Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c75-20d6-72bc-bbd4-57f6693fecd9/ground-investigation-works-and-laboratory-services awarded GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Ground Investigation Works and Laboratory Services [Sunderland City Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/sunderland-city-council) Estimated value £35,948 to £50,000 Published 28 Sept 2021 Deadline Closed 24 Sept 2021 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Small contract value Valued under £135,018 including VAT, the lowest Procurement Act threshold for goods and services. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender Holmeside from its junction with Waterloo Street to it junction with Vine Place; Brougham Street over its entire length; Waterloo Place from its junction with Brougham Street to it junction with Holmeside; Athenaeum Street from its junction with Waterloo Place to its junction with Waterloo Street and Maritime Street from its junction with Holmeside to its junction with Blandford Street. This ground investigation is aimed at capturing the requirements of the TCF Holmeside gyratory and bus gate scheme. Works will include narrowing Holmeside in places to create one-way flow whilst rationalising loading facilities, creating access to the proposed new multi-storey car park and creating the bus gate on to Vine Place. Works will involve extending Maritime Street through the previous Peacocks site to join into Brougham Street thus creating the new gyratory. The scheme will also feature public realm improvements to Athenaeum Street, Brougham Street and Waterloo Place in conjunction with the Station upgrade works. ### Scope of Investigation The proposed investigation will comprise the following: • 9 no. hand excavated trial pits • 17 no. in-situ Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (DCP) tests (in each trial pit and road core) • 8 no. road cores in the existing carriageway • Geotechnical, chemical, and geo-environmental laboratory testing and classification on recovered soil and groundwater samples - this shall include sufficient testing to identify sulphate levels for the design of buried concrete and classification of clay highlighting shrinkage potential. • 9 no. CBR laboratory testing on recovered soil samples • 9 no. Hand Shear Vane tests • 1 no. Infiltration Tests Read full description ## CPV classification Geological, geophysical and other scientific prospecting services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/8036983a-8e62-4c95-8ba9-f836cb6f4441) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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