Published date: 24 July 2017

Withdrawn opportunity - This means that the contract has been withdrawn early. This could be due to a change of circumstances.


Closing: 11 August 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Machine tools for drilling, boring or milling metal - 42637000

  • Test drilling work - 45121000

  • Drilling services - 76300000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£100,000 to £160,000

Procurement reference

UK SBS PR17083 Monitoring Boreholes/2

Published date

24 July 2017

Closing date

11 August 2017

Contract start date

29 August 2017

Contract end date

28 August 2018

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

CLOSING TIME FOR BIDS IS 11/08/2017 AT 14:00 HOURS.
DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE BUYER.
To express your interest in this opportunity please email ExpressionOfInterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk. To register on our e-sourcing portal click on https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk and follow the link "Supplier eSourcing Registration"

The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), through its centre/survey the British Geological Survey (BGS - known hereafter as "The Authority"), invites tenders for the provision of drilling services to support project monitoring and research activities. The purpose of the project is establish whether the phosphorus release from the Upper Greensand is derived from primary (natural) apatite minerals or from the dissolution of phosphorus minerals formed in situ in the presence of anthropogenic phosphorus arriving in the Upper Greensand from overlying fertiliser soils and septic tank sewage .

It is planned that the work shall be carried at six sites in total with a pair of drilled boreholes at each site in the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire. NGR: SU 015 588, SU 150 625, SU 130 600 (all indicative only at this time but will be confirmed at a later date, in total, 3 pair of core should be taken in a pristine forest area, and three pair on agricultural ground).

If the preferred sites are not accessible to The Authority, any alternative site shall be in the area of a radius of approximately 10 miles of the above.

At the 6 sites, a pair of boreholes shall be required to provide:

a. Cored sample returns from the boreholes to be sub-sampled and processed,

It is planned to drill the pairs of boreholes from Ground Level (GL) to a Total Depth (TD) of approximately 25 m and 5 m adjacent to each other (within 5 m). All of the boreholes will be backfilled and surface conditions reinstated to site condition.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

UK SBS PR17083 Monitoring Boreholes

  • Opportunity
  • Published 24 July 2017

Attachments

Additional text

PLEASE DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE BUYER CLOSING TIME FOR BIDS IS 11/08/2017 AT 14:00 HOURS.
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About the buyer

Contact name

Elizabeth Gage

Address

Polaris House
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England

Email

Majorprojects@uksbs.co.uk