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title: "Bran Sands Long Sea Outfall"
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# Bran Sands Long Sea Outfall

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/bran-sands-long-sea-outfall-ocds-h6vhtk-056c5d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED: "Bran Sands Long Sea Outfall". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £200,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northumbrian-water-limited-GB-COH-02366703)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £200,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Civil engineering support services, Construction work for sewage pipes, Construction work for water and sewage pipelines, Dredging and pumping works, Environmental impact assessment for construction (+26 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKC
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/bran-sands-long-sea-outfall-ocds-h6vhtk-056c5d#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-056c5d`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/bran-sands-long-sea-outfall-ocds-h6vhtk-056c5d#tl-md)

## Description
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

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 44161400, 44161410, 44162300, 44163130, 45221247, 45231100
- **Delivery regions:** UKC
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 31/10/2026 to 31/03/2030

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F046931-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-08-07T13:03:14.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T09:16:51.249Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-056c5d