Ground Investigation Works and Services

Anglian Water intends to award a Ground Investigation (GI) Framework with 5 Lots.
Each Lot will cover a subset of activities. Call off contracts may only include select activities from within the GI Framework Specification.
All Works and Services to be delivered are expected to meet Yellow Book Standards where applicable.
• Lot 1 - GI Works (contract value over 100K)
• Lot 2 - GI Services (contract value over 100k)
• Lot 3 - GI Works (contract value below 100k)
• Lot 4 - GI Services (contract value below 100k)
• Lot 5 – Ground Water Investigation Works and Services (contract value below 100k)
The proposed GI Framework Specification will cover a range of GI Works and Services, which will include:
• Intrusive investigations (boreholes, trial pits, probe holes),
• In-situ testing and instrumentation,
• Groundwater monitoring and pumping tests,
• Specialist investigations (e.g. embankment dams, floodplain deposits, peat, contaminated land, mineral workings).
• Drilling - (Window Sampling, Cable percussion, Rotary, Slope Climbing)
• Field Testing
• Geophysical Testing
• Installation Monitoring and Sampling
• Reinstatement
• Daily Records
• Surveying
• Lab testing (during works supervision)
• Reporting
• Works Supervision
• Lab Testing (after works supervision or survey)
• Reporting
• Desk studies and development of Ground Models
• Geotechnical Consulting
Lot 1 and 2 Opportunities
Reservoirs
The Fens Reservoir is situated between Chatteris and March in Cambridgeshire with a target date to start construction by 2029.
The Lincolnshire Reservoir is situated south-east of Sleaford, about halfway between Grantham and Boston with a target date to start construction by 2031.
Both reservoir projects plan to have continued large scale GI requirements over the next 2 to 5 years in the run up to submission of the Development Consent Orders (DCO).
Desalination and Water Recycling
GI is expected to be required to enable construction of de-salination plants in Bacton, Mablethorpe and,...