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# Blidworth Borehole

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/blidworth-borehole-ocds-h6vhtk-038acc). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Mining Remediation Authority: "Blidworth Borehole". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 16 Jan 2023, 16:00 GMT. Published submission portal: inbye.coal.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Mining Remediation Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/mining-remediation-authority-gov-pb1430)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 16 January 2023 at 16:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Drilling services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF, UKF1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £664,730 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-038acc`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/blidworth-borehole-ocds-h6vhtk-038acc#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [inbye.coal.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Finbye.coal.gov.uk%2Fs2c%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/blidworth-borehole-ocds-h6vhtk-038acc#participate

## Description
The Coal Authority invites you to tender for the drilling of a mine water monitoring borehole to assess rising mine water on the surrounding environment at Blidworth.
A review of the mine water block by the Coal Authority in 2020 highlighted the potential for elevated mine water levels at Blidworth. Elevated mine water levels could pose a risk to the drinking water aquifers that overlie the mine workings.
Therefore, the Coal Authority intend to construct a borehole to intersect flooded underground workings at Blidworth Colliery. The borehole is to allow monitoring of mine water levels that are thought to be representative of the area.
The works required is detailed within the Scope and tenderers are advised to read and consider all aspects of the tender documents before preparing your tender submission.
These documents can be found on our procurement portal InBye and all queries and submissions must be made through this portal.
Guidance on how to access the tender is given within this notice

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKF

- **Description:** The Coal Authority invites you to tender for the drilling of a mine water monitoring borehole to assess rising mine water on the surrounding environment at Blidworth.
A review of the mine water block by the Coal Authority in 2020 highlighted the pote...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 036016-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **DRILCORP LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-145479`
  - Value: £664,730 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 036016-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £664,730
  - Signed Date: 29/06/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F036016-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-12-06T17:05:04.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T03:53:41.511Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-038acc