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# Procurement for the provision of Drilling and Testing of Boreholes for Open-loop GSHP system

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/procurement-for-the-provision-of-drilling-and-testing-of-boreholes-for-open-loop-gshp-syst-ocds-h6vhtk-043d3c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Reading Borough Council: "Procurement for the provision of Drilling and Testing of Boreholes for Open-loop GSHP system". Published status: active. Published Value: £300,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 28 Mar 2024, 13:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Reading Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/reading-borough-council-ons-e06000038)
- **Published Value:** £300,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 28 March 2024 at 13:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Construction work, Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ11
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-043d3c`

## Before you bid
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- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

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## Description
Reading Borough Council are completing an open ITT exercise for the provision of Drilling and Testing of Boreholes for Open-loop GSHP system.  This will involve drilling of up to two 120m boreholes, one for water abstraction and the other for reinjection. A third dual installation monitoring borehole also needs to be drilled to a maximum nominal depth of 10m. The Contractor will provide the test rig, including the pump. They will carry out test pumping and collect samples as per the detailed specification.Suppliers that would like to take part in this process are invited to Express Interest upon which they will be given access to the full documentation delivered through this portal. Documents can be accessed from the My Tenders area of this website by selecting the View Details button for the project.Any questions relating to this opportunity should be made via the correspondence link on this portal.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 45000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Organisations interested in expressing an interest in this procurement should download the procurement documents which are available on the Council`s e-tendering ortal at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/readingbc/aspx/Home  and complete as instructed. The...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F006295-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-02-27T16:01:37.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-31T03:36:59.803Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-043d3c