The purpose of this tender is to put in place a framework agreement to procure asset management (coring) services which may be accessed to undertake coring works in highway reinstatements on the highway networks of organisational bodies participatory to the framework.

The purpose of this tender is to put in place a framework agreement to procure asset management (coring) services which may be accessed to undertake coring works in highway reinstatements on the highway networks of organisational bodies participatory to the framework. This will allow compliance with national reinstatement specifications, as given in the Specification for the Reinstatement of Openings in Highways (SROH) 1st, 2nd, 3rd and future editions or updates, dependent on the completion date of the reinstatement, to be determined. Providers must provide evidenced interpretive reports documenting certain physical properties of each of the cores taken. All core extraction, sampling and testing shall be carried out by a UKAS accredited laboratory approved to undertake such tests in accordance with the procedures of the relevant British or European standards. Providers must be accredited for the appropriate work categories under the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).