The Mvula Trust, Polokwane office invites Professionally Registered Service Providers to submit quotations for Conducting Geotechnical Investigations at Schools in the Limpopo Province under the Limpopo Department of Education: Lekgwareng Primary school. Scope: The scope of works per school, inter alia, entails: - Excavation and profiling of at least three (3) trial pits. The pits are to be excavated to a minimum depth of 3m or refusal. The pits to have co-ordinates for location and design purposes; - Light Dynamic Penetrometer tests to a maximum of 4m or refusal; - Establish the depth of the ground water table and determine the likely seasonal variation of the same; - Chemical analysis of ground water to determine corrosiveness (Basson Index). If ground water is found to be corrosive, make recommendations as to what action to take; - Laboratory Conductivity tests (mS/cm); - Provide founding recommendations including settlement predictions for the type of foundations recommended; - Provide field moisture/density tests; - Prospect for borrow pit if suspected that the in-situ material is not suitable; - Percolation tests. The duration to undertake the task is twenty-one (21) working days. The service provider should deploy adequate resources to be able to meet the timelines. (Tender №99862855)