22-167 External Works Framework

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (RMBC) are inviting bids from a number of organisations who might be able to provide works that meet RMBC's current needs to establish a framework of suppliers for a variety of hard and soft landscape works, highway surfacing & civil works, supply and installation of play equipment, sports equipment & surfacing, fencing & metal works and masonry works.

The framework lot descriptions are as follows:

• LOT 1 - Hard & Soft Landscape Works

• LOT 2a - Highway Surfacing

• LOT 2b - Highway Surfacing & Civils Works

• LOT 3 - Fencing & Metal works

• LOT 4 - Play Equipment

• LOT 5a - Sports Equipment & LOT 5b Sports Surfacing

• LOT 6 - Masonry

Carriageways, footways, paved areas and verges including but not limited to; All LOT 2a Works Plus: Kerbing and Channelling - Supply and installation of various types of kerbs and channels (e.g. pre-cast concrete, granite, conservation). Construction, resurfacing and maintenance of footways and paved areas including asphalt, concrete, and flag paving. Installation and repairs of block, slab and other paved areas for footways / footpaths, and shared spaces. Drainage Works including installation and maintenance of drainage systems (piped and linear), including gullies, channels, and manhole repairs. Earthworks and Groundworks including : Site clearance and excavation and filling to levels, Subbase preparation and compaction, Backfilling and reinstatement of trenches. Utility Work including installation of ducting and utility chambers, Adjustments to existing utility infrastructure (e.g. raising / lowering of manhole and service covers) to align with new surface levels.

Miscellaneous Civils works to include: Concrete walls (e.g. reinforced concrete, masonry), Foundations for small structures (e.g. street furniture, bollards, signs), Small structural repairs, Gabion Wall Installation, Installation and maintenance of steps (e.g. concrete, granite, conservation), Installation of foundations for street lighting columns, bollards, and other street furniture. Installation and maintenance of street furniture (e.g. bollards, benches, signs, bins etc). Supply & Installation of Guardrails, pedestrians barriers and handrails. Public Realm Improvements including: Hard landscaping (e.g. public realm improvements, granite setts) to highways areas; Soft Landscape reinstatement, forming tree pits and soiling as part of civils works).

Specialist Civils Work including installation of tactile paving for pedestrian crossings and visual-audible crossings (VAC’s) including kerb adjustment and surfacing, concrete and stick down tactile units. Cycle Lane Segregation measures (e.g. kerb separators, wands). Traffic Calming Measures including Precast concrete cushions, Preformed bolt-down traffic calming items, Highway Build Outs.