Published date: 5 July 2018

Last edited date: 5 July 2018

This notice was replaced on 25 November 2019

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

Awarded contract (published 25 November 2019, last edited 28 January 2020)

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

  • Research laboratory services - 73111000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

CA18/2/1/5

Published date

5 July 2018

Closing date

20 July 2018

Contract start date

20 August 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Coal Authority was established by Parliament to undertake specific statutory duties, set out in the Coal Industry Act 1994, associated with licensing coal mining operations; managing property and the historic legacy arising from the ownership of the coal reserves and underground workings; settling subsidence damage claims not falling on coal mine operators and providing access to coal mining information.

This requirement will be for chemostratigraphic analysis by laboratory methods principally of recovered coal measure drill cutting samples obtained from a subsidence remediation site within the Northumberland Coalfield.

Upto 300 samples will require testing. The samples will be collected and delivered to the successful contractor's laboratory by the Coal Authority.

All samples will contain recovered materials over the quoted borehole depth range amounting to 20g or more by weight. They will comprise rock types typical of the coal measures sandstones, siltstones, mudstones and some samples of coal. Some sample contamination by PFA grout and drill fluid may exist.

Please be aware that this tender exercise will be undertaken via the Coal Authority's eTender portal where all documents can be found.

Should you wish to participate in this tender exercise you 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. - Please follow this link to register - https://inbye.coal.gov.uk/s2c/

Should you have any difficulties with this procedure, please contact Peter Kobryn - peterkobryn@coal.gov.uk

Although the despatch, completion and return of tenders will be undertaken electronically, the Authority will issue a letter to award the contract.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Chemostratigraphic analysis by lab methods

  • Future opportunity
  • Published 8 February 2018, last edited 8 February 2018

Attachments

About the buyer

Contact name

Peter Kobryn

Address

200 Lichfield Lane
MANSFIELD
NG184RG
England

Telephone

01623 637302

Email

peterkobryn@coal.gov.uk