Official UK procurement notice
Borehole Framework · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Mining Remediation Authority (Central government)
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionAll details presented here are estimates and subject to change prior to launch. This is an advance notice and not a call to Tender at this time.
The Mining Remediation Authorities mine water monitoring network provides insights into legacy mining risks and opportunities, including:
Aquifer protection
Environmental protection from interactions between mine water and surface or underground water
Subsidence risks
Mine gas migration
Opportunities for mine water heat use
Mine water heat licensing and assurance
Future emerging opportunities and risks
Boreholes form part of our groundwater and mine water monitoring network and are critical in the assessment and management of legacy mining risks. Our monitoring allows us to identify, assess and quantify risks and to develop interventions that protect water resources and the natural environment. As a secondary benefit, we can also monitor the mine water heat at these points and add this to our heat map portfolio for future potential opportunities in this area.
Over the coming years the Mining Remediation Authority will drill boreholes across the UK to support the remediation and management of rising and recovered mine water in underground coal workings. Boreholes and pumping tests are required to allow monitoring and mine water control. The activities are time critical to allow mitigations to be implemented before impacts occur, preventing pollution incidents.
Our boreholes support:
targeting deep underground mine workings
the assessment of water levels and chemistry
being a key component of our monitoring network
filling in knowledge gaps in areas where mineshafts and other monitoring options have been decommissioned or abandoned
assessing underground water systems, their behaviours, relationships, and to develop and operate effective management interventions.
Borehole testing enhances:
our understanding of system characteristics
information on the extent of influence
the assessment of the likely effectiveness or suitability of proposed management; and
the long-term management through abstraction of mine water
The Mining Remediation Authority is intending to come to market in Summer 2025 to seek suitably qualified Contractors who can aid in the delivery of our expanding Borehole programme.
We have identified the work streams we require and these are represented by the five Lots detailed further in this notice. Our intention being to maximise value for money as well as providing opportunity to as many SME as possible.
- How the procedure runs: Following the Conditions of Participation Bidders will be invited to a Two stage process for Lot One Borehole Construction
CPV: Construction consultancy services · Construction management services · Construction work for water projects · Construction works for plants, mining and manufacturing and for buildings relating to the oil and gas industry · Construction-site supervision services · Culverts · Downhole hole opening services · Downhole pumping services · Drainage construction works · Drilling equipment · Drilling fluids · Drilling mud · +10 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Open framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Places
- up to 17 suppliers
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 Aug 2026
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · all with a published value · same conditions of participation on every lotLot #1Drilling and Borehole ConstructionPlannedPublished value£22,000,000
Typical works required under this Lot will include but may not be limited to :
Drilling of mine water monitoring and/or extraction boreholes to depths ranging from 100-700m and diameters up to and in excess of 300mm.
Other associated minor design and construction related tasks such as specification development or simple borehole design and headworks construction (Retaining walls for culverts), including Construction Design Management (CDM) responsibilities of Principal Designer and Principal Contractor
- Economic & financial standing
Financial Stability
Experian Delphi report
Pass / Fail Bidders must reach an agreed score on the Experian Delphi report.
Financial Capacity
Insurance requirements (per lot)
Pass / Fail - Bidders must indicate they currently hold or are willing to obtain upon award the requirement the required insurance cover stipulated in the questionnaire
- Technical & professional ability
Technical Capacity
BDA Membership or similar trade association
Pass / Fail - Bidders must confirm they are committed to best practice and continuous development with membership of an accredited Trade Association
Lot #2Borehole and Pumping TestingPlannedPublished value£4,000,000
Typically this Lot will be for the provision of works relating to, but not limited to:
Less complex pumping tests - discharge without/minimal treatment (e.g. removal of suspended solids may be required)
- Economic & financial standing
Financial Stability
Experian Delphi report
Pass / Fail Bidders must reach an agreed score on the Experian Delphi report.
Financial Capacity
Insurance requirements (per lot)
Pass / Fail - Bidders must indicate they currently hold or are willing to obtain upon award the requirement the required insurance cover stipulated in the questionnaire
- Technical & professional ability
Technical Capacity
BDA Membership or similar trade association
Pass / Fail - Bidders must confirm they are committed to best practice and continuous development with membership of an accredited Trade Association
Lot #3Borehole Cleaning, Maintenance and RehabilitationPlannedPublished value£800,000
This Lot is intended to provide but not limited to providing:
Borehole cleaning services such as brushing, jetting, chemical treatments, clearance pumping. It includes exploration of boreholes, operational mine water and gas management boreholes and purpose drilled monitoring and abstraction boreholes
- Economic & financial standing
Financial Stability
Experian Delphi report
Pass / Fail Bidders must reach an agreed score on the Experian Delphi report.
Financial Capacity
Insurance requirements (per lot)
Pass / Fail - Bidders must indicate they currently hold or are willing to obtain upon award the requirement the required insurance cover stipulated in the questionnaire
- Technical & professional ability
Technical Capacity
BDA Membership or similar trade association
Pass / Fail - Bidders must confirm they are committed to best practice and continuous development with membership of an accredited Trade Association
Lot #4Consultancy Services - Design and ManagementPlannedPublished value£1,000,000
This Lot is to provide but not be limited to:
Borehole design and specification - including identification of sites and targets.
Management of construction and contract including NEC accredited site supervisors and project managers.
- Economic & financial standing
Financial Stability
Experian Delphi report
Pass / Fail Bidders must reach an agreed score on the Experian Delphi report.
Financial Capacity
Insurance requirements (per lot)
Pass / Fail - Bidders must indicate they currently hold or are willing to obtain upon award the requirement the required insurance cover stipulated in the questionnaire
- Technical & professional ability
Technical Capacity
BDA Membership or similar trade association
Pass / Fail - Bidders must confirm they are committed to best practice and continuous development with membership of an accredited Trade Association
Lot #5Pumping and Mine Water Treatment (Complex)PlannedPublished value£7,000,000
Lot Five is for the provision of the items below but is not limited to these:
Design & supply of temporary treatment systems to allow environmentally compliant discharge of mine waters to watercourses during test pumping.
May include sampling, analysis, bench testing and small scale pilot trials.
- Economic & financial standing
Financial Stability
Experian Delphi report
Pass / Fail Bidders must reach an agreed score on the Experian Delphi report.
Financial Capacity
Insurance requirements (per lot)
Pass / Fail - Bidders must indicate they currently hold or are willing to obtain upon award the requirement the required insurance cover stipulated in the questionnaire
- Technical & professional ability
Technical Capacity
BDA Membership or similar trade association
Pass / Fail - Bidders must confirm they are committed to best practice and continuous development with membership of an accredited Trade Association
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Economic & financial standing
Financial Stability
Experian Delphi report
Pass / Fail Bidders must reach an agreed score on the Experian Delphi report.
Financial Capacity
Insurance requirements (per lot)
Pass / Fail - Bidders must indicate they currently hold or are willing to obtain upon award the requirement the required insurance cover stipulated in the questionnaire
- Technical & professional ability
Technical Capacity
BDA Membership or similar trade association
Pass / Fail - Bidders must confirm they are committed to best practice and continuous development with membership of an accredited Trade Association
- “Borehole Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 17 suppliers, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Mar 2025, 13:54 GMT
- Last source update
- 30 May 2025, 14:19 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 13 Apr 2026
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-028827- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ed57Find a Tender
- How it runs
Following the Conditions of Participation Bidders will be invited to a Two stage process for Lot One Borehole Construction
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 30 Aug 2025, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
All interested parties can sign up using the address above.
There are no documents available to view currently.
Timeline
14 Mar 2025 → 1 Aug 2026 · 6 dates- Planning notice published14 Mar 2025, 13:54 GMT
- Latest notice published30 May 2025, 14:19 BST
- Tender notice expected30 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown30 Aug 2025, 16:00 BST
- Award decision expected by196 days ago13 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts87 days ago1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Mar 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published14 Mar 2025, 13:54 GMTUK2
- Planned procurement notice published30 May 2025, 14:19 BSTUK3
- Published value published: £37,000,00030 May 2025, 14:19 BST
- Status changed to planned30 May 2025, 14:19 BST
- Procurement method changed30 May 2025, 14:19 BST
- Deadline published: 30 Aug 2025, 16:00 BST30 May 2025, 14:19 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications There are no documents available to view currently. This is a planned procurement notice and not a call to tender. Interested parties can sign up ahead of launch on the address above. Use of the system is free but some details will be required.
Notices published for this procedure
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender