Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Mining Remediation Authority · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- WB & AD Morgan t/a Igne SME
- Value
- £1,391,745.60
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Sector
- Construction work · Test drilling and boring work (CPV 45120000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
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- Timeline
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- Contract date4 Feb 2025
- Published27 Jan 2026Published 357 days after the contract date
Description
The Coal Authority (client) invites you to tender for the drilling of a mine water monitoring borehole to assess rising mine water on the surrounding environment at Westleigh, Wigan. A review of the mine water block by the Coal Authority has highlighted that mine water levels in the area could be elevated in respect to the rest of the block. There is potential for elevated mine water levels which could pose a risk to the overlying drinking water aquifers. Therefore, the Coal Authority requires construction of a borehole to intersect flooded underground workings at the former Priestner's Colliery at Westleigh, Wigan. The proposed borehole is to be used to improve understanding of mine water in the Golborne, Bickershaw and Parsonage mine water block and will be used for water level monitoring, water quality sampling and abstraction of water. Additional information: The extra work has arisen because of unforeseen ground conditions that could not have been anticipated when the contract wa…
About the supplier
WB & AD Morgan t/a Igne: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02970550).