Mechanical engineering services

Tender description

Provision of various metal fabrications, structural repairs and associated maintenance support services at the Tamar Crossings, Bridge and Ferry, Sites. There are many routine and ad-hoc maintenance requirements, as well as smaller projects across both services, for instance: — contract support services – on-site welding inspection and testing, — welding, maintenance, repairs and metal fabrications on board the ferries, — maintenance and repairs to shore side infrastructure such as ferry chain gantries, — minor structural repairs to bridge structure, gantries and runway beams, — bridge and ferry inspection support, — routine annual maintenance activities – greasing, cleaning bearing and joints, etc., — larger one-off contracts such as major bridge access improvements, parapet trials, — general labour support – ferry chain repairs, ferry gantry maintenance. The contract is let for a period of 5 years form 1.3.20 to service operational requirements at both main sites on a generally planned individual project basis. Typically the contractor is likely to need to be in attendance at Tamar Crossings sites each month for a duration of anywhere between 1-10 days depending on workloads and client requirements.