Balfour Beatty seeks bridge bearing supplier for 16 Lower Thames Crossing structures

Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering is seeking a supplier to design, make and install bridge bearings for the Lower Thames Crossing Roads North programme, with responses due by 13 November, according to a notice on Contracts Finder.

The package covers design support to the design partner during detailed design, followed by manufacture, supply, delivery and installation of bearings to 16 structures across the project in the East of England.

Expressions of interest are invited via an eligibility questionnaire to assess capability, capacity and preferred delivery models. Organisations of all sizes, including SMEs, consortia, joint ventures and wider supply chain arrangements, may respond.

Respondents should demonstrate quality management systems, health, safety and environmental accreditations, manufacturing and delivery capability, and installation resources and expertise. Experience working within National Highways or similar is described as desirable.

The notice was published on 30 October.

Submissions close on 13 November. The contract runs for 37 months from 30 September 2027 to 1 November 2030. The opportunity is marked suitable for SMEs and is not a framework.