Published date: 4 May 2018
Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.
Contract summary
Industry
Offshore drilling services - 76320000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£0 to £6,600,000
Procurement reference
UKSBSPR18074
Published date
4 May 2018
Closing date
13 June 2018
Contract start date
13 August 2018
Contract end date
12 August 2021
Contract type
Service contract
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?
No
Description
CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF BIDS IS 13th JUNE 2018 14:00PM (GMT)
PLEASE DONT CONTACT THE BUYER DIRECTLY
MAXIMUM BUDGET FOR PROJECT IS $9,750,000 (USD)
Client requires a marine drilling and coring capability and suitable vessel to operate offshore for a drilling and coring campaign in Antarctica for up to a 2 months period between mid-December to mid-February 2019 or 2020.
The client is particularly interested in using seabed drilling technology, although other options will be considered.
Along the George V and Adélie Land (GVAL) shelf of Antarctica, shallowly-buried strata contain a record of Antarctica's climate and ice history, from the lush forests of the Eocene greenhouse to the dynamic ice sheet margins of the Neogene.
The main objective of this Expedition is to obtain a detailed stratigraphy from key intervals above and below regional erosional and downlap surfaces to date and characterize major episodes of ice sheet advance and retreat.
To achieve these scientific goals, multiple short boreholes, utilising the offset continuous coring technique will be employed.
The boreholes are located along a slope transect inside the Mertz Polynya, starting in deep water 1070m closest to the ice edge, shallowing to 500m further offshore
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CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF BIDS IS 13th JUNE 2018 14:00PM (GMT)
PLEASE DONT CONTACT THE BUYER DIRECTLY
MAXIMUM BUDGET FOR PROJECT IS $9,750,000 (USD)
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About the buyer
Contact name
Allan Norman
Address
Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England
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