Ground Investigation Works and Laboratory Services

Contract summary

Industry

• Geological, geophysical and other scientific prospecting services - 71351000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£35,947.50 to £50,000

Procurement reference

SUN001-DN568972-57848189

Published date

28 September 2021

Closing date

24 September 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

18 October 2021

Contract end date

31 October 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

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Description

Holmeside from its junction with Waterloo Street to it junction with Vine Place; Brougham Street over its entire length; Waterloo Place from its junction with Brougham Street to it junction with Holmeside; Athenaeum Street from its junction with Waterloo Place to its junction with Waterloo Street and Maritime Street from its junction with Holmeside to its junction with Blandford Street.

This ground investigation is aimed at capturing the requirements of the TCF Holmeside gyratory and bus gate scheme. Works will include narrowing Holmeside in places to create one-way flow whilst rationalising loading facilities, creating access to the proposed new multi-storey car park and creating the bus gate on to Vine Place. Works will involve extending Maritime Street through the previous Peacocks site to join into Brougham Street thus creating the new gyratory. The scheme will also feature public realm improvements to Athenaeum Street, Brougham Street and Waterloo Place in conjunction with the Station upgrade works.


Scope of Investigation

The proposed investigation will comprise the following:
• 9 no. hand excavated trial pits
• 17 no. in-situ Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (DCP) tests (in each trial pit and road core)
• 8 no. road cores in the existing carriageway
• Geotechnical, chemical, and geo-environmental laboratory testing and classification on recovered soil and groundwater samples - this shall include sufficient testing to identify sulphate levels for the design of buried concrete and classification of clay highlighting shrinkage potential.
• 9 no. CBR laboratory testing on recovered soil samples
• 9 no. Hand Shear Vane tests
• 1 no. Infiltration Tests

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Award information

Awarded date

28 September 2021

Contract start date

18 October 2021

Contract end date

31 October 2021

Total value of contract

£35,947.50

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

FWS Consultants Ltd

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About the buyer

Contact name

Graham Brown

Address

Jack Crawford House
Commercial Road
Sunderland
SR2 8QR
England

Telephone

07387259468

Email

graham.brown@sunderland.gov.uk

Website

http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/