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Bran Sands Long Sea Outfall

Buyer: NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED →

BuyerNORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£200,000,000
Published7 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Project Scope: - The objective of this project is to reduce nitrogen loadings in the Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast Special Protection Area (SPA) by 1st April 2030. This will be achieved by removing the Bran Sands discharge from the River Tees and discharging directly to the North Sea to improve dispersion and dilution. - A Long Sea Outfall for Bran Sands has been supported and approved by Ofwat in the final determination of NWG's PR24 (business plan). - The Levelling Up and Regeneration Act (2023) requires Technically Achievable Limit of Total Nitrogen of 10mg/l at 'designated STWs' that serve a population equivalent of more than 2,000 people by 1 April 2030 and are within the Nutrient Neutrality area. - To deliver this, the driver was included in the Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) under the Habitats Directive for Nutrient Neutrality. Project Brief - Option Detail: - The project indicatively consists of three works packages outlined below: - Onshore Headworks/Pumping Station - Onshore pipeline - 3km 2m diameter - Offshore pipeline - 4.5km 2m diameter The packages may be tendered and awarded individually or in combination. Types of work under the packages may include (but are not limited to): - Design of pumped marine outfall pipeline systems - Early Contractor Involvement and/or Works Contractor(s) - Onshore environmental, geotechnical and geophysical surveys - Offshore environmental, geotechnical and geophysical surveys - Onshore tunnelling (tbc) - Offshore tunnelling (tbc) - Flow collection chamber/Pumping station and/or Headworks pumping station - civil, mechanical, electrical and ICA - Dredged outfall installation - long length large diameter PE with concrete ballast - Marine structures - outfall diffuser and diffuser protection

Delivery location

UKC, GB

Categories

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Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 31 Oct 2026 to 31 Mar 2030

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Underwater pipeline, Subsea pipelines, Outfall piping, Sewer pipes, Tunnelling works, General construction work for pipelines, Construction work for water and sewage pipelines, Pumping station construction work, Sewer construction work, Sewerage work, Foul-water piping construction work, Sewage work, Sewage treatment works, Sewage pumping stations construction work, Sewage outfall construction work, Wastewater pumping station, Construction work for sewage pipes, Dredging and pumping works, Civil engineering support services, Infrastructure works consultancy services, Environmental impact assessment for construction, Pipeline-design services, Geotechnical engineering services, Geological and geophysical consultancy services, Geophysical consultancy services, Geological consultancy services, Ground investigation services, Topographical services, Geology, oceanography and hydrology services, Geology services, Marine survey servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 44. The category anchor is Underwater pipeline (44161400); 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 441,7125 median · 45 average (414 of 1,712 with a bid count)6.1 average (461 of 1,712 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer1Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKC1312 median · 18.3 average (38 of 131 with a bid count)5.5 average (42 of 131 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)60264 median · 264 average (1 of 60 with a bid count)39 average (1 of 60 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 agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeutilities
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
General Information: It is mandatory for any interested suppliers to register on the new CENTRAL DIGITAL PLATFORM which is part of the enhanced Find a Tender Service (Procurement Act 2023). NWG welcomes interest from all suitable contractors / suppliers Contractors may have expertise in any of the three distinct packages of work. At this stage, NWG expect individual entity responses to this notice. Once procurement strategy has been defined, it is appreciated that delivery approaches may involve responses from JVs/Consortium Project Brief - Option Detail: The project indicatively consists of three works packages: - Onshore Headworks/Pumping Station - Onshore pipeline - 3km 2m diameter - Offshore pipeline - 4.5km 2m diameter Aims of Market Engagement: - Understand current market conditions and appetite for schemes of this nature - Understanding supplier's capability and capacity to deliver schemes of this nature - Understand and develop the procurement strategy for the project, which could include exclusive use of the Client's established framework partners or a mix of Client's framework partners and open market competition - Reviewing how work could be packaged and advertised to the market (i.e splitting into lots, advertising as one scheme etc) to deliver best value - Seeking feedback from the market to understand how NWG can be an attractive client, ensuring the procurement process is proportionate to the size and complexity of the project Market Engagement Process: - Initial Conditions of Participation to exclude any suppliers who are on Debarment List or are not registered on Central Digital Platform - Completion of contractor questionnaire via Microsoft Forms requesting information on contractor capabilities, previous experience of a similar nature, how contractors can add value to the market engagement process - NWG will review questionnaire returns and select the most suitable suppliers to attend the engagement session. Preference will be given to those suppliers with a recent demonstrable track record of delivering long length large-diameter outfall pipeline projects (or part thereof) of this nature - In-person workshop / round table session with all invited participants (expect to invite c15). Provisional date: Wednesday 18th September 2025. - Upon completion of market engagement, the Client will develop a procurement strategy to deliver the project, if this results in an open market competition, any material shared during the engagement process will be included within the tender documents. Call to Action: Expressions of interest to complete the questionnaire must be sent to the e-mail address amp8procurement@nwl.co.uk before the deadline date of 20/08/2025 at Midday. Once the expression of interest window has closed, a link to the questionnaire will be sent to the email address you provide on 21/08/2025. The deadline for completing the questionnaire is 04/09/2025 at 5pm. When sending expression of interest, applicants must provide the following information: 1) Full company name, 2) Key contact (name, email address to receive the questionnaire link, mobile number) 3) Type of company: - D&C organisation, - Specialist service provider (please detail: eg Tunnelling (offshore/onshore)/Specialist Surveys/Marine Structures), - Other (please detail) Those suppliers selected for further engagement may be invited to an in-person workshop on Thursday 18th September. Further details will be provided following receipt of questionnaires.engagement20 Aug 2025scheduled

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-056c5d
Latest release ID046931-2025
Latest release timestampThu Aug 07 2025 13:03:14 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryworks
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£200,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
7 Aug 2025planningUpdate046931-2025
4 Aug 2025planning045677-2025

All source data

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

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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7 Aug 2025 · 046931-2025 · planningUpdate
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4 Aug 2025 · 045677-2025 · planning
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