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Colchester Borough Council

GB-Colchester: Borehole investigation

ConstructionCPV 45262220
Value£108k
Awarded12 Apr 2018
Published19 Apr 2018
RegionEast of England
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£108ktotal contract value
median £158k
this tender£0£6.5m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Construction band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 64,002 valued Construction tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Colchester Borough Council (the Council) wishes to commission a contractor to construct and test an exploratory water well in confined Chalk to confirm the viability of, and to provide part of the infrastructure for, an open loop groundwater heating system.

The borehole infrastructure shall be tested and, on completion of testing, shall be secured with a bolted flange plate within a secure well vault to enable the borehole to be reused for the final groundwater heating system.

Further details of the actual requirements can be found in the specification/ Schedule of Works

Key requirements

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01

Colchester Borough Council (the Council) wishes

Colchester Borough Council (the Council) wishes to commission a contractor to construct and test an exploratory water well in confined Chalk to confirm the viability of, and to provide part of the infrastructure for, an open loop groundwater heating system.

02

The borehole infrastructure shall be tested

The borehole infrastructure shall be tested and, on completion of testing, shall be secured with a bolted flange plate within a secure well vault to enable the borehole to be reused for the final groundwater heating system.

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Source & provenance
OCID
725b0c6d-9161-4e34-8d09-65f26ca6f772
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
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