Published date: 10 July 2023

Last edited date: 10 July 2023

This notice was replaced on 22 December 2023

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 13 August 2024)

Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Hydrometeorology services - 71351612

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, South West, Scotland, Wales

Value of contract

£4,000,000

Procurement reference

CA18/2/1/82

Published date

10 July 2023

Approach to market date

11 September 2023

Contract start date

1 January 2024

Contract end date

1 January 2028

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

Prior Information Notice - Hydrometry Framework

This notice is not a call for competition - The Coal Authority intends to issue the call for competition on or after September 2023

Requirement Overview
Deliverables from this contract are to provide a service to undertake Hydrometric Monitoring for The Coal Authority, at coal and metal mine sites across the UK.

Supplier engagement notification

Prior to starting the formal tendering process, The Coal Authority will host several supplier engagement events via Microsoft Teams.
The purpose of these events are to provide further information about this requirement, the tendering process, and to invite feedback and questions from potential bidders. So we can provide more detail of our requirements, we are proposing to deliver a session on each Lot. We have also included some sessions where we will cover all of the Lots in a single session for those who are already familiar with our requirements.

Dates/times -
Lot 1 - Options Assessment: 15/08/2023
Lot 2 - Weirs and Flumes: 15/08/2023
Lot 3 - Loggers and Sensors: 17/08/2023
Lot 4- Spot flow gauging and water quality: 17/08/2023
Lot 5 - Pipe flow meter verification: 17/08/2023
All Lots: 18/08/2023

We may also offer some site visits of our recent flow measurement and logger installations, or to see some of the locations that we are currently undertaking spot flow gaugings/ sampling programme. Further information will be stated in the ITT docs.

Interested parties should email Adam Beckett - AdamBeckett@coal.gov.uk to book a place or if there are any queries about this requirement.

More information

Spend profile

This table displays the spend profile of the notice
Financial year Budget
2024/2025 £1,000,000
2025/2026 £1,000,000
2026/2027 £1,000,000
2027/2028 £1,000,000

Attachments

Additional text

This is a non-exclusive framework agreement, and The Coal Authority is unable to guarantee the volume and value of allocated work.

Tenderers may submit a bid for single, multiple or all lot(s).

We may also split some of the lots regionally, so suppliers do not have to necessarily be able to cover the whole of the UK.

This framework is to be co-used by NRW (further details will be published in the ITT)

The estimated framework value, over a 4 year period, is £4m (4 million).

Coal Authority tenders are now being undertaken by the Authority's eTender portal InBye, details of how to register are attached to this notice.

Should you wish to participate in any electronic tender exercise you will need to register your company details, which will require the provision of some company information and agreement to terms and conditions to access the system.

Use of the system is free of charge.

In order to register please log on to https://inbye.coal.gov.uk/s2c/

Should you have any difficulties please refer to the attached generic etender doc or contact Adam Beckett - adambeckett@coal.gov.uk

About the buyer

Contact name

Adam Beckett

Address

200 Lichfield Lane
MANSFIELD
NG184RG
England

Telephone

07776589350

Email

AdamBeckett@coal.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/the-coal-authority