Official UK procurement notice
Water System Risk Assessment - ESPO Framework 198_20, Mini-competition
Authority: Hull City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionHull City Council has appointed Integrated Water Services Limited to to undertake a programme of regular monthly monitoring for legionella, as directed, at Hull City Council corporate property estate sites, and at Housing sites. The opportunity was utilising a mini-competition process through the ESPO Framework 198_25 Legionella Monitoring and Risk Re-Assessment Services Lot 3. The annual spend is £343,241.98. Total expected spend for the whole contract including the 24-month extension is £1716209.9.
The contract is awarded for the period of 3 years with an option to extend the contract by up to 24 months. Such extension will be at the discretion of the Assistant Director of Neighbourhoods and Housing and subject to satisfactory performance.
CPV: Health and safety services · Monitoring and control services · Services related to water pollution · Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 29 bids on the busiest of 3 lots · 24 suppliers appointed
- Framework period
- 3 yrs from 1 Jan 2025
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value · evaluation weights differ by lotEvery one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £3,000,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Water System Risk Assessment ServicesCancelled UK, Yorkshire & Humberceiling above
Provision of Legionella Monitoring and Risk Re-Assessment Services
Lot #2Water Hygiene Monitoring ServicesCancelled UKceiling above
This lot covers the provision of water hygiene monitoring services for individual public sector customers throughout the UK.
Lot #3Water System Risk Assessment and Water Hygiene Monitoring Services (Combined Service)Cancelled UKPublished value£4,000,000
This lot covers the provision of water system risk assessment and water hygiene monitoring services as a combined service for individual public sector customers throughout the UK.
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
- Price carries 50–100 points depending on the lot; most lots put it at 100 points.
- “Water System Risk Assessment - ESPO Framework 198_20, Mini-competition” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use the vehicle
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 29 Aug 2024, 08:51 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Sept 2025, 10:34 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 30 Sept 2024 – …
- Authority reference
84052- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-060395- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04962aFind a Tender
- Performance terms
ESPO shall monitor the financial stability of the awarded Service Providers during the period of the Framework Agreement by reference to credit ratings agency reports.
ESPO shall obtain a credit score (determined by the use of a credit rating agency) for the Service Provider on or before the Framework start date as a base score and where a significant change in the credit score is identified over the life of the Framework, ESPO reserves the right to investigate the reasons for this significant change. Depending on the severity of the changes, it will be at the sole discretion of ESPO to suspend or even permanently remove the Service Provider from the Framework.
ESPO shall monitor the Service Providers' performance against the set framework key performance indicators.
MI and rebate to be collected six-monthly.
- Review procedure
Information on deadlines(s) for review procedures can be found in Part 3, Chapter 6 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Publisher note: As a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Framework Agreement is open for use by Public Bodies (defined at https://www.espo.org/amfile/file/download/file/9608/) that also fall into one of the following classifications of user throughout all administrative regions of the UK: Local Authorities; Educational Establishments (including Academies); Central Government Departments and Agencies; Police, Fire & Rescue and Coastguard Emergency Services; NHS and HSC Bodies, including Ambulance Services; Registered Charities; Registered Social Landlords; The Corporate Office of the House of Lords, The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons; or any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament. Details of the classification of end user establishments and geographical areas are available at: https://www.espo.org/legal. ESPO has established a commercial trading company, ESPO Trading Limited, whose target clients are third sector organisations such as national and local charities, public sector mutual organisations and other organisations involved in the delivery of services to or for the public sector. The successful Supplier may be asked to enter into an additional separate framework agreement (the Second Framework) with ESPO Trading Limited on materially similar terms to that found in the tender pack to be entered into by ESPO itself. Any Second Framework agreement will be a purely commercial agreement and will, for the avoidance of doubt, not be governed by the Public Contract Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. ESPO Trading Limited may enter into the second framework agreement with the successful supplier and make it available to third sector clients who themselves are not required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. Accordingly, this is provided for bidders information only. An eAuction process may be used to award subsequent call off contracts following the reopening of competition among the parties to the Framework Agreement.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 30 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 30 Sept 2024, 12:01 BST
Timeline
30 Sept 2024 → 29 Sept 2025 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown30 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened30 Sept 2024, 12:01 BST
- Contract starts1 Jan 2025
- Notice published383 days ago29 Sept 2025, 10:34 BST
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Jan 2025- Status changed to complete28 Jan 2025, 09:01 GMT
- Procurement method changed29 Sept 2025, 10:34 BST
- Buyer details updated29 Sept 2025, 10:34 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast4 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £3,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Provision of Legionella Monitoring and Risk Re-Assessment Services - ESPO Framework 198_25 Mini-competition, Lot 3
- Signed
- 18 Jun 2025
- Value
- —
- Period
- … – 31 Dec 2027
- Status
- active
Lot 1 - Water System Risk Assessment Services
- Signed
- 20 Jan 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 Dec 2027
- Status
- active
Lot 2 - Water Hygiene Monitoring Services
- Signed
- 20 Jan 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 Dec 2027
- Status
- active
Lot 3 - Water System Risk Assessment and Water Hygiene Monitoring Services (Combined Service)
- Signed
- 20 Jan 2025
- Value
- £4,000,000
- Period
- … – 31 Dec 2027
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Water System Risk Assessment Services | 29bids · 29 electronic | 19 | — | £1,029,726 – £1,716,210 |
| 2 · Water Hygiene Monitoring Services | 29bids · 29 electronic | 19 | — | — |
| 3 · Water System Risk Assessment and Water Hygiene Monitoring Services (Combined Service) | 29bids · 29 electronic | 19 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- ESPOContracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyRegional or local authorityLocal Authority Services
Framework contractors & participating bidders
25 commercial parties on the notice- AIRBORNE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- AQUA ALLIES LTDFramework contractor
- CHURCHILL CONTRACT SERVICES LIMITEDFramework contractor
- ENVIRISK LTDFramework contractor
- ENVIRONTEC LIMITEDFramework contractor
- FEEDWATER LIMITEDFramework contractor
- GRAHAM ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITEDFramework contractor
- HCS WATER TREATMENT LTDFramework contractor
- HEALTHY BUILDINGS (IRELAND) LIMITED (T/A HBE)Framework contractor
- HSL COMPLIANCE LTDFramework contractor
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- INTEGRATED WATER SERVICES LIMITEDFramework contractor
- Integrated Water ServicesFramework contractor
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- PH WATER TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDFramework contractor
- ROCK COMPLIANCE LIMITEDFramework contractor
- SECOND ELEMENT LIMITEDFramework contractor
- SEVERN TRENT SERVICES OPERATIONS UK LIMITEDFramework contractor
- SGS UNITED KINGDOM LIMITEDFramework contractor
- SMS ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITEDFramework contractor
- TECS SPECIALIST WATER LIMITEDFramework contractor
- TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE LIMITEDFramework contractor
- URBAN ENVIRONMENTS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- WATER HYGIENE CENTRE LIMITEDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria