UK Research & Innovation: UKRI-3201 New England Shelf Hydrogeology

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: kate.richardson@ukri.orh
       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-3201 New England Shelf Hydrogeology      Reference number: UKRI-3201      
   II.1.2) Main CPV code:
      76320000 - Offshore drilling services.
   
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES   
   II.1.4) Short Description: BGS, 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 75 – 90 days (estimated) between June and August 2024. 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 mechan

Section VI: Complementary information

V1.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 11/08/2023

VI.6) Original notice reference:

   Notice Reference:    2023 - 599170   
   Notice number in OJ S:    2023/S 000 - 021635
   Date of dispatch of the original notice: 26/07/2023

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
                  
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