Published date: 17 January 2022

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 11 November 2021, 10am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Technical services - 71356000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£1,063,261.75

Procurement reference

tender_281600/1033333

Published date

17 January 2022

Closing date

11 November 2021

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

24 December 2021

Contract end date

23 December 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Environment Agency (EA) Groundwater Area Implementation Group (GWAIG) have adopted a strategic approach to borehole decommissioning by initiating the National Borehole Decommissioning Project (NBDP). The NBDP currently requires external technical support over the next five-years to survey redundant boreholes and urgently remediate or decommission any high-risk boreholes that are located across the country. The EA GW Level Monitoring Network (GWLMN) comprises of approximately 5,000 active boreholes of our own and other private boreholes. The GWLMN has evolved over a long period of time from regional groundwater level monitoring networks that were first established by the water authorities. This network of GWLMN boreholes and wells is now used by the Environment Agency (EA) to assess the condition of water resources, support drought management decisions, assist in flood forecasting, evaluate WFD compliance, etc.

The EA GW Teams constantly review the validity of the GWLMN and if a borehole is judged as being redundant it is now transferred across to the NBDP. To date, 2,496 redundant boreholes have been identified on a Master Information Request Spreadsheet (MIRS) as assets for further investigation.

The aim of this commission is to provide technical support to identify and survey a catalogue of redundant boreholes that has been compiled during a comprehensive desk-based survey. Currently, 421 redundant boreholes have been surveyed, leaving an outstanding number of 2,075 redundant boreholes to be surveyed. This commission builds on previous work performed since 2017.

More information

Attachments

Additional text

Below is a link to the website where the framework terms and conditions are available: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homes-england-contracts-and-tenders

Award information

Awarded date

24 December 2021

Contract start date

24 December 2021

Contract end date

23 December 2026

Total value of contract

£1,063,261.75

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Tetra Tech Ltd

Address

3 Sovereign Square, Sovereign Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS1 4ER

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

XX

Address

17 Nobel House
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Telephone

+443001234500

Email

procurement@defra.gov.uk