Transport for London (TfL) selected Dr. Sauer & Partners with support from Arup to undertake a Bakerloo Line Extension feasibility study. TfL is procuring design services and construction knowledge to undertake feasibility studies for five packages of tunnelling works on the proposed Bakerloo Line Extension at four specific locations on the extension: Lambeth North, Elephant & Castle, Lewisham station and Lewisham Way shaft, and for one further package looking at the route-wide construction of cross-passages between the two running tunnels. For further information on the project click here. Visit https://www.dr-sauer.com. 49/22. 

Open invitation to tender, deadline 18/12/2020, for highways Repair and Maintenance works based on Dayworks (Labour, Plant and Material) Rate for Lancashire County Council. Click here for tender documents and here for further information on the tender. The contract is composed of 4 lots
Lot 1: General Civils (includes Maintenance and Shallow Drains): highway maintenance/cyclic maintenance/construction/shallow channel drainage;Lot 2: Deep Drainage: point drainage, which intercepts water at gullies (points). Gullies connect to drainage pipes beneath the ground surface and deep excavation is required to facilitate this system. Support for deep trenches is required in the shape of planking, strutting or shoring;Lot 3: Confined Spaces: confined spaces defined as cellars, chambers, pits, tanks, flues, boreholes, manholes, sewers, drains, pipes, boilers, shafts, tunnels, culverts;Lot 4: Structures: construction, maintenance and repairs of Bridges, structures and retaining walls.
Value of the contract is EUR8.96 million (GBP8 million), excluding VAT. Duration of the contract is 48 months. Contact Lancashire County Council, attn Craig Pullen, Preston, tel +44 1772534313, email casprocurement@lancashire.gov.uk.  48/20.

The contracts for highways Repair and Maintenance works based on Dayworks (Labour, Plant and Material) Rate for Lancashire County Council were awarded: 

• Lot 1, value EUR 2.30 million (GBP2 million), excluding VAT: Joint Venture composed of Bethell Construction Ltd (Manchester), Coating Services Ltd (Oldham), Colin Briscoe Construction Ltd (Carnforth), Cumbria Ultra Clean Civils Ltd (Kendal), Groundwork Direct Ltd (Burnley), JJ O’Grady Limited (Preston), KLB Lighting & Civils Ltd (Preston), Lee Ashworth Excavations Ltd (Rossendale), Marchbridge Builders Limited (Oswaldtwistle), Multevo Ltd (Darwen), No Dig Drainage Solutions Ltd (Accrington), NMS Civil Engineering Ltd (Wigan), Nu-Phalt Contracting Ltd (Rugby), O'Callaghan Ltd (Blackburn), PW Building Services (Preston), Thermal Road Repairs Ltd (Alsager), Toman Contracting Ltd (Egremont), Ventbrook Ltd (Preston), Vital Infrastructure Asset Management (VIAM) Ltd (Liverpool) and W&J Construction Ltd (Rowenstall); 
• Lot 2, value EUR 2.30 million (GBP2 million), excluding VAT: Joint Venture composed of Bethell Construction Ltd (Manchester), Coating Services Ltd (Oldham), Colin Briscoe Construction Ltd (Carnforth), Cumbria Ultra Clean Civils Ltd (Kendal), Groundwork Direct Ltd (Burnley), JJ O’Grady Limited (Preston), KLB Lighting & Civils Ltd (Preston), Lee Ashworth Excavations Ltd (Rossendale), Marchbridge Builders Limited (Oswaldtwistle), Multevo Ltd (Darwen), No Dig Drainage Solutions Ltd (Accrington), NMS Civil Engineering Ltd (Wigan), O'Callaghan Ltd (Blackburn), PW Building Services (Preston, Toman Contracting Ltd (Egremont), Ventbrook Ltd (Preston), Vital Infrastructure Asset Management (VIAM) Ltd (Liverpool) and W&J Construction Ltd (Rowenstall); 
• Lot3, value EUR 2.30 million (GBP2 million), excluding VAT: Joint Venture composed of Bethell Construction Ltd (Manchester), Coating Services Ltd (Oldham), Colin Briscoe Construction Ltd (Carnforth), Cumbria Ultra Clean Civils Ltd (Kendal), Groundwork Direct Ltd (Burnley), JJ O’Grady Limited (Preston), Lee Ashworth Excavations Ltd (Rossendale), Marchbridge Builders Limited (Oswaldtwistle), No Dig Drainage Solutions Ltd (Accrington), NMS Civil Engineering Ltd (Wigan), O'Callaghan Ltd (Blackburn), PW Building Services (Preston), Toman Contracting Ltd (Egremont), Ventbrook Ltd (Preston), Vital Infrastructure Asset Management (VIAM) Ltd (Liverpool) and W&J Construction Ltd (Rowenstall); 
• Lot 4, value EUR 2.30 million (GBP2 million), excluding VAT: Joint Venture composed by Askam Civil Engineering Ltd (Lancaster), Bethell Construction Ltd (Manchester), Coating Services Ltd (Oldham), Colin Briscoe Construction Ltd (Carnforth), Cumbria Ultra Clean Civils Ltd (Kendal), Groundwork Direct Ltd (Burnley), JJ O’Grady Limited (Preston), Lee Ashworth Excavations Ltd (Rossendale), Marchbridge Builders Limited (Oswaldtwistle), NMS Civil Engineering Ltd (Wigan), O'Callaghan Ltd (Blackburn), PW Building Services (Preston), Toman Contracting Ltd (Egremont) and W&J Construction Ltd (Rowenstall); 

Contact Lancashire County Council, attn Craig Pullen, Preston, tel +44 1772534313, email casprocurement@lancashire.gov.uk. For further on TED tender, click here.  17/21. 

Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 23/12/2020, for design services and construction works  for maintenance and capital works to all infrastructure and property for Northern Ireland Railways Company, Ulsterbus, Metro and NITHC,  FW073 Civil Engineering Contractors Framework. Click here for tender documents where tenders must be sent and here for further information on the tender. Value of the contract is EUR168,20 million (GBP150 million), excluding VAT. Duration of the contract is 48 months. Contact Translink, Belfast, email etni@translink.co.uk. 48/20. 

The North and Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent (NMWTRA) awarded the contracts for  new construction works, improvement works, maintenance renewals, emergency works and supplier design through ‘call off’ work orders for civil engineering, highways and structures, tunnels, environmental, geotechnical, coastal engineering and land drainage, town centre improvements, infrastructure regeneration, walking and cycling schemes, integrated transport schemes and mechanical and electrical schemes.

•             The JV Jennings Building and Civil Engineering from  Colwyn Bay, Centregreat Ltd from Bridgend, Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd from Abergavenny, Jones Bros Ruthin (Civil Engineering) Co. Ltd from Ruthin, JN Bentley Ltd from Skipton secured the Lot 1 North and Mid Wales — Including Dual Carriageways (GBP 0-GBP 5 Million).

•             The JV Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd from Abergavenny,  John Sisk and Son (Holdings) Ltd from Warrington, Jones Bros Ruthin (Civil Engineering) Co Ltd from Ruthin secured Lot  2 - North and Mid Wales — Including Dual Carriageways (GBP 5 million-GBP 30 Million);

•             The JV Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd from Abergavenny,  Centregreat Ltd from Bridgend, G H James cyf from Blaenau Ffestiniog, G T Williams Ltd (Civil Engineering) from Pwllheli, Jennings Building and Civil Engineering from Colwyn Bay,  JN Bentley Ltd from Skipton, Jones Bros Ruthin (Civil Engineering) Co. Ltd from Ruthin secured Lot  3 - North Wales Works — Excluding Dual Carriageways (GBP 0-GBP 1 000 000).

•             The JV Centregreat Ltd from Bridgend,  Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd from Abergavenny,  Gerald D. Harries and Sons Ltd from Narberth,  G H James cyf from Blaenau Ffestiniog, JN Bentley Ltd from Skipton,  Midwest Plant Ltd from Brecon,  Jones Bros Ruthin (Civil Engineering) Co. Ltd from Ruthin secured Lot  4 - Mid Wales — Excluding Dual Carriageways (GBP 0-GBP 1 000 000).

Contact Cyngor Gwynedd Council, Caernarfon, tel +44 1492564707, email karengrundy@nmwtra.org.uk. For further tender information please click here Ref. n. CT02-24. 19/20.

Prior information notice without call for competition for the Scheme Delivery Framework.  The contract is divided in the following lots:

Lot A1 - General Civil Engineering

Lot B1 - Temporary Traffic Management

Lot B2 - Road Restraint Systems

Lot B3 - Drainage

Lot C1 - Landscape and Ecology

Lot C2 - Road Markings

Lot C3 -  Road Lighting and Electrical Works Lot C4 -  Structures Waterproofing and Expansion Joints Lot C5 - Technology Lot C6 -  Structures, Structural Services and Concrete Repairs Lot C7 -  Cathodic Protection Lot C8 -  Tunnels Lot D1 - Design Services Interested suppliers are requested to email, providing full names and contact details to Procurement_SDF@highwaysengland.co.uk no later than 30/04/2020. Estimated date of publication of contract notice 12/06/2020.

Value contract GBP3.6 bn, excluding VAT. Contact Highways England, Birmingham, tel +44 3001235000, email Procurement_SDF@highwaysengland.co.uk. For tender information please click here Project_2284. 16/20.

Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 16/08/2019, for a Framework Agreement to procure engineering consultancy services (the Framework Agreement) for Transport for London (TfL), The Greater London Authority (GLA), and all 32 London borough councils and the City of London.

Interested suppliers must express their interest via the portal https://procontract.due-north.com. The contract is divided into lots: A1 to A2, B1 to B18, C1 to C5, D1 to D14, E1 to E25.The duration of the Framework Agreement will be 3 years. TfL reserve the right to extend the framework by a further 12 months.  Contact Transport for London, attn Shaheen Lodhi, London, email psfw2@tfl.gov.uk. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=373450-2019,

http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=357674-2019

and

http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=303043-2019.

Ref.n. DN418146.  32/19.

Telent Technology Services Ltd from Warwick secured the contract for the provision of technical Facility Management services (CCTV, access control and security systems) for Transport for London (TfL), including London Underground stations, depots, office buildings, bus stations and piers.

Duration of the contract is 87 months. Contact Transport for London, London, email TechnicalFMEME@tfl.gov.uk.  Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=395257-2019.

Ref.n. DN327382. 35/19.

Postponed to 15/05/2020 the deadline of the restricted invitation to tender for a Framework Agreement to procure engineering consultancy services (the Framework Agreement) for Transport for London (TfL), The Greater London Authority (GLA), and all 32 London borough councils and the City of London. Interested suppliers must express their interest via the portal https://procontract.due-north.com. The contract is divided into

lots: A1 to A2, B1 to B18, C1 to C5, D1 to D14, E1 to E25.The duration of the Framework Agreement will be 3 years. TfL reserve the right to extend the framework by a further 12 months.  Contact Transport for London, attn Shaheen Lodhi, London, tel +44 12345, email SHAHEENLODHI.CPT@TFL.GOV.UK.

For tender information please click here Ref.n. DN418146.  13/20.

Postponed from  15/05/2020 to 22/05/2020 the deadline of the restricted invitation to tender for a Framework Agreement to procure engineering consultancy services (the Framework Agreement) for Transport for London (TfL), The Greater London Authority (GLA), and all 32 London borough councils and the City of London. Interested suppliers must express their interest via the portal https://procontract.due-north.com. The contract is divided into lots: A1 to A2, B1 to B18, C1 to C5, D1 to D14, E1 to E25.The duration of the Framework Agreement will be 3 years. TfL reserve the right to extend the framework by a further 12 months.  Contact Transport for London, attn Shaheen Lodhi, London, tel +44 12345, email SHAHEENLODHI.CPT@TFL.GOV.UK. For tender information please click here.

Ref.n. DN418146.  20/20.

J. Murphy and Sons Ltd at London secured the 6.3km Trym Tunnel Relief Sewer (Design and Construction) Contract as part of Wessex Water’s north Bristol strategy to reduce flood risk, accommodate new development, improve overflow performance and future-proof the strategic sewers in north Bristol. The tunnel will start at Bristol Golf Club and pass deep beneath Catbrain, Henbury and Lawrence Weston. Construction is expected to start in late 2019 for completion by 2023. The project is understood to be worth around £43m. Contact Wessex Water Services Ltd, attn. Stuart Sutton, Bath, e-mail stuart.sutton@wessexwater.co.uk. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=175049-2018 .

 Ref.n. C9855. 19/18.

Sirius Minerals Plc. has hired the European construction group Strabag to build a 13 km tunnel section for the underground transport system for the Woodsmith Mine near Whitby, England. The design-and-build contract was signed on 28 March. The Woodsmith Mine will begin extraction from the world’s largest deposit of polyhalite, a mineral used in the production of fertilizer, in 2021.

