Supply of Ground Investigation Services
Estimated value
—
Awarded value
£860k
Suppliers
8
Lots
2
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
- 4511125071351500
- Contract locations
- North West England, United Kingdom
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Understanding of the Project Requirements | — | quality | 8.00% |
| Managing Quality | — | quality | 8.00% |
| Public Relations and Claims Minimisation | — | quality | 8.00% |
| Quality of Staff | — | quality | 5.00% |
| Safety | — | quality | 11.00% |
| Social Value | — | quality | 10.00% |
| Price | — | price | 50.00% |
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.
| Lot | Title | Est. value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Work Packages under £50,000 | £550k | complete |
| 2 | Work Packages Over £50,000 | £310k | complete |