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ClosedFind a Tender · UK4
BuyerTHAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED
StatusClosed
Deadline3 Jul 2026
Value£0
Published15 Jun 2026

What is being bought

Thames Water is the UK's largest water and wastewater service company. Every day we supply around 2.5 billion litres of tap water to 10.6 million customers across London and the Thames Valley. We also remove and treat more than 4.7 billion litres of sewage for 16 million customers. In everything we do, we follow Thames Water's purpose and values. Thames Water is seeking to appoint service providers to deliver Bio Recycling services. The appointed service providers will be responsible for providing one or multiple of the following services: • Lot 1: Haulage, • Lot 2: Spreading, • Lot 3: Offsite Liming, • Lot 4: Onsite Liming, • Lot 5: Restoration, • Lot 6: Trackway services The service provider is expected to be proactive in contractual innovation and deliver high-quality performance throughout the contract period. The contracts will encompass all aspects of Bio Recycling services, with a focus on supporting TWUL's operational and strategic objectives. Thames Water reserves the right to refine the award criteria. Please note that that deadline for asking for access to the PSQ & submitting of the PSQ is 3rd July 2026, 12 noon GMT.

Categories

Motor vehicles for the transport of goods 34130000Heavy-duty motor vehicles 34140000Lifting and handling equipment and parts 42400000Construction work 45000000Agricultural services 77100000Sludge removal services 90513600Sludge transport services 90513700Sludge treatment services 90513800Cleaning and treatment of soil 90522400Soil pollution protection services 90732100

Lot details

Haulage

The service includes haulage support in peak seasons. The Service Provider must supply appropriate vehicles and drivers and hold the appropriate Waste Carrier licences for the haulage of Biosolids to agricultural land or other locations. The Biosolids are collected from the Collection Sites (typically the Purchaser's Sewage Treatment Works), where a vehicle loads from the Purchaser's storage areas, silos or direct from a product discharge point. The product is then transported to a Transfer Point, as instructed by the Purchaser, where either stockpiling operations or discharge into a reception facility shall take place. Lot volumes 2026/27 (estimated) • ~200Kt

Statusactive
Value£0
Contract periodFrom 1 Mar 2027 to 29 Feb 2032
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Commercial (65%)
Heads of Term / T&Cs (5%)
Technical (30%)

Spreading

The service includes spreading of compliant biosolids to agricultural land, and supply of composting mix on an ad hoc basis. The spreading operation involves the even distribution of Biosolids from the stockpile to the area designated by the Purchaser at the Customer site as well as other ad hoc activities as requested. Lot volumes 2026/27 (estimated) • Total Lot Volume ~670Kt - 715K Regional volumes 2026/27 (estimated): • North West~ 125 to 137 Kt • North East ~ 199 to 210 Kt • South East ~ 121 to 132 Kt • South West ~ 225 to 236 Kt Please note that these figures are non-committal estimates for the period April 2026 to March 2027, and actual volumes may fall above or below the stated ranges.

Statusactive
Value£0
Contract periodFrom 1 Mar 2027 to 29 Feb 2032
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Commercial (55%)
Heads of Term/ T&Cs (5%)
Technical (40%)

Off site Liming

The service includes processing and disposal of non-compliant biosolids via an approved low odour, off site liming operation to compliant parameters. The supplier shall manage the post-treatment process, which include product placement. The provision of haulage of biosolids to the liming site is optional. Lot volumes 2026/27 (estimated) • ~60Kt

Statusactive
Value£0
Contract periodFrom 1 Mar 2027 to 29 Feb 2032
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Commercial (55%)
Heads of Term/ T&Cs (5%)
Technical (40%)

On site Liming

The service includes processing of non-compliant biosolids using a low odour mobile plant at TWUL sites to bring biosolids to compliant parameters. TWUL will be responsible for hauling and placement of the product. Lot volumes 2026/27 (estimated) • ~36Kt

Statusactive
Value£0
Contract periodFrom 1 Mar 2027 to 29 Feb 2032
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Commercial (55%)
Heads of Term/ T&Cs (5%)
Technical (40%)

Restoration

The service includes the disposal of non-compliant biosolids via restoration. The provision of haulage of biosolids to the restoration site is optional. Lot volumes 2026/27 (estimated) • ~47Kt

Statusactive
Value£0
Contract periodFrom 1 Mar 2027 to 29 Feb 2032
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Commercial (55%)
Heads of Term/ T&Cs (5%)
Technical (40%)

Trackway

The service includes the supply, delivery, installation, inspection, maintenance and removal of Trackway panels, to enable safe access and ground protection for operational and agricultural environments and haulage to agricultural land activities. Lot volumes 2026/27 (estimated) • ~1.7m SQM, 5200 days of hire across 500 sites

Statusactive
Value£0
Contract periodFrom 1 Mar 2027 to 29 Feb 2032
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Commercial (55%)
Heads of Term/ T&Cs (5%)
Technical (40%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Motor vehicles for the transport of goods, Heavy-duty motor vehicles, Lifting and handling equipment and parts, Sludge removal services, Sludge transport servicesNot published
2Agricultural servicesNot published
3Sludge removal services, Sludge transport services, Sludge treatment servicesNot published
4Sludge treatment servicesNot published
5Sludge removal services, Sludge transport services, Cleaning and treatment of soilNot published
6Construction work, Soil pollution protection servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 34. The category anchor is Motor vehicles for the transport of goods (34130000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 341,7913 median · 22 average (508 of 1,791 with a bid count)3.5 average (561 of 1,791 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer3Not published6.5 average (2 of 3 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeutilities
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06a8f4
Latest release ID056047-2026
Latest release timestampMon Jun 15 2026 09:29:46 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/056047-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-07-03T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-06-12T17:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-11-23T23:59:59Z
Submission method detailsIf you are interested in participating, please complete the registration form: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/p5XmgJX1MU
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£0
Tender lots in source6
Tender items in source6
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
15 Jun 2026tenderUpdate056047-2026
2 Jun 2026tenderUpdate052022-2026
29 May 2026tender050867-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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15 Jun 2026 · 056047-2026 · tenderUpdate
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2 Jun 2026 · 052022-2026 · tenderUpdate
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    "description": "Thames Water is the UK's largest water and wastewater service company. Every day we supply around 2.5 billion litres of tap water to 10.6 million customers across London and the Thames Valley. We also remove and treat more than 4.7 billion litres of sewage for 16 million customers. In everything we do, we follow Thames Water's purpose and values.\nThames Water is seeking to appoint service providers to deliver Bio Recycling services. The appointed service providers will be responsible for providing one or multiple of the following services:\n•\tLot 1: Haulage,\n•\tLot 2: Spreading,\n•\tLot 3: Offsite Liming,\n•\tLot 4: Onsite Liming,\n•\tLot 5: Restoration,\n•\tLot 6: Trackway services\nThe service provider is expected to be proactive in contractual innovation and deliver high-quality performance throughout the contract period. The contracts will encompass all aspects of Bio Recycling services, with a focus on supporting TWUL's operational and strategic objectives.\nThames Water reserves the right to refine the award criteria. Please note that that deadline for asking for access to the PSQ & submitting of the PSQ is 3rd July 2026, 12 noon GMT.",
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29 May 2026 · 050867-2026 · tender
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