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UKRI-3201 New England Shelf Hydrogeology

UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

Award

13 Dec 2023 at 16:05

Tender

01 Nov 2023 at 12:05

TenderUpdate

11 Aug 2023 at 09:05

Planning

26 Jul 2023 at 11:05

Summary of the contracting process

The UK Research & Innovation has released a procurement opportunity titled "UKRI-3201 New England Shelf Hydrogeology" in the services category. The project, conducted on behalf of the ECORD, involves a marine coring campaign in New England, USA, between May and August 2024. This scientific project aims to explore fluid composition, pressure, and temperature in continental shelf environments. Although the current status is cancelled, the estimated contract value is $17,000,000.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses specialised in offshore drilling services. The project requires a contractor to supply a drill rig, vessel, and personnel for coring operations offshore New England. The tender involves technical quality (70%) and cost (30%) as award criteria. Businesses with expertise in marine coring, offshore drilling, and scientific research are well-suited to compete for this tender. The submission deadline for this opportunity is 8th December 2023.

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Notice Title

UKRI-3201 New England Shelf Hydrogeology

Notice Description

The British Geological Survey acting on behalf of the ECORD requires a marine coring capability and suitable vessel to operate offshore New England USA, for a scientific drilling, coring and groundwater sampling campaign for a period of 75 - 90 days (estimated) between May and August 2024. This scientific coring project seeks to extend our understanding of the current and past states of fluid composition, pressure and temperature in continental shelf environments. In many coastal settings worldwide, the distribution of freshwater within continental shelf sediments is far out of equilibrium with modern sea level. One of the most remarkable examples is found on the Atlantic continental shelf off New England where groundwater within shallow Pliocene-Pleistocene sand aquifers over 100 km offshore has low salinity (3000 mg/l or less). This project will test several hypotheses to help constrain rates directions and mechanisms of groundwater flow and chemical fluxes in continental shelf sys.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Contractor must be able to supply the full operational spread including a drill rig, the vessel, equipment for groundwater extraction and storage, and all personnel required to operate the spread. The drill rig must be capable of recovering core to at least 550m below seafloor in water depths of 41m to 79m. The project requires the Contractor to provide a suitable platform from which to deploy coring apparatus to achieve near-continuous core samples (min. diameter 64mm) from seabed to a total depth (TD) of 550 mbsf (meters below sea floor) at each of 3 borehole locations. Please see the Specification for full details. Additional information: The estimated Contract value is $17,000,000

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03ea70
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036683-2023
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
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

34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

43 - Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment

45 - Construction work

76 - Services related to the oil and gas industry


CPV Codes

34514000 - Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms

43124900 - Rock-drilling equipment

45262422 - Subsea drilling work

76320000 - Offshore drilling services

76340000 - Core drilling

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£17,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£17,000,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
13 Dec 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
8 Dec 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
30 Oct 2023Expired
Award Date
13 Dec 20232 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION
Contact Name
Kate Richardson
Contact Email
kate.richardson@ukri.org, kate.richardson@ukri.orh
Contact Phone
+44 7562167366

Buyer Location

Locality
SWINDON
Postcode
SN2 1FL
Post Town
Swindon
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK71 Swindon
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Swindon
Electoral Ward
Rodbourne Cheney
Westminster Constituency
Swindon North

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