Awarded contract

PRO004799-Works-Framework-Ground Investigations

Details

Value
170,000,000
Topic
Ground investigation work
Published
3 December 2025

Tender description

Ground Investigations to support AMP8 and AMP9 construction activity (indicative project value £60k-£1.8m) to meet the Client’s ongoing regulatory commitments. Lot 1: Lot 1 - Ground Investigation Works Lot 1 predominately relates to Works pertaining to the Client’s Ground Investigations programmes to manage United Utilities ground risk and includes the following elements: • Boreholes, including Cable Percussive, Rotary, Sonic etc to investigate ground and groundwater conditions • Trial Pits, Window and Windowless sampling to investigate ground and groundwater conditions • Installation of/monitoring a range of Geotechnical /Geo-environmental instrumentation • Downhole and surface geophysics • Cone Penetration investigations • Other in situ testing (pumping tests, down hole and surface tests) • Geotechnical / Geoenvironmental laboratory testing • Specialist site access arrangements • Reporting; including GIR, GDR, Geo-environmental reports, AGS format reporting etc Lot 2: Lot 2 - Offshore Geophysical Services Lot 2 predominately relates to Works pertaining to the Client’s Ground Investigations programmes associated with offshore geophysical surveying and includes the following elements: • Multi beam Bathymetry surveys, reduction and analysis, plus ability to create digital thematic mapping and difference charts from past and present electronic data. • Magnetometer surveys and associated analysis • Sub bottom profiling with interpretation for geophysics and pipe locating • Topographic surveys of inter tidal zone • Correlation of Geophysical surveys results compared to intrusive investigation • Stratigraphy and interpretation • Reporting, ground section and chart production Lot 3: Lot 3 - Hydrogeological Drilling & Well Services Lot 3 predominately relates to Works pertaining to the Client’s Ground Investigations programmes associated with Hydrogeological services and well drilling and includes the following elements: • Rotary drilling works (including 500 to 1000mm diameter holes) • Well hole development • Well hole logging • Well maintenance • Reporting

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date23 October 2025
  2. Completed: Award published3 December 2025
    Current notice

About the buyer

United Utilities Water Ltd is the regulated water and wastewater utility for the North West of England, and buys through its own commercial department. Contract notices are advertised through the Central Digital Platform. Suppliers list themselves on the Achilles Utilities Vendor Database to be found for opportunities outside formal notices. Procurement runs under the Procurement Act 2023, the regime introduced in February 2025 for regulated utilities. Category managers within the commercial department oversee markets such as construction and engineering. Large infrastructure schemes, including the Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme, go to tender as multi-party contracts.

£434bn was the total UK public sector procurement spend in FY 2025/26.

Over the past 5 years, most of United Utilities Water Ltd's contract awards have been in architectural and engineering services, IT services and waste, cleaning and environmental services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 45111250 · Ground investigation work
  • 71351000 · Geological, geophysical and other scientific prospecting services
  • 71351200 · Geological and geophysical consultancy services
  • 71351500 · Ground investigation services
  • 76320000 · Offshore drilling services
  • 76430000 · Well-drilling and production services

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