WLC Material Coring and Testing Framework Agreement
Award of framework. Roads and Transportation delivers an extensive programme of works, including carriageway surfacing and structural maintenance. As part of this maintenance programme, following guidance from the Scottish Road Research Board (January 2018), the council is required to test for coal tar in its roads prior to the commencement of any related works. There is also a need to carry out testing on other materials to pre-inform design work, and to check the specification of materials being supplied during w...
Buyer
West Lothian Council
Value
£400,000
Published
28 Jan 2026
Closes
20 Nov 2025
Procurement details
Source
Pcs
Region
UKM78
Procurement method
Open
Category
Works
Contract starts
Not provided
Contract ends
Not provided
CPV classifications
45120000
Test drilling and boring work
24327310
Coal tar
71351500
Ground investigation services
45111250
Ground investigation work
71510000
Site-investigation services
45214620
Research and testing facilities construction work
71600000
Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
71610000
Composition and purity testing and analysis services
Lots
Lot 2 Coring and testing to determine Coal Tar Content in bituminous pavements
£140,000
Award of lot which will cover the sampling and testing of bituminous road pavement materials (generally by extracted road pavement core) to determine if coal tar is present within the layers of the road pavement. The procedure will include for an initial test (generally using the PAK marker paint method) to determine the presence of coal tar and, if coal tar...
Delivery: UKM78
Lot 3 Investigation of concrete structures
£140,000
Award of Lot which is primarily targeted at the testing of existing concrete structural assets such as road bridges and underpasses. The work will include the sampling and analysis of hardened concrete and structural paint coatings and will include a range of (mostly non-destructive) tests. The tests will include, but not be limited to the following: - The d...
Delivery: UKM78
Lot 4 Site Investigation
£60,000
Award of lot which will encompass a small range of site investigation services, that will include, but not be limited to: - Trial pits to determine ground conditions, material layers, and for material sampling in both superficial deposits/soils and in bituminous pavements. - Extraction of soil samples using hand auger techniques. - Ground Penetrating Radar s...
Delivery: UKM78
Lot 1 Sampling and Testing of Civil Engineering Construction Materials
£60,000
Award of Lot which will primarily encompass the sampling, testing and analysis of a variety of road construction materials including, but not limited to, the following: - Unbound stone/aggregate materials; - bituminous pavement materials including surface dressing; - bituminous pavement characteristics (e.g. skid resistance, texture depth, surface regularity...
Delivery: UKM78
Documents
Unlock document linkWLC Material Coring and Testing Framework Agreement
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Roads and Transportation delivers an extensive programme of works, including carriageway surfacing and structural maintenance. As part of this maintenance programme, following guidance from the Scottish Road Research Board (January 2018), t...
Contract notice · Web page
WLC Material Coring and Testing Framework Agreement
Not provided
Award of framework. Roads and Transportation delivers an extensive programme of works, including carriageway surfacing and structural maintenance. As part of this maintenance programme, following guidance from the Scottish Road Research Boa...
Award notice · Web page
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