The Environment Agency is gearing up for its next-generation £3 billion flood and coastal management delivery framework and is inviting expressions of interest and pre-market engagement from contractors, reports Construction Enquirer. The tender process for the Collaborative Delivery Framework 2 is scheduled to begin in March 2025.
This new framework will encompass both technical consultancy services and construction works, supporting the agency’s asset management, maintenance, refurbishment, and construction projects. Current framework partners include major contractors such as BAM Nuttall, Kier, Jackson Civil Engineering, and VolkerStevin, with design services provided by consultancy firms like Arup, Atkins, Jacobs, and Jeremy Benn Associates.
The selected firms will be tasked with developing, designing, and implementing nature-based solutions, in addition to traditional hard engineering methods. Projects under this framework will vary in scale, ranging from £1 million to £75 million, and will be divided into three value lots, each tailored to serve the agency’s regional hub structure.
Collaborative Delivery Framework 2
Lot 1 – will provide strategy, appraisal and design services for projects above £1m.
Lot 2 – suppliers will be expected to provide simple appraisal and business case services, early supplier engagement to support optioneering, detailed design services, and construction works from a value of £1m to up to £10m.
Lot 3 – suppliers will be expected to provide business case services, early supplier engagement to support optioneering, detailed design services, and construction works from a value of £10m-plus.
Lot 1 and 2 will be divided between six geographic hubs. Lot 3 will also involve lots spilt geographically however the areas covered may be larger. Lot 3 may include the option for the authority to run mini-competitions for higher-value projects.
Interested construction contractors are invited to complete a brief pre-market engagement questionnaire, with submissions due by 10 a.m. on 17 September 2024. This initial survey is specifically aimed at contractors; consultants are not required to participate at this stage.
