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title: "Watercourse Maintenance"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000845686"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "Renfrewshire Council"
published: "2026-10-20"
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# Watercourse Maintenance

Buyer: Renfrewshire Council  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000845686

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## Summary

Renfrewshire Council intends to procure watercourse maintenance works across Renfrewshire. The contract is to meet the council’s statutory duties for maintaining watercourses, reservoirs and flood-prevention schemes. Work includes drainage, cleaning and minor repairs to grids, culverts, drains and flood-prevention schemes, as well as emergency works. The scope will be tailored to an annual schedule of specific locations. Most work is reactive: sites may be identified following flooding or a complaint, or through routine inspection. The work concerns natural drainage. Suppliers in watercourse, drainage and flood-prevention maintenance, including firms able to carry out minor repairs and respond to emergency requirements, are the most directly relevant.

This procurement is at the planning stage: the council has stated an intention to buy, but has not yet invited tenders. It is planned as a single-lot works contract. The council expects to publish a further notice on 30 October 2026; this is an indicative date for the next notice, not a bid deadline. The planned contract is based on an annual schedule of locations, with much of the work triggered reactively. The procurement data does not set out an expected procedure, evaluation criteria, eligibility requirements, contract duration or estimated value. Suppliers should treat these as matters to check when the council publishes the competition details.

The work is likely to suit contractors with practical experience maintaining natural watercourses and drainage infrastructure, including cleaning and minor repair of grids, culverts and drains, and maintaining flood-prevention schemes. The reactive nature of much of the work favours businesses able to organise site visits in response to inspections, reported flooding or complaints, alongside planned annual maintenance. Capacity to undertake emergency works will also be relevant. The council describes a bespoke scope covering specific locations across Renfrewshire, so suppliers should be prepared to deliver varied tasks rather than a single standardised service. The stated scope points to civil engineering and drainage maintenance capabilities; no particular accreditation, technical standard or minimum capacity is identified at this planning stage.

## Notice

Renfrewshire Council has a statutory obligation to maintain watercourses and reservoirs and flood prevention schemes within the Renfrewshire boundary including drainage works; cleaning and minor repair works to grids, culverts, drains & flood prevention schemes; and emergency works. The Watercourse Maintenance Works contract involves a bespoke scope of services based on an annual schedule of specific locations. The majority of these services are reactive, meaning that locations needing treatment are highlighted only after flooding has taken place, a complaint has been lodged or through routine inspection, and is "natural" drainage in type.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Renfrewshire Council has a statutory obligation to maintain watercourses and reservoirs and flood prevention schemes within the Renfrewshire boundary including drainage works; cleaning and minor repair works to grids, culverts, drains & flood prevention schemes; and emergency works. The Watercourse Maintenance Works contract involves a bespoke scope of services based on an annual schedule of specific locations. The majority of these services are reactive, meaning that locations needing treatment are highlighted only after flooding has taken place, a complaint has been lodged or through routine inspection, and is "natural" drainage in type.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT566929 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Prior Information Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Works |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 30 Oct 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Renfrewshire Council |
| Locality | PAISLEY |
| Postcode area | Paisley |
| Postcode | PA1 1JB |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM33 Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, and Renfrewshire |
| Local authority | Renfrewshire |
| Electoral ward | Paisley East and Central |
| Westminster constituency | Paisley and Renfrewshire South |
| Delivery location | TLM83 Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, and Renfrewshire |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 45 - Construction work
- 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

### Codes

- 45246000 - River regulation and flood control works
- 45246400 - Flood-prevention works
- 45262640 - Environmental improvement works
- 90700000 - Environmental services

## Release History

- 20 Oct 2026 at 01:00 - Planning - PCS Notice - Website Prior Information Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT566929

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT566929
  Watercourse Maintenance - Renfrewshire Council has a statutory obligation to maintain watercourses and reservoirs and flood prevention schemes within the Renfrewshire boundary including drainage works; cleaning and minor repair works to grids, culverts, drains & flood prevention schemes; and emergency works. The Watercourse Maintenance Works contract involves a bespoke scope of services based on an annual schedule of specific locations. The majority of these services are reactive, meaning that locations needing treatment are highlighted only after flooding has taken place, a complaint has been lodged or through routine inspection, and is "natural" drainage in type.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000845686
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=845686

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