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# Mine Entry Inspection

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/mine-entry-inspection-ocds-h6vhtk-028eee). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Mining Remediation Authority: "Mine Entry Inspection". Published status: complete. Published Value: £800,000. 10 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 6 May 2021, 16:00 BST. 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:** £800,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 6 May 2021 at 16:00 BST
- **Lots:** 10
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Technical inspection and testing services, Technical inspection services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKJ, UKJ4, UKK, UKK4, UKL, UKL11, UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £8,800,000 (exc. VAT, 11 contracts)
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/mine-entry-inspection-ocds-h6vhtk-028eee#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-028eee`

## 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/mine-entry-inspection-ocds-h6vhtk-028eee#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/mine-entry-inspection-ocds-h6vhtk-028eee#participate

## Description
This will be for the inspection of a minimum of 10,000 mine entry locations per annum across the UK coalfields.
Through this contract the Coal Authority is seeking to procure resources to undertake those inspections and report on findings
Suppliers are welcome to bid on individual or all regions

## Lots (10)
### Lot 1: Region 1 - Scotland
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71631000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKJ, UKK, UKL, UKM

- **Description:** This will be for the inspection of a minimum of 10,000 mine entry locations per annum across the UK coalfields.
Through this contract the Coal Authority is seeking to procure resources to undertake those inspections and report on findings
Suppliers a...

### Lot 2: Region 2 - North East & Cumbria
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71630000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Description:** This will be for the inspection of a minimum of 10,000 mine entry locations per annum across the UK coalfields.
Through this contract the Coal Authority is seeking to procure resources to undertake those inspections and report on findings
Suppliers a...

### Lot 3: Region 3 - North West, North  Wales & Yorkshire
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71630000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD, UKE, UKL

- **Description:** This will be for the inspection of a minimum of 10,000 mine entry locations per annum across the UK coalfields.
Through this contract the Coal Authority is seeking to procure resources to undertake those inspections and report on findings
Suppliers a...

### Lot 4: Region 4 - East & West Midlands
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71630000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF, UKG

- **Description:** This will be for the inspection of a minimum of 10,000 mine entry locations per annum across the UK coalfields.
Through this contract the Coal Authority is seeking to procure resources to undertake those inspections and report on findings
Suppliers a...

### Lot 5: Region 5 - South Wales & South  West
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71630000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK, UKL

- **Description:** This will be for the inspection of a minimum of 10,000 mine entry locations per annum across the UK coalfields.
Through this contract the Coal Authority is seeking to procure resources to undertake those inspections and report on findings
Suppliers a...

### Lot 6: Region 6 - Campbeltown (Mull of  Kintyre)
- **Lot id:** `6`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71630000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** This will be for the inspection of a minimum of 10,000 mine entry locations per annum across the UK coalfields.
Through this contract the Coal Authority is seeking to procure resources to undertake those inspections and report on findings
Suppliers a...

### Lot 7: Region 7 - Brora (Sutherland)
- **Lot id:** `7`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71630000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** This will be for the inspection of a minimum of 10,000 mine entry locations per annum across the UK coalfields.
Through this contract the Coal Authority is seeking to procure resources to undertake those inspections and report on findings
Suppliers a...

### Lot 8: Region 8 - Kent
- **Lot id:** `8`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71630000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ, UKL

- **Description:** This will be for the inspection of a minimum of 10,000 mine entry locations per annum across the UK coalfields.
Through this contract the Coal Authority is seeking to procure resources to undertake those inspections and report on findings
Suppliers a...

### Lot 9: Region 9 - Devon
- **Lot id:** `9`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71630000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Description:** This will be for the inspection of a minimum of 10,000 mine entry locations per annum across the UK coalfields.
Through this contract the Coal Authority is seeking to procure resources to undertake those inspections and report on findings
Suppliers a...

### Lot 10: Region 10 - Anglesey
- **Lot id:** `10`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71630000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ, UKL

- **Description:** This will be for the inspection of a minimum of 10,000 mine entry locations per annum across the UK coalfields.
Through this contract the Coal Authority is seeking to procure resources to undertake those inspections and report on findings
Suppliers a...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (11)
- **Award:** 026396-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **GeoAccess Ltd, Socotec Ltd, global mine design (+1 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-112764`, `GB-FTS-65096`, `GB-FTS-51674`, `GB-FTS-32441`
  - Value: £800,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Region 1 - Scotland (active)
  - Award id: `027774-2022-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Interlock Surveys Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-65096`
  - Value: £800,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Region 5 - South Wales & South  West (active)
  - Award id: `027774-2022-10`
  - Supplier(s): **Interlock Surveys Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-65096`
  - Value: £800,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Region 2 - North East & Cumbria (active)
  - Award id: `027774-2022-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Interlock Surveys Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-65096`
  - Value: £800,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Region 3 - North West, North  Wales & Yorkshire (active)
  - Award id: `027774-2022-3`
  - Supplier(s): **Interlock Surveys Ltd, SOCOTEC**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-65096`, `GB-FTS-51674`
  - Value: £800,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Region 4 - East & West Midlands (active)
  - Award id: `027774-2022-4`
  - Supplier(s): **Interlock Surveys Ltd, SOCOTEC**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-65096`, `GB-FTS-51674`
  - Value: £800,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Region 6 - Campbeltown (Mull of  Kintyre) (active)
  - Award id: `027774-2022-5`
  - Supplier(s): **Interlock Surveys Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-65096`
  - Value: £800,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Region 7 - Brora (Sutherland) (active)
  - Award id: `027774-2022-6`
  - Supplier(s): **Interlock Surveys Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-65096`
  - Value: £800,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Region 8 - Kent (active)
  - Award id: `027774-2022-7`
  - Supplier(s): **Interlock Surveys Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-65096`
  - Value: £800,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Region 9 - Devon (active)
  - Award id: `027774-2022-8`
  - Supplier(s): **Interlock Surveys Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-65096`
  - Value: £800,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Region 10 - Anglesey (active)
  - Award id: `027774-2022-9`
  - Supplier(s): **Interlock Surveys Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-65096`
  - Value: £800,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (11)
- **Contract:** 026396-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £800,000
  - Signed Date: 29/09/2021

- **Contract:** Region 1 - Scotland (active)
  - Signed Value: £800,000
  - Signed Date: 29/09/2021

- **Contract:** Region 5 - South Wales & South  West (active)
  - Signed Value: £800,000
  - Signed Date: 29/09/2021

- **Contract:** Region 2 - North East & Cumbria (active)
  - Signed Value: £800,000
  - Signed Date: 29/09/2021

- **Contract:** Region 3 - North West, North  Wales & Yorkshire (active)
  - Signed Value: £800,000
  - Signed Date: 29/09/2021

- **Contract:** Region 4 - East & West Midlands (active)
  - Signed Value: £800,000
  - Signed Date: 29/09/2021

- **Contract:** Region 6 - Campbeltown (Mull of  Kintyre) (active)
  - Signed Value: £800,000
  - Signed Date: 29/09/2021

- **Contract:** Region 7 - Brora (Sutherland) (active)
  - Signed Value: £800,000
  - Signed Date: 29/09/2021

- **Contract:** Region 8 - Kent (active)
  - Signed Value: £800,000
  - Signed Date: 29/09/2021

- **Contract:** Region 9 - Devon (active)
  - Signed Value: £800,000
  - Signed Date: 29/09/2021

- **Contract:** Region 10 - Anglesey (active)
  - Signed Value: £800,000
  - Signed Date: 29/09/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F027774-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-10-04T08:31:29.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T12:28:29.184Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-028eee