# Test drilling and boring work (CPV 45120000) · UK Public Procurement Sector Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/test-drilling-and-boring-work-45120000). UK public procurement sector intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Sector Summary:** Test drilling and boring work (CPV 45120000) covers UK public procurement for Test drilling and boring work. Tracked across 17 published procedures (6 in the last 12 months) across 10 contracting authorities, with 1 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Sector Information

- **Sector:** Test drilling and boring work

- **CPV Code:** `45120000`

- **Classification Level:** CPV Class (4-digit sub-sector)

- **Parent Division:** [Construction & Civil Engineering (CPV 45000000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-civil-engineering-45000000)

- **Live Open Tenders:** 1

- **Notices in Last 12 Months:** 6

- **Total Catalogue Procedures:** 17

- **Active Contracting Authorities (12m):** 5 (10 lifetime)

- **Typical Tender Window:** 29 days (median, notice publication to submission deadline)

- **Tenderline Sector Dossier:** https://tenderline.uk/sectors/test-drilling-and-boring-work-45120000

- **Sector RSS Feed:** https://tenderline.uk/sectors/test-drilling-and-boring-work-45120000/feed.xml

## Market Competition & Pricing Benchmarks

- **Typical Contract Value (Net):** £70k (median net contract award; interquartile range £53k–£236k)

- **Deadline to Award Decision:** 29 days (median)

## Other Classes in Construction & Civil Engineering

1. [Building construction work (CPV 45210000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/building-construction-work-45210000): 1,618 notices/12m

2. [Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 45230000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-work-for-pipelines-communication-and-power-line-45230000): 889 notices/12m

3. [Roof works and other special trade construction works (CPV 45260000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/roof-works-and-other-special-trade-construction-works-45260000): 880 notices/12m

4. [Other building completion work (CPV 45450000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/other-building-completion-work-45450000): 706 notices/12m

5. [Electrical installation work (CPV 45310000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/electrical-installation-work-45310000): 699 notices/12m

6. [Building demolition and wrecking work and earthmoving work (CPV 45110000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/building-demolition-and-wrecking-work-and-earthmoving-work-45110000): 464 notices/12m

## Leading Contracting Authorities in this Sector

Top public sector buyers procuring Test drilling and boring work work:

1. [Mining Remediation Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/mining-remediation-authority-gov-pb1430): 7 notices (2 in last 12m)

2. [Wiltshire Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/wiltshire-council-ons-e06000054): 2 notices (0 in last 12m)

3. [East Riding of Yorkshire Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/east-riding-of-yorkshire-council-ons-e06000011): 1 notices (1 in last 12m)

4. [Hampshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/hampshire-county-council-ons-e10000014): 1 notices (0 in last 12m)

5. [Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/lewisham-and-greenwich-nhs-trust-nhs-rj2): 1 notices (1 in last 12m)

6. [Newcastle City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/newcastle-city-council-ons-e08000021): 1 notices (1 in last 12m)

7. [Stoke on Trent City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/stoke-on-trent-city-council-ons-e06000021): 1 notices (0 in last 12m)

8. [Sunderland City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sunderland-city-council-ons-e08000024): 1 notices (0 in last 12m)

## Delivery Geography (ITL-1 Regions)

Distribution of published procurement notices by UK delivery region:

1. [North East England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/north-east): 8 notices (47%)

2. [South West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/south-west): 8 notices (47%)

3. [West Midlands](https://tenderline.uk/regions/west-midlands): 6 notices (35%)

4. [South East England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/south-east): 5 notices (29%)

5. [North West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/north-west): 5 notices (29%)

6. [Yorkshire and the Humber](https://tenderline.uk/regions/yorkshire-and-the-humber): 5 notices (29%)

## Leading Awarded Suppliers in this Sector

Top suppliers by distinct contract procedures won in Test drilling and boring work:

1. [A2 Site Investigation Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/a2-site-investigation-limited-coh-12985615): 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

2. [ACTIVE PUMP SERVICES LTD](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/active-pump-services-ltd-coh-03536221): 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

3. [DEMON DRILLERS LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/demon-drillers-limited-coh-06690698): 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

4. [GROUNDSOLVE LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/groundsolve-limited-coh-05129487): 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

5. [Ian Farmer Associates](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/ian-farmer-associates-coh-03661447): 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

6. [Land Science Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/land-science-limited-coh-07064804): 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

7. [RIDGE AND PARTNERS LLP](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/ridge-and-partners-llp-coh-oc309402): 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

8. [RPS Consulting Services Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/rps-consulting-services-ltd-GB-FTS-47203): 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

## Interactive Intelligence & Provenance

> **Complete Sector Analytics:** In-depth competition distributions, tender value histograms, procurement routes, and historical tender registers are available on Tenderline:

> [Explore interactive Test drilling and boring work intelligence on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/test-drilling-and-boring-work-45120000)

## Provenance and Open Data

- **Data Source:** Compiled from official UK public notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

- **Canonical Sector URL:** https://tenderline.uk/sectors/test-drilling-and-boring-work-45120000

- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt