Published date: 19 August 2024
Last edited date: 2 September 2024
This notice was replaced on 24 September 2024
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Awarded contract (published 2 July 2025)
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Contract summary
Industry
Water-treatment work - 45232430
Location of contract
North East, North West, South West
Value of contract
£500,000
Procurement reference
CA18/2/1/95
Published date
19 August 2024
Approach to market date
23 September 2024
Contract start date
2 January 2025
Contract end date
31 March 2026
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
In 2011, the Water and Abandoned Metal Mines (WAMM) Programme was set up between the Environment Agency, Defra and the Coal Authority to address pollution of rivers by abandoned metal mines.
Currently, the Coal Authority operates four WAMM mine water treatment schemes, each using a different treatment technology,
which are improving water quality in about 20 km of rivers.
In January 2023, Parliament adopted a statutory metal mines target, under the Environment Act 2021, to halve the length of English rivers polluted by harmful metals from abandoned metal mines by 2038.
The Government's Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP), published in January 2023, estimated that to achieve this long-term target would likely require around 40 new mine water treatment schemes and a similar number of diffuse interventions.
The EIP set a non-statutory interim target to construct 8 mine water treatment schemes and 20 diffuse interventions by 31 January 2028.
To help deliver the interim and long-term targets, the WAMM Programme is currently investigating active treatment options for mine water discharging from abandoned metal mines by undertaking active treatment trials on up to five sites
The purpose of this document is to alert interested parties to a forthcoming open tender exercise which will seek to appoint party/parties to undertake these investigations.
No action is required from interested parties at this stage however, if you have any queries about this opportunity please contact peterkobryn@coal.gov.uk no later than 23 September 2024.
Accompanied visits to the five sites in question will be arranged during the tender period. Interested parties are strongly recommended to attend the site visits to support their submissions for this opportunity.
To enable resources to be planned for these visits please see below the dates and times that these visits will take place
If you require any further details with regard to these site visits for the purposes of planning, or wish to register your interest in attending please contact peterkobryn@coal.gov.uk
Date Site Location
08/10/2024 A Cornwall, South West of England
09/10/2024 B Devon, South West of England
30/09/2024 C County Durham, North Pennines
01/10/2024 D County Durham, North Pennines
02/10/2024 E Westmorland and Furness, North Pennines
More information
Spend profile
| Financial year | Budget |
|---|---|
| 2024/2025 | £65,000 |
| 2025/2026 | £250,000 |
| 2026/2027 | £185,000 |
Attachments
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- Active Treatment Trials PIN.pdf
- Notice of planned procurement
- Find attached more details about this forthcoming opportunity
Additional text
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The appointed party / parties will design and undertake pilot trials for the active treatment of mine water of up to 5 no. sites to obtain data for optimised treatment process and costs for treating the mine water at full-scale.
The Coal Authority is looking to award a number of packages of work through this tender ranging from 1 no. of the active trials up to 5 no. active trails. These may be at any of the 5 identified sites.
The Coal Authority reserves the right to award to multiple parties depending on the proposals provided during the tender period. Tenders shall be scored on the basis of most advantageous economic tender against criteria to be published in the tender documents.
The appointed party / parties shall design and supply a suitable pilot scale active treatment plant for each of the mine water sources to be treated.
The appointed party / parties shall provide an individual report at the end of each trial detailing the outcomes.
Following the publication of this engagement notice we shall launch the open tender with a contract notice published on week commencing 23 September 2024
No action is required from interested parties at this stage however, if you have any queries about this opportunity please contact peterkobryn@coal.gov.uk no later than 23 September 2024.
About the buyer
Contact name
Peter Kobryn
Address
200 Lichfield Lane
MANSFIELD
NG184RG
England
Telephone
07826 874541
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