Expired contract

Underwater & Confined Space Minor Repairs

Details

Supplier(s)
WETWORX MARINE SERVICES LTD
Value
£36,630.6
Duration
4 months
Topic
Construction work
Published
18 July 2025

Tender description

The Council is procuring a contract to undertake minor structural repairs at 5 No. bridges and culverts within the Cumberland area. This will include underwater repairs and works within structures that have restricted working room and may be considered a confined space. Bassenbeck Bridge - Install rock rolls on the Southwest corner of the bridge to repair scour. Ivy House Bridge - Repoint open joints in the abutments. Burbank Culvert - Replace missing stone and repoint open joints in the Northern abutment. Powburgh Beck Bridge - Replace missing brickwork in the pier. Repoint and stitch barrel cracking in the arch barrel at the upstream end of the Southern span. Repoint open joints in the abutments, arch barrel and parapet walls. Replace spalling brickwork in the parapet walls. Remove all vegetation growth from the downstream parapet. Remove tree and ivy growing adjacent to the Northeast wing wall. Repair scour on the Southwest corner of the bridge. Church Close Culvert - Repoint open joints on both the upstream and downstream elevations. Replace spalling stone on the Northwest abutment return. Repoint open joints and voids in the abutments, including where several units have dropped. The works must be undertaken during the in-river working window which runs from 15th June 2025 - 30th September 2025. ## Contract award

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date6 June 2025
  2. Completed: Award published18 July 2025
    Current notice
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date8 October 2025

About the buyer

Cumberland Council is a local authority buying goods, works and services for Cumbria, guided by its own Contract Procedure Rules. Tenders are advertised through the Find a Tender Service on GOV.UK. Suppliers can also register on The Chest, the council's electronic procurement portal, free of charge. A dedicated Procurement Team sits within Business Transformation and Change. Framework agreements sit alongside open competitions among its procurement procedures. Every tender also weighs social value against council priorities. Contracts follow the Procurement Act 2023 and the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. A weekly business newsletter and supplier events keep suppliers informed too.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Cumberland Council's contract awards have been in construction work, education and training and architectural and engineering services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 45000000 · Construction work

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