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Upper Thurne Package 3 Construction Works
Broads (2006) Internal Drainage Board · Local or regional public body
In brief
Broads (2006) Internal Drainage Board has announced plans to buy construction and electrical work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
The estimated value is £7,000,000 excluding VAT.
The contract runs for 20 months, starting 6 April 2027.
The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
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What the notice says
Broads IDB is planning to procure a Contractor for the design and construction of 2 x pumping stations and one culvert, namely Horse Fen pumping station and Somerton South pumping station and Somerton culvert.
Each of these sites has an existing asset which will need to be decommissioned.
Design for all sites principally consists of tasks as follows:-
- Telemetry system
- External lighting
- Functional Design Specification and Human Machine Interface displays
- Sensors and monitoring equipment
- Stop log systems and non return gates valves, non return flap valves, penstocks and flow meters
- Ducting and draw pits
- Precast Concrete Components (outfall structures, pump support slabs and kiosk bases)
- Motor Control Centre (MCC), kiosk trench support system and full electrical system design
- Control kiosk including Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) and, fire and intruder alarm
- Temporary works including relevant licenses, permissions and consents
The Water Management Alliance (WMA) will oversee this procurement on behalf of the Broads Internal Drainage Board working with Turner & Townsend as advisors.
Interested bidders should email procurement@wlma.org.uk in response to this market engagement notice and arrangements can be made for market engagement sessions.
How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 088495-2026
About the buyer
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From notice 088495-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 18 September 2026. We last checked for changes on 27 September 2026.