Scottish Water has awarded a £24 million contract for ground investigation work which could run for up to 12 years to Derbyshire-headquartered firm Environmental Scientifics Group Ltd.
Services the contractor will be required to provide under the contract include:
- On site services including percussion boring, rotary drilling, trial pitting, probing, in situ testing, geophysical testing, sampling, instrumentation and monitoring, to obtain information on ground conditions.
- Laboratory geotechnical and geo-environmental testing and reporting including for water supply pipe and waste acceptance criteria.
The firm must also supply all the plant and resources to carry out physical works to investigate the ground conditions and obtain required samples, including any external and sub-contract services required. Samples obtained will have to be appropriately stored and managed for a minimum of twelve months after completion of testing, analysis and reporting.
The initial contract runs for 6 years until 2021, plus six 1 year extension options with a potential final completion date of !st April 2027.
Environmental Scientifics Group was one of 3 suppliers in the bidding for the work.
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