Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
UK Research & Innovation
North Star Avenue
Swindon
Sn2 1FL
Contact
Kate Richardson
Telephone
+44 7562167366
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK14 - Swindon
National registration number
Polaris House
Internet address(es)
Main address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
UKRI-3201 New England Shelf Hydrogeology
Reference number
UKRI-3201
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 76320000 - Offshore drilling services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.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 six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
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