CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Rhyd y Blew - Ground Investigation - January 2015

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

The Welsh Government are inviting interested parties to submit a tender bid for the delivery of the following works:

The site, known as Rhyd-Y-Blew, is located to the north of Ebbw Vale close to the A465 Heads of the Valleys Road, approximate National Grid Reference SO 151 112.

The site is approximately 28 ha in size, approximately 750m long and 450m wide, with the development plateau constituting 13.9ha.

The purpose of the contract is to investigate the ground conditions to provide sufficient data to inform development of the site.

The ground investigation will compromise a combination of rotary open holed, rotary cored, cable percussive drilling, machine dug trial pits, geophysical surveys and in-situ CBR

testing. Drilling methods used will reflect the requirement for the best possible core recovery for testing and design purposes. In-situ testing will be required; SPT’s and CBR’s will be undertaken where scheduled. Geotechnical laboratory testing is required to provide geotechnical parameters. Geochemical laboratory testing is required to provide data on the aggressiveness of soils and rock encountered to buried structures. Laboratory testing will be scheduled by the

Investigation Supervisor.

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=21480

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

The Welsh Government are inviting interested parties to submit a tender bid for the delivery of the following works:

The site, known as Rhyd-Y-Blew, is located to the north of Ebbw Vale close to the A465 Heads of the Valleys Road, approximate National Grid Reference SO 151 112.

The site is approximately 28 ha in size, approximately 750m long and 450m wide, with the development plateau constituting 13.9ha.

The purpose of the contract is to investigate the ground conditions to provide sufficient data to inform development of the site.

The ground investigation will compromise a combination of rotary open holed, rotary cored, cable percussive drilling, machine dug trial pits, geophysical surveys and in-situ CBR

testing. Drilling methods used will reflect the requirement for the best possible core recovery for testing and design purposes. In-situ testing will be required; SPT’s and CBR’s will be undertaken where scheduled. Geotechnical laboratory testing is required to provide geotechnical parameters. Geochemical laboratory testing is required to provide data on the aggressiveness of soils and rock encountered to buried structures. Laboratory testing will be scheduled by the

Investigation Supervisor.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

C218/2014/2015

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

The awarding Authority reserves the right to request parent company and/or other guarantees of performance and financial liability.

Payment terms will be indicated in the contract documents. Tenders to be priced in Sterling. Payment made in Sterling only.

No special legal form required but joint and several liability assumed by all group bidders before acceptance.

E-TENDER INFORMATION:

Go to https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk

The first person from your Organisation to use the Platform will be required to register on behalf of the Organisation.

Registration involves accepting a User Agreement, and providing basic information about your Organisation and about the User performing the Registration.

The User who performs the Registration becomes the Super User for the Organisation.

On registering on the Platform the Super User will select a Username and will receive a password.

The Password will be sent by e-mail to the email address that was specified in the User Details section of the Registration page.

In order to log-in to the Platform please enter your Username and Password.

Note: If you forget your Password then visit the homepage and click “Forgot your password?”

Registration should only be performed once for each Organisation.

If you think that someone in your Organisation may have already registered on this Platform then you must not register again.

Please contact the person who Registered (i.e. the Super User) in order to arrange access to the Platform.

Contact the Helpdesk immediately if you are unable to contact the Super User (for example if they have left your Organisation).

Note: If your Organisation is already registered on the Platform then you must not make any additional registration. Please contact the Helpdesk to gain access to the Platform.

Tenders must be uploaded to the BravoSolution portal by 12:00 Thursday 29 January 2015

HOW TO FIND THE ITT:

Once logged in you must click on ‘ITTs Open to all Suppliers’

The etender references for this contract are: Project_29485 and ITT_45971

You will then see the full details of the ITT in the qualification and technical envelopes along with any relevant documents in the ‘Attachments’ area.

Should you have any questions on the ITT, please use the ‘Messages’ area to contact the buyer directly – Please do not contact the named person at the top of this notice.

(WA Ref:21480)

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice