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title: "Geotechnical Engineering Advisory and Consultancy Services"
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# Geotechnical Engineering Advisory and Consultancy Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/geotechnical-engineering-advisory-and-consultancy-services-ocds-h6vhtk-031ebf). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED: "Geotechnical Engineering Advisory and Consultancy Services". Published status: cancelled. Framework Ceiling: £1,035,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 28 Mar 2022, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.thameswater.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** CANCELLED (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/thames-water-utilities-limited-coh-02366661)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £1,035,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 28 March 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Advisory and consultative engineering services, Geotechnical engineering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH, UKI, UKJ
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/geotechnical-engineering-advisory-and-consultancy-services-ocds-h6vhtk-031ebf#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-031ebf`

## 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/geotechnical-engineering-advisory-and-consultancy-services-ocds-h6vhtk-031ebf#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [thameswater.co.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thameswater.co.uk%2Fprocurement)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/geotechnical-engineering-advisory-and-consultancy-services-ocds-h6vhtk-031ebf#participate

## Description
Thames Water require highly specialised technical support in the Geotechnical Engineering discipline concerning impacts to our critical trunk sewers, water transfer tunnels and strategic water mains from the impact of third-party construction activities.
Also, expert geotechnical advice and support regarding the analyses of ground movements caused by third-party subsurface construction activity, review of third-party tunnel analyses and design and effect of construction work on structural integrity all existing Thames Water tunnels (both bolted and unbolted construction) .
The geotechnical engineering support will also include but may not necessarily be limited to the assessment on the impact of third-party activities adjacent to tunnels and expert advice on any proposed geotechnical/ structural safety issues that need to be addressed. Support for other engineering impact assessment on other structures may also be required.
Overall, the service will involve providing robust engineering geotechnical assurance to the Business in the implementation of Capital Delivery projects, Developer Services projects.
The scopes of services provided are:
• Inspection of Thames Water Critical Assets such as tunnels and reservoirs for geotechnical engineering stability and recommending remedial action and preparation of the survey guidance procedures currently used across the network.
• Review of complex geotechnical design proposals from developers, national infrastructure, and transport authorities on existing Thames Water assets.
• Carrying out research and investigations programme to identify the causal mechanisms of potential critical assert such as tunnel failures (predictive failures)
• Providing advice to TWUL Reservoir Safety and Asset Condition Manager after review of developer's proposals for works in the vicinity of tunnels, including risk mitigation measures
• Reviewing and reporting on impacts to strategic sewers particularly those under surcharge risk which is now present in most areas of London (e.g., the recent failure of Low-Level No. 1 at Battersea).
• Assisting TWUL during negotiations with Developers (Clients, Architects, Engineers and Contractors.) on complex projects and where appropriate advice on essential risk mitigation works.
• Providing dispute avoidance advisory services to avert possible legal challenges by Developers and External Parties.
•Support Developer Services, Capital Delivery and Tideway Tunnel Integration Teams in geotechnical Risk Assessment and preparation of required reports for project implementation.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 71318000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH, UKI, UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £1,035,000
- **Description:** Thames Water require highly specialised technical support in the Geotechnical Engineering discipline concerning impacts to our critical trunk sewers, water transfer tunnels and strategic water mains from the impact of third-party construction activit...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 007007-2024-1 (unsuccessful)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F007007-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-03-05T12:34:57.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T05:44:39.832Z
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