Biosolids recycling and associated activities

What is being bought5 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The requirement is broken down into the below lots:

Lot 1- Biosolids delivery East This Lot provides the end-to-end delivery of biosolids and clean water sludge to land and restoration. This includes services such as pad management, loading, haulage, stockpiling and spreading for the EAST.

Lot 2- Biosolids delivery West This Lot provides the end-to-end delivery of biosolids and clean water sludge to land and restoration. This includes services such as pad management, loading, haulage, stockpiling and spreading for the WEST.

Lot 3- Liming (Biosolids Stabilization Treatment)

Lot 4- Ground protection services in the WEST

Lot 5- Ground protection services in the WEST

How the procedure runs: Prequalification stage (PQQ) with a number of pass/fail, scored and information only questions to assessed by the Utilities. Qualifying criteria set out in the PQQ briefing pack. Successful bidders will then progress to a Request for proposal (RFP) stage, where technical and commercial responses will be required. Further shortlisting of suppliers may take place before site visits, presentations or commercial negotiations commence.

CPV: Environmental protection · Flatwork for running tracks · Heavy-duty motor vehicles · Lifting and handling equipment and parts · Motor vehicles for the transport of goods · Refuse disposal and treatment · Self-loading or unloading trailers and semi-trailers for agriculture · Services relating to contaminated soil · Sewage disposal services · Sewage removal services · Soil pollution protection services · Track construction works

How this framework works

From the published notice

Type: Open framework
Call-offs: every call-off is a further competition among the appointed suppliers
Framework period: 5 yrs · up to 10 yrs from 1 Feb 2026

Who may buy through it

Hafren Dyfrdwy

Published description of the framework

Competitive procedure during the RFP to be added to the framework. Suppliers will become preferred suppliers in counties based of their submission and will become stand by suppliers for the other regions.

Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure

5 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lot

Every one of these 3 lots carries the same published figure, £15,000,000: 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 #1Biosolids delivery EastAwardedRenewal North East, North West +8 5 yrsSMEPublished value£6,000,000

This Lot provides the end-to-end delivery of biosolids and clean water sludge to land and restoration. This includes services such as pad management, loading, haulage, stockpiling and spreading for the EAST.

Contract period: 1 Feb 2026 – 1 Feb 2031 (5 yrs) · up to 1 Feb 2036 with extensionsValue: £6,000,000 exc. VAT · £6,000,000 inc. VAT

Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, WalesEligibility: SME eligible