Published date: 4 June 2025

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Opportunity (published 9 June 2025, last edited 9 June 2025)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Test drilling and boring work - 45120000

  • Underground work other than tunnels, shafts and subways - 45221250

  • Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork - 45230000

Location of contract

London, South East

Value of contract

£500,000 to £5,000,000

Procurement reference

RNT-LTC-TC 01

Published date

4 June 2025

Approach to market date

4 June 2025

Contract start date

1 September 2025

Contract end date

11 August 2027

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Contractor will need to take full responsibility for the design and construction, including any required consents/ approvals, constraints and stakeholder management applicable for the various crossings.

Works will include, but not be limited to, the following:

Launch/ Reception Pit/Shaft
Design and excavation, including all appropriate Temporary Works Design and approvals for the launch/ reception pits. Shafts are temporary and does not need to be accessible on completion of the works.

HDD
Requirements for Design Pricing by contractor

• Detail Design of launch and reception pits including relevant calculations to support CD622 application to Highways England.
• Detail Design of the pipeline crossing including long sections and explanation/justification for choice of tunnelling method.
• Design of all temporary works associated with the installation including relevant checks and approvals.
• Design Liaison to support application queries etc.

• Mobilization of required plant & material including any associated traffic orders.
• Provision of temporary welfare at both work sites for own workforce.
• Provision and installation and removal of all temporary works associated with the construction.
• Installation of launch pit including plant, labour and materials.
• Installation of reception pit including plant labour and materials.
• Installation of various trenchless techniques (HDD/ Auger/ Micro) to achieve the desired results, including all as-builts and records.
• Supply of PE pipe as required..
• Removal and storage of arisings from excavations.
• Disposal of arisings from excavations.
• Backfill and reinstatement of excavations.
• Removal and disposal of any excess backfill and waste materials resulting from the installation.
• Provision of and disposal of all bentonite slurry.
• Dewatering.

More information

Spend profile

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Financial year Budget
2025/2026 £500,000

Attachments

  • Trenchless Crossing Eligibility Criteria.xlsx
  • Eligibility criteria
  • How to apply: Returns due 13.06.25
    Please complete the attached Trenchless Crossing Eligibility Criteria and email BBLTCProcurementandSupplyChain@balfourbeatty.com including attachments. Failure to complete eligibility criteria PQQ in full will result in disqualification from progressing to the next stage. The following questions are designed as 'Qualification Questions' to assess your organisations ability to meet Balfour Beatty's and Lower Thames Crossing's supply chain requirements requirements for the Trenchless Crossing Works.
    Please note this is by no means a guarantee of any work.

Additional text

The Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) is a new road to better connect Essex and Kent through a tunnel beneath the River Thames. Our purpose is to drive a change in how we deliver - connecting people to jobs and businesses to opportunities, leaving a skills legacy for the local community and construction industry, all whilst restoring nature and drawing a new blueprint for low-carbon construction.

Our ambition is to deliver the UK's greenest road, and to do the right thing for local communities and the environment. We can only achieve this with the support of our supply chain, and it is therefore critical that for any supplier to be successful in winning work on LTC, they must demonstrate commitments to supporting delivery of our ambitions:

• Delivering the works through a 'zero emissions' solution, and not using diesel on site in any plant or machinery.

• Supporting us to leave a skills legacy for the local community, by not only recruiting locally, but upskilling your workforce to enable meaningful progression into higher paid higher skilled work.

• Helping to facilitate successful opportunities by providing early careers roles, as well as inspiring young people into construction through delivery of STEM engagement.

About the buyer

Address

5 Churchill Pl
London
E145HU
England

Email

BBLTCProcurementandSupplyChain@balfourbeatty.com