Technical inspection services

Tender description

The Coal Authority manages a proactive mine entry inspection regime which currently seeks to inspect a minimum of 10 000 Mine Entries per annum across the UK coalfields. Through this contract the Coal Authority is seeking to procure resources to undertake those inspections and report on findings. Contract requires a service that can undertake mine entry inspections throughout the compulsory and optional coalfield regions. Framework agreement for the provisions of Inspection of Mine Entry 2017 services in the following regions: Compulsory Regions: Region 1: Scotland East; Region 2: Scotland west; Region 3: Northumberland, Durham and Cumbria; Region 4: Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Bristol area; Region 5: North Wales, Cheshire and Lancashire; Region 6: North and West Yorkshire; Region 7: South Yorkshire (Barnsley, Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster) Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire andLeicestershire; Region 8: Staffordshire, Shropshire, West Midlands, Warwickshire, Heredfordshire and Worcestershire; Region 9: South Wales, Pembrokeshire and North Gloucestershire (Forest of Dean). Optional Regions: Region 8: Campbeltown (Mull of Kintyre); Region 9: Brora (Sutherland); Region 10: Kent; Region 11: Devon; Region 12: Anglesey. There is no pre-determined frequency of inspections set out in this Contract other than Mine Entries to be inspected at the rate of an average or up-to an estimated 833 per calendar month or to achieve at least 10 000 mine entry inspections during each year of the contract.