PROFESSIONAL SERVICES and GROUND INVESTIGATION CONTRACT 2023-2031

Description

This contract is the Professional Service Contract (PSC) and the Ground Investigation Contract (GI). The PSC will be offered as a National Lot. More than one contractor may be appointed. The GI Contract will be offered as a National Lot. More than one contractor may be appointed. PSC will cover all types of Civil Engineering, Environmental, Heritage, Business Process Advice & Design, Strategy & Resilience Consultancy Services. The expected turnover will be approximately £3 - £4 million per annum for PSC and approximately £1.5 - £2 million per annum for GI. The Framework Contracts are to be awarded for a period of up to 8 years, with an initial term of 4 years followed by extension options of a further 4 years in increments to be determined. Lot 1: Professional Service Contract (PSC) The Professional Services Contract will include, but not exclusively the following scope of works; 1. Civil Engineering; includes canal channel engineering 2. Bridge and structural engineering 3. Geotechnical engineering 4. Reservoir engineering 5. Principal Designer 6. Asset Management 7. Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and SCADA 8. Hydrology & hydraulic engineering 9. Environmental Services, including ecology, water quality management, land quality management, waste management 10. Heritage and archaeological support to the above 11. Project & Contract management, Cost Intelligence & Commercial Support 12. Business Process Advice and Design 13. Business Asset Studies, Strategy and Resilience 14. H&S and CDM Support Please note: Interested Consultants must be able to provide ALL the services listed in the scope above. Lot 2: Ground Investigation Contract (GI). The Ground Investigation Contract will include, but not exclusively, the following scope of works; 1. Non-intrusive investigation: GPR, gravity, resistivity, EM, and seismic surveys, including down hole geophysics 2. Intrusive Investigation: Hand & machine dug trial pits, dynamic probing, dynamic sampling, cable percussion, rotary and sonic drilling, CPT, brickwork and masonry coring, and downhole CCTV 3. In-situ Testing: Plate Load and CBR Tests 4. Monitoring: Reading data from piezometers, inclinometers and extensometers 5. Laboratory Testing: Management of geotechnical and geoenvironmental samples from site to delivery at the lab, liaison with lab during the testing process 6. Reporting: Production of Ground Investigation Reports (GIRs)