United Utilities has gone out to tender with an AMP8 contract for the supply of geospatial and topographical surveys with a total estimated value of £9.24 million (inc VAT).
The main types of geospatial survey that the water company requires are:
- Aerial light detection and ranging (LiDAR) & photogrammetric surveys
- Bathymetric /hydrographic surveys
- Catchment ground modelling
- Deformation monitoring surveys
- Mapping underground features
- Measured building surveys
- Mobile LiDAR surveys
- Pipeline route surveys
- Point Cloud processing and modelling
- River cross section surveys
- Topographical surveys
- Terrestrial Laser Scanning
- Underground utility surveys, including ground penetrating radar (GPR)
- Unmanned aircraft system (UAS) surveys inspection & mapping (drones)
- 3D model production
General categories covered by topographical surveys include:
- Permanent buildings, porches and canopies
- Temporary/mobile buildings
- Boundary features: walls, fences, hedges
- Roads, tracks, footways, paths
- Street furniture
- Utilities plant and service covers where visible
- Overhead utility cables
- Drainage
- Changes of surface
- Vegetation, individual trees/wooded areas/limits of vegetation
- Pitches/recreation
- Private gardens or grounds (off-Site areas)
- Water features including water and bed levels
- Earthworks, top and bottom of slopes
- Quarries and rock faces
- Process structures
- Infrastructure plant and fixed machinery Geotechnical, boreholes, piezometers and trial pits
- Railway features (with arranged access)
- Ground levels
- Environmental, Invasive vegetation, areas of pollution / contamination
Current estimated start and end contract dates are 3 November 2025 to 2 November 2028 with a further potential extension option up to 2 November 2030 and an estimated award decision date of 28 October 2025.
The total value of £9.24 million (inc VAT) includes the estimated value of 2 optional 1 year extensions.
United Utilities is looking to appoint up to 8 suppliers to the framework agreement
Deadline for enquiries about the tender is 2.00pm on 11 August 2025 and tender submission deadline is two hours later at 4:00pm on 11 August 2025.
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