Published date: 26 July 2023

Last edited date: 11 August 2023

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: 29 November 2023, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Offshore drilling services - 76320000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£17,000,000

Procurement reference

BIP792967764

Published date

26 July 2023

Closing date

29 November 2023

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

1 June 2024

Contract end date

31 August 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

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The British Geological Survey (BGS), acting on behalf of the European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD), requires a marine coring capability and suitable vessel to operate offshore New England, USA, for a scientific drilling, coring and groundwater sampling campaign for a period of between 75 - 90 days (estimated) between June and August 2024. This scientific coring project seeks to extend our understanding of the current and past states of fluid composition, pressure, and temperature in continental shelf environments. In many coastal settings worldwide, the distribution of freshwater within continental shelf sediments is far out of equilibrium with modern sea level. One of the most remarkable examples is found on the Atlantic continental shelf off New England where groundwater within shallow Pliocene-Pleistocene sand aquifers over 100 km offshore has low salinity (3000 mg/l or less). This project will test several hypotheses to help constrain rates, directions, and mechanisms of groundwater flow and chemical fluxes in continental shelf systems.

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About the buyer

Address

North Star Avenue
Swindon
Sn2 1FL
UK

Telephone

+447562167366

Email

kate.richardson@ukri.orh