The Coal Authority has gone out to tender with an engineering services framework contract worth an estimated £6.5 million.
The new framework seeks to appoint suppliers for the provision of services on an 'as and when required' basis, predominantly in relation to the effects of past mining liabilities and other areas of responsibility of the Coal Authority.
Services required will include:
Investigation into the causes of failure, condition assessment, damage quantification and solution design for damage to roads, bridges, buildings, drainage land etc. caused by past mining.
The areas of expertise may include civil, structural, geotechnical, mining, mechanical and electrical engineering, also environmental, health and safety, contract procurement, agricultural and specialist land drainage advice relating to past coal mining subsidence liabilities and other specialist service areas such as hydrology and hydrogeology.
The new framework is being tendered in the following Lots:
1 - Mine Water Treatment Schemes and Mine Related Interventions: Scoping, Feasibility and Design (MWTS)
2 - Civil and Structural Engineering
3 - Archaeological Services
4 - Ecology & Environmental
5 - Planning Services
6 - Land Drainage: Agricultural and Specialist
7 - Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW)
8 - Sustainability Economics and reporting benefits / improvement
9 - Treatability
10 - Waste Characterisation and Management Service
11 - Project Management, Supervisory Services and Cost Consultancy
The maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer is 11. Anticipated start date is 18 April 2022 with an end date of 17 April 2026.
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 4 March 2022 – click here to access the tender documentation.
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