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title: "Ground Investigation Services"
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# Ground Investigation Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ground-investigation-services-ocds-h6vhtk-029d19). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Lancashire County Council: "Ground Investigation Services". Published status: cancelled. Framework Ceiling: £1,600,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Apr 2021, 10:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.lancashire.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** CANCELLED (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Lancashire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/lancashire-county-council-ons-e10000017)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £1,600,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 April 2021 at 10:00 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Ground investigation services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD4
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ground-investigation-services-ocds-h6vhtk-029d19#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-029d19`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/ground-investigation-services-ocds-h6vhtk-029d19#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [lancashire.gov.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lancashire.gov.uk%2Fisupplier%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ground-investigation-services-ocds-h6vhtk-029d19#participate

## Description
The Authority was looking to procure a framework agreement (Agreement) for the provision of
Ground Investigation Services and Associated Works. 
The work content would relate to Ground Investigation (i.e. boreholes/soil sampling and
testing/ factual and interpretative reporting) as outlined in the Scope-Specification. The
Agreement would be used to carry out site investigations for new highway schemes, existing
highway maintenance schemes, new Council buildings including new school developments and the potential treatment of mineshafts and shallow mine workings.
The investigation works would comprise of hand excavated trial pits, cable percussion
boreholes, rotary open hole and core drilling, dynamic probing, environmental probing, road
pavement and structural coring. Sampling will be required, together with the production of
borehole logs and factual reports, where required. Further information can be found within the Scope-Specification.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Work Packages Under £30,000
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 71351500
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Lancashire County Council was seeking to Procure a framework agreement. Details of which
were included within the tender documents.

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: Work Packages over £30,000
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 71351500
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Lancashire County Council was seeking to procure a framework agreement. The details can be
found within the tender documents.

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 010079-2021-1 (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%2F010079-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-05-10T09:19:15.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-01T07:27:02.251Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-029d19