Published date: 13 December 2021

Last edited date: 24 December 2021

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.


Closing: 28 January 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

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Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£600,000

Procurement reference

KENT001-DN587160-91958880

Published date

13 December 2021

Closing date

28 January 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

15 February 2022

Contract end date

14 February 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Kent County Council has a requirement for the provision of Coring and Material Testing Services to be delivered by a Contractor on behalf of the Growth Environment and Transportation Directorate. The services included within this opportunity are coring and testing of utility reinstatements; coring of other areas for investigations prior to highway maintenance and improvement works; collecting of samples; sampling of materials used on the highway; carrying out specified in situ and laboratory tests and providing technical personnel and factual reports.

The Contractor will provide the services in accordance with Good Industry Practice and comply with the Contract, specifications, British Standards, guides, protocols and codes of practice as updated, amended and superseded from time to time. The contract will be a single lot covering all 12 districts and predicted (though not guaranteed) spend is circa £150K/PA.

The contract will commence for a period of two years unless terminated in accordance with the Conditions of Contract. The contract can be extended for up to a maximum of a further 2 years.

The Client intends to procure the Contract via the open competitive tender procedure in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

SC21094 - Coring and Material Testing

  • Opportunity
  • Published 13 December 2021

Links

About the buyer

Contact name

Milly Massy

Address

County Hall
Maidstone
ME14 1XQ
United Kingdom

Email

milly.massy@kent.gov.uk

Website

http://www.kent.gov.uk