The section to be built by STRABAG is part of a 37 km tunnel with a diameter of 4.7 m for an environmentally friendly conveyor system to transport the mined polyhalite to Wilton for processing. The Strabag contract also includes the construction of a tunnel ramp as well as the tunnel portal at Wilton. The actual tunnelling works will cover the distance from the Wilton portal to a shaft at Lockwood Beck, with 150 m to be built via cut-and-cover construction, 800 m through conventional tunnelling and 11,900 m using a tunnel boring machine. Site mobilisation is to begin immediately.  Visit http://www.strabag.com. 13/18.

http://www.strabag.com/databases/internet/_public/content.nsf/web/SE-PRESSE.COM-PRESSEMITTEILUNGEN-2018-STRABAG%20erh%C3%A4lt%20Tunnelbaulos%20f%C3%BCr%20%E2%80%9ENorth%20Yorkshire%20Polyhalite%20Project%E2%80%9C%20der%20Sirius%20Minerals#?men1=6&men2=1&sid=1621&h=7&l=EN

Sirius has varied its existing mineral transport system (MTS) tunnelling contract with Strabag to include engineering, procurement and construction of the conveyor system, the maintenance railway, electrical and communications infrastructure. The MTS fit-out scope includes the fit-out of; the MTS conveyor, the maintenance railway, electrical and communications infrastructure, and all other services in the tunnel essential to the operation of the MTS.

Mineral transport system

The MTS will carry the Company's mined polyhalite from 360 meters underground at the Woodsmith mine site to the materials handling facility at Wilton, Teesside, on a 37km underground conveyor system.  The tunnel will be constructed by three tunnel boring machines.  The conveyor system in the MTS will be designed to handle 20 Mtpa of throughput.  The tunnel will also contain maintenance rail and services, including a 66kV power feeder from Wilton International industrial complex.

Portal construction at Wilton for the first TBM remains on track for completion in 2018 with TBM delivery expected early 2019. 

For further information click here and for tunnelbuilder archive click uk/97. Visit https://siriusminerals.com. 46/18.

For further information, please contact:

Sirius Minerals Plc

Investor Relations

Jennifer Wyllie, Tristan Pottas

Email: ir@siriusminerals.com

Tel: +44 845 524 0247

Media enquiries

Edelman

Alex Simmons, Ed Brown

Email: Siriusminerals@edelman.com

Periodic indicative notice without call for competition, deadline 29.09.2017, for innovative Low Disruption Tunnel Renewals. Network Rail is responsible for 703 operational tunnels throughout the network with a total 335 km of tunnel structures. It is necessary to develop alternative techniques for tunnel re-lining that will meet future demands of reduced track access and increasing train operations. Contact Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd, London, email Alex.Jerome@networkrail.co.uk. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=363241-2017. 37/17.

Negotiated procedure to tender, deadline 06.10.2017, for operation and maintenance of the Rail Innovation and Development Centre (RIDC) Melton. RIDC Melton incorporates approximately 20 km of track between Melton Junction and Edwalton, with the main operating centre at Asfordby, near Melton Mowbray. RIDC Melton includes the 5 tunnels  Saxelby (497 m), Grimston Covered Way (91 m), Grimston (1193 m), Stanton (1216 m) and  Asfordby (383 m). The tender is composed of 2 lots. Duration of the contract is from 01/04/2018 to 31/03/2021. Bidders are  invited to attend a site visit between the dates of 1.11.2017 - 3.11.2017. The procurement documents available at https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/esop/toolkit/negotiation/tnd/tenderOpportunity.do?tenderCode=tender_153209&_ncp=1504883803713.850-2. Contact Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd, attn Natalie Phillips, London, email natalie.phillips@networkrail.co.uk. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=321938-2017 and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=359316-2017. 38/17.

Periodic indicative notice without call for competition, deadline 14/04/2020, to trial innovative ways to reduce disruption to passengers caused by tunnel renewal and refurbishment works. Network Rail manages 693 Tunnels that are typically 150 years old. Contact Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd, London, tel +44 7809376901, email Briony.Toogood@networkrail.co.uk. For further tender information click here and for more information about this opportunity please click here. 14/20.

Periodic indicative notice without call for competition for the final stages of development of an automated tunnel inspection system. Contact Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd, London, tel +44 8457114141, email  Alex.Jerome@networkrail.co.uk. Visit  http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=302796 -2017. 32/17.

Periodic indicative notice without call for competition to request information from the market in relation to available technologies for automated Tunnel Subsurface Defect Detection. The responses to this RFI will be used for information purposes only. The scope of any future procurement event is likely to include: feasibility study, demonstrator development, prototype laboratory testing, demonstrator testing in UK and French tunnel. For more information https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html

Estimated date of publication of contract notice: 31/03/2020. Contact Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd, London, tel +44 7809376901, email Briony.Toogood@networkrail.co.uk. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=304081-2019.

Ref.n. project_18299 - #10011. 27/19.