Purpose

Works are currently in progress to repair a
collapsed retaining wall at Burnley Road Laund in Rawtenstall. The
wall supports the A682 adjacent Limey Water.

There is an Environment Agency restriction on the works period that
requires works to be completed by the end of September.

The project requires the use of specialist equipment to undertake
installation of temporary works. This is needed because of ground
conditions and limits on vibration for vulnerable utilities.

Prices for the works have been sought from a number of suppliers
but only one has provided a response for the work specified.

If the work was retendered, the project could not be completed
within the current programme resulting in the works being delayed
until summer 2025.

This would expose the site to risk of inundation by the river and
potential further collapse with associated risk to utilities and
use of the highway.

Head of Service is asked to approve the direct award to a single
supplier for the provision of a specialist works on the basis that
there is an urgent need for the works to be carried out within the
planned programme and that retendering is unlikely to result in a
reduction in cost for provision of the work because of the
specialist nature of the work and the equipment needed.

Content

Ridwan Musa, Head of Highways
Operations and Design, took the decision to agree the proposed
single tender action on the basis that there is an urgent
requirement to undertake the works.