembly will be as follows: ### Richard Cole ### Engineering Manager Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee ### Tamar Bridge Tamar Bridge Office Pemros Road St Budeaux Plymouth ### PL5 1LP If your company or its representative is unable to attend at the last minute or unavoidably detained please advise Richard, via either of the following means, as soon as possible: ### Telephone: 01752 361577 Email: Read full description ## CPV classification Mechanical and electrical engineering services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/677824de-adc8-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. 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