Supply of Ground Investigation Services

Lancashire County CouncilcontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-051647Procurement Act 2023active
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Estimated value

Awarded value

£860k

Awarded 07 Aug 2025

Suppliers

8

Lots

2

2 awarded

Published

08 Aug 2025

Description

Lancashire County Council is seeking to procure a framework agreement (Agreement) for the provision of Ground Investigation Services and Associated Works. The work content will relate to Ground Investigation (i.e. boreholes/soil sampling and testing/ factual and interpretative reporting) as outlined in the tender pack. 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. Further information can be found within the tender pack.

Scope

Reference
JS/CORP/LCC/25/102
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
31 Aug 2025 to 31 Aug 2029
CPV classifications
45111250
71351500
Contract locations
North West England, United Kingdom

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Understanding of the Project Requirementsquality8.00%
Managing Qualityquality8.00%
Public Relations and Claims Minimisationquality8.00%
Quality of Staffquality5.00%
Safetyquality11.00%
Social Valuequality10.00%
Priceprice50.00%

Submission & procedure

Procedure
Below threshold - open competition

Award details· 2 awards

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

£550k

Award date

07 Aug 2025

Contract start

20 Aug 2025

Contract end

20 Aug 2029

Lots · 2 total

Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.

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LotTitleEst. valueStatus
1Work Packages under £50,000£550kcomplete
2Work Packages Over £50,000£310kcomplete