Official UK procurement notice
Ground Investigation Framework Renewal
Authority: Mining Remediation Authority (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Preliminary Market Engagement Notice is published in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.
The Mining Remediation Authority (MRA) is undertaking preliminary market engagement in advance of a future procurement for a replacement Ground Investigation Framework.
The framework is expected to support ground investigation works across England, Scotland and Wales, including site investigations, drilling, sampling, monitoring installations, testing and associated geotechnical and geoenvironmental reporting services.
MRA is seeking feedback from organisations with relevant experience to help inform the procurement strategy, framework structure and commercial arrangements for the future framework.
Participation in this engagement is voluntary and will not provide any supplier with an advantage in any future procurement process.
CPV: Engineering services · Ground investigation work · Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services · Test drilling and boring work
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 Feb 2028
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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).
- “Ground Investigation Framework Renewal” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Mining Remediation Authority buys Building demolition and wrecking work and earthmoving work (CPV 4511), and who usually turns up
Mining Remediation Authority’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Building demolition and wrecking work and earthmoving work (CPV 4511) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in East Midlands.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside East Midlands.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 86 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0%
2–39%
4–633%
7+58%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 4511Estimate not published
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 189 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid42%
2–317%
4–611%
7+30%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Farmer AssociatesEarlier contract | Ground Investigations Worksnotice published Jul 2026 | — | £28k | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
49% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
49% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (49% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Ground Investigations Works — held by Ian Farmer Associates; no contract end date published.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- 4 Aug 2026, 15:50 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Aug 2026, 15:40 BST
- Authority reference
CA18/2/2/61- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-078649- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06db99Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
4 Aug 2026 → 1 Feb 2028 · 5 dates- Planning notice published78 days ago4 Aug 2026, 15:50 BST
- Latest notice published64 days ago18 Aug 2026, 15:40 BST
- Market engagement60 days ago21 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
Supplier Questionnaire
Thank you to all organisations that have already expressed an interest in the Ground Investigation (GI) Framework Renewal and Ground Stabilisation Works by Drilling & Grouting (D&G) Framework Renewal.
The supplier market engagement questionnaire is now available and can be accessed using the link below:
Questionnaire Link:
inbye.coal.gov.uk/S2C/DisplayModules/T… ↗
Response Deadline:
10:00am on Friday 4 September 2026
If your organisation already has an InBye account, please log in using your existing credentials and access the questionnaire via the link above.
If your organisation is not currently registered on InBye:
Click the questionnaire link above.
Follow the supplier registration process on the InBye portal.
Complete the requested organisation and contact details.
Once registration has been completed, log in and access the questionnaire.
Complete and submit your response by the stated deadline.
Use of the InBye portal is free of charge; however, supplier registration may be required before access to the questionnaire can be granted.
Should you experience any difficulties registering or accessing the questionnaire, please contact the Procurement Team at:
This questionnaire is being conducted for preliminary market engagement purposes only and does not form part of any procurement process or call for competition. Responses will not be evaluated or scored and will be used solely to help inform the future procurement strategy, framework structure, specification development and framework design.
The Mining Remediation Authority welcomes participation from organisations with experience in delivering ground investigation works, drilling and grouting works, and associated specialist services.
inbye.coal.gov.uk/S2C/DisplayModules/T… ↗
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- Today21 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 97 days25 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts1 Feb 2028
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Aug 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published4 Aug 2026, 15:50 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published18 Aug 2026, 15:40 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)
The notice has been updated to include a link to the preliminary market engagement questionnaire. Suppliers are now invited to complete the questionnaire via the InBye portal by 10:00am on Friday 4 September 2026. Additional guidance has been included regarding supplier registration and access to the questionnaire.
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 (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender