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Livesey Hall Footbridge PTSI Post Tensioned Inspection

Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council

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25 Aug 2026 at 13:08

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council procured specialist engineering and inspection services for Livesey Hall Rail Bridge, a council-owned post-tensioned concrete footbridge spanning the railway near Cherry Tree, Pleasington. The requirement covers a full post-tensioned inspection, assessment and management plan so the structure can be inspected, managed and maintained effectively, with risks logged and reduced. The work also supports the council’s structure management strategy, requested by Network Rail because the bridge presents a risk over its railway lines. Services fall within architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services (CPV 71000000). Delivery is in Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, at Livesey Hall Rail Bridge near Cherry Tree and Pleasington. The requirement is for professional technical advice and staged bridge-management work rather than general construction or routine visual inspection.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Pell Frischmann Consultants Limited. It used a direct award below the applicable threshold, without competition, after prices were requested and one price was received. The award date and contract signature date were 25 August 2026. The contract runs from 25 August 2026 to 24 August 2027. Its value is £61,428 excluding VAT and £73,714 including VAT. There is one completed lot. The scope is delivered as a phased package, with each phase undertaken separately and the next phase tailored to the findings from the previous stage. The evaluation outcome reflects the supplier’s ability to provide a competent, knowledgeable and sensible phased approach to highly specialist post-tensioned bridge inspection and management.

This procurement demonstrates demand from Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council for highly specialist post-tensioned bridge inspection and management expertise. Suppliers seeking to compete for a future requirement of this type would need proven capability in inspecting and assessing post-tensioned concrete bridge structures, identifying and managing structural risk, and producing a practical inspection and management plan. Experience of bridges over operational railway infrastructure would be particularly relevant, given the need to address risks affecting Network Rail’s lines. The successful approach was phased, with later work shaped by earlier findings, so credible providers would need strong technical judgement, staged investigation methods and the capacity to adapt their work programme as evidence develops. Engineering consultancy experience covering construction and inspection services would be central to competing for this buyer’s requirement.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Livesey Hall Footbridge PTSI Post Tensioned Inspection

Notice Description

Livesey Hall Rail Bridge is a council owned footbridge comprising a post tensioned concrete main beam structure spanning the railway near Cherry Tree, Pleasington. Livesey Hall Rail Bridge is regularly inspected visually from the surface however, it requires a full Post Tensioned Inspection and Management Plan to inspect, manage and maintain effectively and to log and reduce risks. Network Rail have requested our structure management strategy too as it represents a risk over their lines. Prices to inspect and produce a management plan were requested with only one price received from Pell Frischmann. The works required to inspect, assess and manage post tensioned bridges are highly specialist - the other companies invited to price struggled to provide the service with only Pell Frischmann being able to provide the services and price them as a competent, knowledgeable and sensible phased package approach. Each phase being undertaken individually; the next phase would be tailored according to the previous stage's findings.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06eb90
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080838-2026
Current Stage
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All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

CPV Codes

71000000 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£61,428 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
25 Aug 2026Yesterday
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
25 Aug 20262 days ago
Contract Period
25 Aug 2026 - 24 Aug 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BLACKBURN
Postcode
BB1 7DY
Postcode Area
Blackburn
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD4 Lancashire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD41 Blackburn with Darwen
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Blackburn with Darwen
Electoral Ward
Blackburn Central
Westminster Constituency
Blackburn

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

PELL FRISCHMANN CONSULTANTS LIMITED

Further Information

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