Purpose

The
Authority is seeking to commence the procurement of Ground
Investigation Services, for a new framework starting on 1st August
2025.
 
The
Agreement will 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
current agreement expires on 31st July 2025. This consists of two
Lots;
Lot
1: Work Packages under £30,000.
Lot
2: Work Packages over £30,000.
The
intention for the new tender is to maintain this structure, but
with the Lots being for Work Packages under / over
£50,000.
 
The work content
will relate to Ground Investigation (i.e. boreholes/soil sampling
and testing/ factual and interpretative reporting) as outlined in
the Specification.  The Agreement will
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 will 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. Some external chemical analysis and geotechnical
laboratory testing will be required and is included within the
delivery of this Agreement.

Content

Matt Townsend,
Director of Highways and Transport
took a decision to authorise the commencement of
procurement for Ground Investigation Services.