UK-Swindon: Offshore drilling services.

Section I: Contracting authority/entity (as stated in the original notice)

I.1) Name and addresses
UK Research & Innovation
Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1FL, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 7562167366, Email: NERCProcurement@ukri.org
Contact: Kate Richardson
Main Address: www.ukri.org
NUTS Code: UKK14

Section II: Object (as stated in the original notice)

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title: UKRI-3918 New England Shelf Hydrogeology Reference number: UKRI-3918
II.1.2) Main CPV code:
76320000 - Offshore drilling services.

II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
II.1.4) Short Description: BGS, acting on behalf of the ECORD, requires a marine coring capability and suitable vessel to operate offshore New England, USA, for a scientific drilling, coring and groundwater sampling campaign for a period of between 60 – 90 days (estimated) between May and August 2025. This scientific coring project seeks to extend our understanding of the current and past states of fluid composition, pressure, and temperature in continental shelf environments. In many coastal settings worldwide, the distribution of freshwater within continental shelf sediments is far out of equilibrium with modern sea level. One of the most remarkable examples is found on the Atlantic continental shelf off New England where groundwater within shallow Pliocene-Pleistocene sand aquifers over 100 km offshore has low salinity (3000 mg/l or less). This project will test several hypotheses to help constrain rates, directions, and mechanisms of groundwater flow and chemical fluxes in continental shelf systems.

Section VI: Complementary information

V1.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 23/09/2024

VI.6) Original notice reference:

Notice Reference: 2024 - 692175
Notice number in OJ S: 2024/S 000 - 025291
Date of dispatch of the original notice: 09/08/2024

Section VII: Changes

VII.1) Information to be changed or added

VII.1.1) Reason for change: Modification of original information submitted by the contracting authority

VII.1.2) Text to be corrected in original notice No: 1

Section Number: IV.2.7
Place of text to be modified: Conditions for opening tenders
Instead of:
Date: 25/09/2024
Local Time: 14:00
Read:
Date: 27/09/2024
Local Time: 14:00

VII.2) Other additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. Bidders should note, the deadline for tenders has been extended to 27 September 2024, 14:00 BST.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Swindon:-Offshore-drilling-services./BT9ZES6HV6

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/respond/BT9ZES6HV6