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North Somerset Council

Yeo Bank Farm Bridge, Ground Investigation Works

Engineering & ArchitectureCPV 71350000 71351000 45111250
Value£56k
Awarded29 Aug 2019
Published12 Sept 2019
RegionSouth West
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£56ktotal contract value
median £95k
this tender£0£2.0m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Engineering & Architecture band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 33,646 valued Engineering & Architecture tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The Proposed Ground Investigation works contract comprises the following works: 1.

4 No. boreholes advanced using a drilling rig capable of both dynamic sampling and rotary coring that can obtain the required samples through possible made ground/fill, superficial deposits and solid geology to depths of approximately 30 mbgl.

Boreholes shall extend 7.5m in to competent bedrock.

Collection of Piston/UT100 undisturbed samples where possible, SPT testing and collection of rock cores.

2.

Soils to be logged in accordance with BS EN ISO 14688-1:2002+A1:2013 and BS5930:2015.

3.

Rock to be logged in accordance with BS EN ISO 14689-1:2002, BS 5930:2015 and with consideration of CIRIA C570.

4.

10 No.

Cone Penetration Tests, to refusal, using the Piezocone with 4 No. pore pressure dissipation testing (Two on either side of the River).

5.

Geotechnical Laboratory testing on selected samples.

6.

Environmental Testing on Selected samples.

7.

Provision of AGS data.

8.

Ground Investigation Factual Report (as per 16.8.1) 9.

8 No. of hand dug trial pits to depths of approximately 500 mmbgl, as shown on the attached Trial Pit location map on existing cycle track near to Yeo Bank Farm.

Specific borehole requirements are detailed further in Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 of Ground Investigation (GI) Specification.

The proposed borehole location plan is attached to the GI

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

4 No. boreholes advanced using a drilling

4 No. boreholes advanced using a drilling rig capable of both dynamic sampling and rotary coring that can obtain the required samples through possible made ground/fill, superficial deposits and solid geology to depths of approximately 30 mbgl.

02

Boreholes shall extend 7.5m in to competent

Boreholes shall extend 7.5m in to competent bedrock.

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Source & provenance
OCID
06a65eed-3f33-46a1-b330-2575e28ccf08
Stage
contract · Contract
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Buyer ref
NSOMS001-DN427521-93990839
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