Top 5 construction tenders - 20 August 2009

This week's top five construction tenders include a £1.5bn radioactive waste treatment facility for Sellafield, a £300m highways framework in the Midlands and a £30m hotel for the Rose Bowl cricket ground. The details are only a summary of what's available, for the full OJEU click on the link.

Sellafield: Treatment facility

• Value: £250m-£1.5bn
• Sellafield has put out to tender the design and build of a plant to handle radioactive effluent on the site. The construction of the highly active liquid effluent facility, thought to be the largest deal so far in Sellafield's decommissioning, includes the construction of a new build facility to accommodate new high active storage tanks with associated process plant.
• Deadline: 9 October

Leicester: Highways framework

• Value: £125m-£300m
• Leicestershire County Council is advertising for contractors to join the Midlands Highway Alliance Medium Schemes Framework 1 (MSF1). It is looking for four contractors to take on the infrastructure work across the Midlands over four years from April 2010.
• Deadline: 19 October

London: Highway maintenance

• Value: £38m
• Ealing Council is looking for a contractor to perform maintenance and civil engineering works across the borough. The work is split into two lots. One, worth £17.5m is for highway maintenance and the other, worth £21m, is for minor civil engineering work.
• Deadline: 17 September

Eastleigh: Hotel Construction

• Value: £30m
• Eastleight Borough Council plans to build a hotel at the Rose Bowl cricket ground. It is advertising for a developer to acquire the land and design and build a hotel that will achieve a four star rating.
• Deadline: 1 September

Bath: Transport network

• Value: £22m
• A rapid transit bus system is planned for bath together with a network throughout the city. The work is split into four lots including the design and build of a dedicated off road bus route, a new park and ride car park, a rapid transit bus route and associated city centre improvement works.
• Deadline: 2 September