Estimate 1
Not stated
VAT basis unknown. No amounts are added together or allocated to individual suppliers. This is not a payment.
Procurement Act 2023 notice
Supply of Ground Investigation Services
- Latest stage
- contract
- Latest notice
- 8 Aug 2025
- Stated contract period
- Not stated to Not stated
- Award period
- 21 Aug 2025 to 20 Aug 2029
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-051647
- Procurement method
- open
Payments Transparency Register ↗. Search the register for OCID ocds-h6vhtk-051647. The Payments Transparency Register publishes payments under public contracts commenced after 31 March 2026 that fall under Section 70 of the Procurement Act 2023. Contracting authorities must publish information about any payment of more than £30,000, including VAT. Values on the register exclude VAT. This site does not republish those payments.
Held original notices: Contracts Finder to 9 November 2026. Find a Tender originals run from 24 February 2025 through 10 November 2026 exclusive, including the L1 gap package from 17 August 2026, with supplementary packages for part of 16 to 23 August 2026. The official notice may have changed. Check Find a Tender search if it cannot be opened.
Which stages have a stated date?
3 of the six stages have a date on the held notices. A gap means no held notice states that date; it does not mean the stage did not happen.
- Planning noticeNo planning notice is held.
- Tender noticePublication date of the first held tender notice.
- Tender deadline
- Award date
- Contract startNot stated on the held notice.
- Contract endNot stated on the held notice.
Source: held original Find a Tender notices 031351-2025, 047345-2025, read offline: stage notices, tender period, awards and the stated contract period.
What the held notices state
- Tender deadline
- 15 Jul 2025
- Process status
- Complete
- Regime
- Procurement Act 2023, stated as UKPGA 2023/54
- Procurement method
- Below threshold open competition
- Stated reason for the method
- Not stated on the held notice
- Number of bids
- Lot 1: 10; Lot 2: 9
- Above the procurement threshold
- No
- Framework agreement
- Yes
The Agreement will be comprised of two Lots, with a delineation of how works and services will be awarded; Lot 1 will be for the award of up to 5 Contractors for work packages under £50,000. The works and services for Lot 1 will be awarded to the Contractors by price and availability, conducted as required by The Authority and managed by the Service Area. Lot 2 will be awarded to up to 5 Contractors for work packages over £50,000. The work packages under Lot 2 will be awarded via mini competition, based on the specific work package requirements.
- Marked suitable for small firms
- Not stated on the held notice
Awards
Award 1 of 2. Status: Active. Award date: 8 Aug 2025. Lot 1.
- ANTEA GROUP UK LIMITED: Large
- CC GEOTECHNICAL LIMITED: Large
- Brownfield Solutions Ltd: Size unknown (not stated)
- IAN FARMER ASSOCIATES (1998) LIMITED: Large
Award 2 of 2. Status: Active. Award date: 8 Aug 2025. Lot 2.
- ANTEA GROUP UK LIMITED: Large
- IAN FARMER ASSOCIATES (1998) LIMITED: Large
- CC GEOTECHNICAL LIMITED: Large
- Brownfield Solutions Ltd: Size unknown (not stated)
Suppliers named together on one award are joint. No share is stated.
Lots
| Lot | Title | Status | Contract period | Latest possible end |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 | Not stated on the held notice | Complete | Not stated on the held notice | Not stated on the held notice |
| Lot 2 | Not stated on the held notice | Complete | Not stated on the held notice | Not stated on the held notice |
Options and renewal
Not stated on the held notice.
Source: held original Find a Tender notices 031351-2025, 047345-2025, read offline. Each field shows what the latest held notice stating it says. Not stated means no held notice for this process states it. A size is shown only where the notice states it for that supplier.
Contract period
No contract period with a start and a later end is stated. Option and renewal wording is shown above where a held notice states it.
Notice description
Lancashire County Council is seeking to procure a framework agreement (Agreement) for the provision of Ground Investigation Services and Associated Works. The work content will relate to Ground Investigation (i.e. boreholes/soil sampling and testing/ factual and interpretative reporting) as outlined in the tender pack. The Agreement will be used to carry out site investigations for new highway schemes, existing highway maintenance schemes, new Council buildings including new school developments and the potential treatment of mineshafts and shallow mine workings. The investigation works will comprise of hand excavated trial pits, cable percussion boreholes, rotary open hole and core drilling, dynamic probing, environmental probing, road pavement and structural coring. Sampling will be required, together with the production of borehole logs and factual reports, where required. Further information can be found within the tender pack.
Contact removal rule: contacts/1.
Separate stated values
Award amount 2
£550,000
VAT basis unknown. No amounts are added together or allocated to individual suppliers. This is not a payment.
Award amount 3
£310,000
VAT basis unknown. No amounts are added together or allocated to individual suppliers. This is not a payment.
No ceiling or maximum amount is in this export. The official notice is the place to read one.
Held stage events
- : tender
- : amendment
- : award
- : contract
Dates are the publication dates of the held stage notices. This is not a complete release history. The tender deadline is shown above where a held notice states it.
Suppliers
- ANTEA GROUP UK LIMITED
GB-COH: 15208588 - CC GEOTECHNICAL LIMITED
GB-COH: 05085241 - Brownfield Solutions Ltd
Published legal identifier not available - IAN FARMER ASSOCIATES (1998) LIMITED
GB-COH: 03661447
These names are joint. No share is stated.
This list gathers every supplier named on any held award. Each award and its suppliers are shown above. Names without an organisation identity remain withheld pending review.
Sources
fts_raw_2025-05-01_2025-06-01.json.gz
- Publisher
- Find a Tender
- SHA256
- 16a49bfa6722c6af980d6a739f9bcf2a1cbf2011490a201621e1d0dd95f5ee99
- Licence
- Not recorded in held file
- Retrieved
- Original retrieval time not recorded
fts_raw_2025-06-01_2025-07-01.json.gz
- Publisher
- Find a Tender
- SHA256
- 96b9f3c28e7071863392299b3c04f57118ae51f3db4dd4064b59572bd3abd3b2
- Licence
- Not recorded in held file
- Retrieved
- Original retrieval time not recorded
fts_raw_2025-08-01_2025-09-01.json.gz
- Publisher
- Find a Tender
- SHA256
- 21e075f295cd0667f57b8848baa7800c31596532bc2255ae4f49a3c32b04d715
- Licence
- Not recorded in held file
- Retrieved
- Original retrieval time not recorded
Official notice 047345-2025
- Publisher
- Find a Tender
- SHA256
- 92bbafb4bc052f0c40c2863376fea5f7b3779f2bbdb11b5f00f3b2ce3c974307
- Licence
- See held source file
- Retrieved
- Original retrieval time not recorded
What this export cannot show
Award values are not linked to a named supplier, and no ceiling or maximum amount is shown. Those facts stay on the official notice when the notice publishes them. A tender deadline, award dates, supplier sizes, lots, and option or renewal wording appear on contract pages only where a held notice states them. A held process counts as last at tender or planning only when that is the latest stage among the held releases. Where more than one supplier is named, the names are joint and no share is stated.