United Kingdom-Reading: Composition and purity testing and analysis services – Framework Lead

The current contract for Composition and purity testing and analysis services – Framework Lead is projected to end on 13-MAR-20 and may be available for retender.
Description:
Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity:: FA1241 Chemical Investigation Programme (AMP6).

Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Services
Service category No 12: Architectural services; engineering services and integrated engineering services; urban planning and landscape engineering services; related scientific and technical consulting services; technical testing and analysis services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Whole of Thames Water region.
NUTS code

Information on framework agreement: Framework agreement with a single operator
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in months: 60

Short description of the contract or purchase(s):: Thames Water wishes to award Framework Agreement(s) for sampling, laboratory analysis and reporting of waste water, river water and sludge samples for the Chemical Investigations Programme (2) and low phosphorus schemes of work.
CIP2 is a UKWIR project, working towards the investigation of concentrations of a number of sanitary, metals, priority substances, specific pollutants, pharmaceuticals and emerging substances across UK water and sewerage companies. This is required to meet the obligations of the Water Framework Directive and National Environment Programme.
Samples must be taken, transported and analysed, in accordance with technical specification requirements, from over 100 specified sewage works and river sites across the Thames Water geographical region, in the South of England. The total number of samples will be approximately 11-12 000 over the course of the contract. This will be undertaken through a phased scheme of work. All results must be reported within specified deadlines.

Information about variants: Variants will be accepted: yes

Information about renewals: This contract is subject to renewal: no