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Ground Investigation Services

LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

10 May 2021 at 09:19

Tender

18 Mar 2021 at 16:15

Summary of the contracting process

Lancashire County Council is seeking to establish a framework agreement for Ground Investigation Services, with the procurement currently in the active tender stage. This project falls under the services category, specifically addressing ground investigation work essential for various projects including new highway schemes and maintenance of existing infrastructure. The tender period is set to close on 20 April 2021, with an estimated total value of £1,600,000. The procurement method employed is an open procedure, allowing multiple suppliers to participate.

This procurement opportunity provides significant potential for growth and expansion, particularly for businesses specialising in geotechnical services, soil sampling, and environmental probing. Companies with experience in conducting thorough ground investigations, borehole drilling, and producing factual reports would be particularly well-suited to compete for the contract. Given that the framework agreement may span up to four years, successful bidders have the chance for ongoing work and collaboration with Lancashire County Council on future projects.

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Notice Title

Ground Investigation Services

Notice Description

The Authority was looking to procure a framework agreement (Agreement) for the provision of Ground Investigation Services and Associated Works. The work content would relate to Ground Investigation (i.e. boreholes/soil sampling and testing/ factual and interpretative reporting) as outlined in the Scope-Specification. The Agreement would be used to carry out site investigations for new highway schemes, existing highway maintenance schemes, new Council buildings including new school developments and the potential treatment of mineshafts and shallow mine workings. The investigation works would comprise of hand excavated trial pits, cable percussion boreholes, rotary open hole and core drilling, dynamic probing, environmental probing, road pavement and structural coring. Sampling will be required, together with the production of borehole logs and factual reports, where required. Further information can be found within the Scope-Specification.

Lot Information

Work Packages Under PS30,000

Lancashire County Council was seeking to Procure a framework agreement. Details of which were included within the tender documents.

Options: The initial Agreement period would be three (3) years, after such time the Authority may have extended the Agreement by any number of defined periods, provided that the total duration does not exceed four (4) years.

Renewal: The Framework Agreement is available for up to a 4 year period, following which there may or may not be an opportunity for a re-procurement. The Framework Agreement included within Tender Documents outlines any relevant break clauses or periods within the awarded term where a re-procurement could occur. Any re-procurement will be at the discretion of the contracting authority and will be completed compliantly.

Work Packages over PS30,000

Lancashire County Council was seeking to procure a framework agreement. The details can be found within the tender documents.

Options: The initial Agreement period would be three (3) years, after such time the Authority may extend the Agreement by any number of defined periods, provided that the total duration does not exceed four (4) years.

Renewal: The Framework Agreement is available for up to a 4 year period, following which there may or may not be an opportunity for a re-procurement. The Framework Agreement included within Tender Documents outlines any relevant break clauses or periods within the awarded term where a re-procurement could occur. Any re-procurement will be at the discretion of the contracting authority and will be completed compliantly.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-029d19
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010079-2021
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services


CPV Codes

71351500 - Ground investigation services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,600,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
10 May 20214 years ago
Submission Deadline
20 Apr 2021Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
10 May 20214 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
The Framework Agreement is available for up to 4 years, following which there is potential for the services to be continually required therefore there is potential (but not guarantee) for the Framework Agreement to be re-procured. Any re-procurement is at the discretion of the contracting authority and will be completed compliantly.

Notice Status

Tender Status
Cancelled
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Unsuccessful
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
Contact Name
LCC Corporate
Contact Email
contractscorporate@lancashire.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1772538207

Buyer Location

Locality
PRESTON
Postcode
PR1 8XJ
Post Town
Preston
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD4 Lancashire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD45 Mid Lancashire
Delivery Location
TLD4 Lancashire

Local Authority
Preston
Electoral Ward
City Centre
Westminster Constituency
Preston

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