DfI TRAM T-1142 Term Contract for Environmental Maintenance

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Value

£41,250,000

Classifications

  • Planting and maintenance services of green areas
  • Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
  • Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork
  • Engineering works and construction works
  • Tree pruning and hedge trimming
  • Demolition, site preparation and clearance work

Tags

  • tender

Submission Deadline

1 year ago

Published

1 year ago

Description

The Term Contract for Environmental Maintenance cover the following Local Government Districts EME1 - Belfast (North and South); EMN1 - Causeway Coast and Glens; EMS1 - Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon; EMW1 - Cookstown, Dungannon and Magherafelt; EMW2 - Derry and Strabane Within each Contract Area, the works to be undertaken under this Contract may include, but not be limited to, the following principal work activities which are provided by way of example: A. Maintaining grass in both urban and rural areas adopted by a relevant roads authority including experience of undertaking appropriate Temporary Traffic Management on a live trafficked public road. B. Controlling weed growth in areas adopted by a relevant roads authority including experience of undertaking appropriate Temporary Traffic Management on a live trafficked public road. C. Cleaning, jetting and inspection of the roadside drainage system in areas adopted by a relevant roads authority including experience of undertaking appropriate Temporary Traffic Management on a live trafficked public road. Further ancillary works may be asked of the successful Economic Operator such as. 1. Maintaining grass areas using tractor / mowers 2. Maintaining grass areas using small motorised units / strimmers 3. Cleaning of road and footpath gullies 4. Jetting of drainage systems and inspection chambers 5. Weed Control to adopted areas 6. Emergency Responses (Grass Cutting / Gully Cleaning) 7. Traffic Management on Roads as defined in the Roads (NI) Order 1993. 8. Cut, remove or maintain trees / hedges and associated works. 9. Edge ploughing 10.Removal of advertising signs 11.Cleaning of road signs and marker posts

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