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title: "Gull Wing Bridge Operations and Maintenance – Maintenance Services only"
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# Gull Wing Bridge Operations and Maintenance – Maintenance Services only

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gull-wing-bridge-operations-and-maintenance-maintenance-services-only-ocds-h6vhtk-0436d2). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Associated British Ports: "Gull Wing Bridge Operations and Maintenance – Maintenance Services only". Published status: active. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 1 Mar 2024. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Associated British Ports](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/associated-british-ports-coh-zc000195)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 1 March 2024 at 00:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Repair and maintenance services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH14
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0436d2`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gull-wing-bridge-operations-and-maintenance-maintenance-services-only-ocds-h6vhtk-0436d2#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fabp%2Faspx%2FTenders%2FCurrent)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gull-wing-bridge-operations-and-maintenance-maintenance-services-only-ocds-h6vhtk-0436d2#participate

## Description
ABP (the contractor) is in a procurement negotiation process with Suffolk County Council (SCC) for the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) contract for the newly constructed Gull Wing bridge in the port of Lowestoft.•	SCC are procuring this O&M contract with ABP under a VEAT process with ABP as the sole candidate for supply of the works.•	The Services are for the Sub-Contractors management and delivery of maintenance services for the Gull Wing bridge in the Port of Lowestoft.•	The Sub-Contractor’s general obligations under the contract include the:•	Management and delivery of inspections and cyclic and reactive maintenance for all structural assets,•	Management and delivery of inspections and cyclic and reactive maintenance for all highways assets,•	Management and delivery of inspections and cyclic and reactive maintenance for all mechanical, electrical and hydraulic systems assets associated with the operation of the bridge,•	Management and delivery of inspections and cyclic and

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 50000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** •	ABP (the contractor) is in a procurement negotiation process with Suffolk County Council (SCC) for the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) contract for the newly constructed Gull Wing bridge in the port of Lowestoft.•	SCC are procuring this O&M contra...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F003545-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-02-02T13:54:44.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T12:05:25.945Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0436d2