Official UK procurement notice
Drain Cleaning Contractor · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Choice Housing Ireland Limited (Public body)·On behalf of: Choice Services Ireland Limited
Sectors: Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£630,000≈ £315k / year · £630,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 29 May 2026awarded 11 Jun 2026
Awarded to Enva Northern Ireland Limited
Contract term 2 yrsends 28 Jun 2028 · up to 27 Jun 2029 with extensions · starts 29 Jun 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAppointment of a drain cleaning contractor for Choice Services Ireland.
CPV: Blast-cleaning services for tubular structures · Cesspool or septic tank emptying services · Gully cleaning and emptying services · Sewage services · Sewer cleaning services · Sewer survey and sewage treatment consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£630,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Apr 2026, 13:32 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Jul 2026, 09:31 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 15 Jun 2026
- Authority reference
PRN26014- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-039910- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068f45Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
- Submission deadline
- 29 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 15 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
30 Apr 2026 → 9 Jul 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published169 days ago30 Apr 2026, 13:32 BST
- Clarification questions by154 days ago15 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline140 days ago29 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent124 days ago15 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by123 days ago15 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts110 days ago29 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends102 days ago6 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published100 days ago9 Jul 2026, 09:31 BST
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Apr 2026- Tender notice published30 Apr 2026, 13:32 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published25 Jun 2026, 10:52 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete25 Jun 2026, 10:52 BST
- Buyer details updated25 Jun 2026, 10:52 BST
- Contract signature expected8 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published9 Jul 2026, 09:31 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £630,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 6 Jul 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enva Northern Ireland Limited9 Jul 2026 – 29 Jun 2028 · up to 29 Jun 2029Extensions: One 12 month extension. | £630,000 inc. VAT | 11 Jun 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
1 · Enva Northern Ireland Limited
- Signed
- 6 Jul 2026
- Value
- £630,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 9 Jul 2026 – 8 Jul 2028 · up to 6 Jul 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- One 12 month extension available.
No agreed KPIs: Contract management will be ongoing weekly and monthly and SLAs will be managed by contract management team.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders · 3 at stage one | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- Choice Services Ireland LimitedProcuring entityPublic undertakingNorthern Irish devolved regulations applyChoice Services is the user of ther service, Choice Housing procurement team rendered the tender.
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Enva Northern Ireland LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender