Scunthorpe & Gainsborough Water Management Board (S&GWB) and The Ancholme Internal Drainage Board (AIDB) have commissioned North Lincolnshire Council (NLC) to undertake a formal tender exercise on its behalf to procure contractor(s) to deliver the watercourse maintenance services commencing July 2014.

Services Include, but not limited to:

- Flail Mowing – grass, weeds and other growths;

- De-weeding – of grass, weeds and other growths;

- De-silting – of gravel, silt and weed growth;

- Reporting and recording;

- Piling – Installation of timber toe piling and boarding;

- Brashing – Removal of tree/bush/hedge/ overgrowth;

- Hand labour.

The contract will be awarded on the basis of the following lots:

Lot 1 – Flail Mowing of Banks, Removal of Aquatic Vegetation from Bed and Clearance of Culvert – Scunthorpe and Gainsborough Water Management Board areas.

Lot 2 – Flail Mowing of Banks, Desilting of Watercourses and Clearance of Culverts – Scunthorpe and Gainsborough Water Management Board areas.

Lot 3 - Removal of Aquatic Vegetation from Bed, Flail Mowing and Clearance of Culverts in District A – Ancholme Internal Drainage Board areas.

Lot 4 - Removal of Aquatic Vegetation from Bed, Flail Mowing and Clearance of Culverts in District B – Ancholme Internal Drainage Board areas.

Tenders are invited in hard copy format only. Interested parties may request invitation to tender documents by contacting North Lincolnshire Council either in writing at:

Nigel Dexter

Strategic Procurement Unit

North Lincolnshire Council

Civic Centre

Ashby Road

Scunthorpe

North Lincolnshire

DN16 1AB

or e-mail nigel.dexter@northlincs.gov.uk or call +44 1724296885.

The deadline for the receipt of tenders is 12:00 noon 9.12.2013.