Official UK procurement notice
DAERA - Private Water Supplies: Delivery of Annual Monitoring Programme
Authority: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Central government)·On behalf of: CPD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), through the
Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI), a unit within DAERA, has a statutory responsibility for
private water supplies under the Water and Sewerage Services Order (Northern Ireland)
2006. This is implemented through The Private Water Supplies Regulations (Northern
Ireland) 2017 which requires a sampling and analysis programme to be put in place and
maintained for all private water supplies registered under these regulations (Regulations 9 -
12).
Therefore DWI requires a Supplier to undertake the collection, transportation, analysis and
reporting of results for samples of drinking water taken by local council officers from private water supplies across Northern Ireland under The Private Water Supplies Regulations
(Northern Ireland) 2017.
CPV: Analysis services · Laboratory services · Technical analysis or consultancy services · Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat 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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- AC2 - Service delivery: 50%
- AC3 - Contract Management: 30%
- AC4 - Social Value: 20%
Published award criteria (3)
- AC2 - Service delivery: As per tender documents
- AC3 - Contract Management: As per tender documents
- AC4 - Social Value: As per tender documents
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Jun 2025, 15:30 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Oct 2025, 16:24 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Sept 2025
- Authority reference
ID 5827624- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-035150- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055395Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
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Contract Value
The estimated value figure indicated in the Scope Section represents an overall estimated contract value. This value reflects the potential scale of the contract. Neither CPD nor the contracting Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept any tender. Suppliers remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Supplier in connection with taking part in this procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time.
No legally binding contract shall arise (and a Supplier shall have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into) until such time as entry into the Contract has been confirmed by the Contracting Authority.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 22 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders must be submitted electronically via the relevant Call for Tender (CfT) opportunity on eTendersNI, website details immediately below.
Paper submissions will not be accepted or considered and will be rejected by the Contracting Authority / Buyer. The tender documents are available with unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: URL etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗
Timeline
25 Jun 2025 → 3 Oct 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published25 Jun 2025, 15:30 BST
- Clarification questions by22 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline1 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by1 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent398 days ago19 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends386 days ago30 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts386 days ago1 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published384 days ago3 Oct 2025, 16:24 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Jun 2025- Tender notice published25 Jun 2025, 15:30 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published19 Sept 2025, 11:54 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete19 Sept 2025, 11:54 BST
- Contract signature expected1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published3 Oct 2025, 16:24 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tetra Tech Consulting NI Ltd1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2028 · up to 30 Sept 2030Extensions: The contract has 2 options to extend for a period of 1 yr each | £854,000 | 19 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
DAERA - Private Water Supplies: Delivery of Annual Monitoring Programme · Tetra Tech Consulting NI Ltd
- Signed
- 3 Oct 2025
- Value
- £854,000
- Period
- 4 Oct 2025 – 2 Oct 2028 · up to 2 Oct 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2 options to extend for a period of 1 yr each (1yr +1yr)
- Options
- The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid.
No agreed KPIs: The value of this contract is below the relevant threshold of £5 million including VAT and as such the reporting and publication of KPIs is not mandated.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- CPDBeneficiary authority
- CPD - Supplies & Services DivisionProcess contact pointProcuring entityConstruction and Procurement Delivery – Supplies and Services Division, is a Centre of Procurement Expertise and provides a central procurement function for central government in Northern Ireland
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- TETRA TECH CONSULTING (NI) LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- Tetra Tech Consulting (NI) LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender