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Published 25 Mar 2025, 10:12 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

F001 - Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of Rotating Biological Contactors (RBC's)

Official notice

Authority: NORTHERN IRELAND WATER LIMITED (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Framework agreement3 lotsServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdUtilitiesSME suitable
Sectors: Industrial machinery (42)Construction & Civil Engineering (45)Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Framework ceiling (notional)£19,200,000total for 3 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue · 1 value update
Submissions closed 8 Aug 2025awarded 29 Oct 2025
Awarded to ENVIRONMENTAL WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS LTD +2 more3 awards
Framework period 3 yrsends 8 Oct 2028 · up to 8 Oct 2032 with extensions · starts 9 Oct 2025

What is being bought3 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

A framework for the supply, delivery, installation, commissioning and maintenance of Rotating Biological Contactors (RBC's) to Northern Ireland Water .

  • How the procedure runs: Evaluation of ITT Responses Suppliers informed of ranking following evaluation of ITT Responses and next steps BaFO request Evaluation of BaFO Contract Award

CPV: Sewage services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Type
Closed framework
Call-offs
every call-off is a further competition among the appointed suppliers
Bids received
3 bids on the busiest of 3 lots · 3 suppliers appointed
Framework period
3 yrs · up to 7 yrs from 9 Oct 2025
Published description of the framework

Mini-competitions will be undertaken with suppliers appointed to the Framework.

Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure

3 lots · all with a published value · same conditions of participation on every lot

Every one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £7,000,000: 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 #1RBC Package plants for PE less than 250AwardedRenewal 3 yrsSMEceiling above

Provision of RBC Package plants for PE less than 250. Please refer to tender documents for further information.

Contract period: 9 Oct 2025 – 8 Oct 2028 (3 yrs) · up to 8 Oct 2032 with extensions
Delivery: Northern IrelandEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: 2 periods of up to 24 months optional extension periods at Client’s discretion, subject to agreement.
90400000 Sewage services
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
  • Economic & financial standing

    Please refer to tender documents

  • Technical & professional ability

    Please refer to tender documents

Lot #2Package Plants for PE greater than 250 and less than 1000AwardedRenewal 3 yrsSMEPublished value£2,000,000

Provision of Package Plants for PE greater than 250 and less than 1000. Please refer to tender documents for further information.

Contract period: 9 Oct 2025 – 8 Oct 2028 (3 yrs) · up to 8 Oct 2032 with extensionsValue: £2,000,000 exc. VAT · £2,400,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: Northern IrelandEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: 2 periods of up to 24 months optional extension periods at Client’s discretion, subject to agreement.
90400000 Sewage services
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
  • Economic & financial standing

    Please refer to tender documents

  • Technical & professional ability

    Please refer to tender documents

Lot #3Modular RBCs for PE greater than 500AwardedRenewal 3 yrsSMEceiling above

Provision of Modular RBCs for PE greater than 500. Please refer to tender documents for further information.

Contract period: 9 Oct 2025 – 8 Oct 2028 (3 yrs) · up to 8 Oct 2032 with extensions
Delivery: Northern IrelandEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: 2 periods of up to 24 months optional extension periods at Client’s discretion, subject to agreement.
90400000 Sewage services
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
  • Economic & financial standing

    Please refer to tender documents

  • Technical & professional ability

    Please refer to tender documents

What it takes to win
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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 more
Conditions of participation · identical on every lot2
  • Economic & financial standing

    Please refer to tender documents

  • Technical & professional ability

    Please refer to tender documents

What this means for your bid
  • “F001 - Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: each call-off is a further competition, so the pricing contest starts after appointment.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Competitive flexible procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
25 Mar 2025, 10:12 GMT
Last source update
13 Nov 2025, 13:48 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 23 Sept 2025
Authority reference
F001
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-034127
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Sewage services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f83e Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

Please refer to tender documents

How it runs

Evaluation of ITT Responses

Suppliers informed of ranking following evaluation of ITT Responses and next steps

BaFO request

Evaluation of BaFO

Contract Award

Review and risk notes
Risks

Please refer to tender documents

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Appointment period ends
8 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
30 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

etendersni.gov.uk/epps/getHomeDashboar… ↗

Timeline

25 Mar 2025 → 13 Nov 2025 · 9 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    25 Mar 2025, 10:12 GMT
  2. Tender notice published
    20 Jun 2025, 15:16 BST
  3. Clarification questions by
    30 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    8 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
  5. Award decision expected by394 days ago
    23 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  6. Contract starts379 days ago
    9 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
  7. Assessment summaries sent359 days ago
    29 Oct 2025
  8. Standstill ends349 days ago
    7 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  9. Latest notice published343 days ago
    13 Nov 2025, 13:48 GMT

Notice history

19 events · 9 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Mar 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    25 Mar 2025, 10:12 GMT
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    25 Apr 2025, 13:33 BST
    UK2
  3. Tender notice published
    20 Jun 2025, 15:16 BST
    UK4
  4. Published value updated
    20 Jun 2025, 15:16 BST
  5. Status changed to active
    20 Jun 2025, 15:16 BST
  6. Procurement method changed
    20 Jun 2025, 15:16 BST
  7. Deadline published: 25 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
    20 Jun 2025, 15:16 BST
  8. Buyer details updated
    20 Jun 2025, 15:16 BST
  9. Tender notice published
    22 Jul 2025, 17:04 BST
    UK4
  10. Deadline moved to 1 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
    22 Jul 2025, 17:04 BST
    +7 days · was 25 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
  11. Tender notice published
    30 Jul 2025, 10:23 BST
    UK4
  12. Deadline moved to 8 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
    30 Jul 2025, 10:23 BST
    +7 days · was 1 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
  13. Contract award notice published
    29 Oct 2025, 15:36 GMT
    UK6
  14. Status changed to complete
    29 Oct 2025, 15:36 GMT
  15. Buyer details updated
    29 Oct 2025, 15:36 GMT
  16. Contract signature expected
    10 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  17. Contract details notice published
    12 Nov 2025, 13:48 GMT
    UK7
  18. Contract details notice published
    12 Nov 2025, 16:00 GMT
    UK7
  19. Contract details notice published
    13 Nov 2025, 13:48 GMT
    UK7
Published amendments (3)

Contract Reference Number T104 amended to F004.

The Tender Submission Deadline has been extended from 25th July 2025 until 1st August 2025 at 12pm

The Tender Submission Deadline has been extended from 1st August 2025 until 8th August 2025 at 12pm

Routine re-releases (9)
  • 2025-10: 1 release · 29 Oct 2025
  • 2025-07: 2 releases · 22 Jul 2025, 30 Jul 2025
  • 2025-06: 1 release · 20 Jun 2025
  • 2025-04: 1 release · 25 Apr 2025
  • 2025-03: 1 release · 25 Mar 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 33 awards · see the list ↓
Bids received 33 from SMEs · busiest of 3 lots
Named bidders 3published on the award notice
Contracts signed 3latest 10 Nov 2025

£9,900,000 is the framework's published maximum, restated by the publisher on 2 award rows. It is one ceiling, not 2 separate sums, and no share per lot is published; those rows read “ceiling above”.

Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lot 1 · RBC Package plants for PE less than 2501 award
ENVIRONMENTAL WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS LTDSME, KEE Process LtdSMELot 1 - RBC Package plants for Population Equivalent less than 25010 Nov 2025 – 9 Nov 2028 · up to 9 Nov 2032Extensions: Two periods of up to 24 months optional extension periods at Client's discretion, subject to agreement.ceiling above29 Oct 2025Awarded
Lot 2 · Package Plants for PE greater than 250 and less than 10001 award
ENVIRONMENTAL WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS LTDSME, KEE Process LtdSMELot 2 - Package Plants for Population Equivalent greater than 250 and less than 100010 Nov 2025 – 9 Nov 2028 · up to 9 Nov 2032Extensions: Two periods of up to 24 months optional extension periods at Client's discretion, subject to agreement.£2,200,00029 Oct 2025Awarded
Lot 3 · Modular RBCs for PE greater than 5001 award
ENVIRONMENTAL WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS LTDSME, Jacopa LtdSME, KEE Process LtdSMELot 3 - Modular RBCs for Population Equivalent greater than 50010 Nov 2025 – 9 Nov 2028 · up to 9 Nov 2032Extensions: Two periods of up to 24 months optional extension periods at Client's discretion, subject to agreement.ceiling above29 Oct 2025Awarded

Contracts

All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £9,900,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

  • Lot 1 - RBC Package plants for Population Equivalent less than 250 · ENVIRONMENTAL WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS LTDSME, KEE Process LtdSME

    Signed
    10 Nov 2025
    Value
    ceiling above
    Period
    11 Nov 2025 – 10 Nov 2028 · up to 10 Nov 2032 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    Two periods of up to 24 months optional extension periods at Client's discretion, subject to agreement.
    • Change Contracting authority updated to NORTHERN IRELAND WATER LIMITED as this was missing from original version.
    • Change Framework established was selected as 'Yes' but this has been updated to 'No' as this is the establishment of a call-off contract.
    3 agreed KPIs: Quality of Goods and delivery on time · Reporting and Finance · Quality of Service
    • Quality of Goods and delivery on time, Goods meet specification requirements and deliver in accordance with clause 1.9 of the Specification document, and delivery period as per pricing schedule or agreed with client.
    • Reporting and Finance, High quality reports provided on time and including detail requested (Frequency – as per section 4.4 of Specification document).
    • Quality of Service, High quality technical support, communication, installation, commissioning, maintenance and service provided on time, including details requested (as described in Section 1.6 of Specification document).

  • Lot 2 - Package Plants for Population Equivalent greater than 250 and less than 1000 · ENVIRONMENTAL WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS LTDSME, KEE Process LtdSME

    Signed
    10 Nov 2025
    Value
    £2,200,000
    Period
    11 Nov 2025 – 10 Nov 2028 · up to 10 Nov 2032 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    Two periods of up to 24 months optional extension periods at Client's discretion, subject to agreement.
    • Change Contracting authority updated to NORTHERN IRELAND WATER LIMITED as this was missing from original version.
    • Change Framework established was selected as 'Yes' but this has been updated to 'No' as this is the establishment of a call-off contract.
    3 agreed KPIs: Quality of Goods and delivery on time · Reporting and Finance · Quality of Service
    • Quality of Goods and delivery on time, Goods meet specification requirements and deliver in accordance with clause 1.9 of the Specification document, and delivery period as per pricing schedule or agreed with client.
    • Reporting and Finance, High quality reports provided on time and including detail requested (Frequency – as per section 4.4 of Specification document).
    • Quality of Service, High quality technical support, communication, installation, commissioning, maintenance and service provided on time, including details requested (as described in Section 1.6 of Specification document).

  • Lot 3 - Modular RBCs for Population Equivalent greater than 500 · ENVIRONMENTAL WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS LTDSME, Jacopa LtdSME, KEE Process LtdSME

    Signed
    10 Nov 2025
    Value
    ceiling above
    Period
    11 Nov 2025 – 10 Nov 2028 · up to 10 Nov 2032 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    Two periods of up to 24 months optional extension periods at Client's discretion, subject to agreement.
    • Change Contracting authority updated to NORTHERN IRELAND WATER LIMITED as this was missing from original version.
    • Change Framework established was selected as 'Yes' but this has been updated to 'No' as this is the establishment of a call-off contract.
    3 agreed KPIs: Quality of Goods and delivery on time · Reporting and Finance · Quality of Service
    • Quality of Goods and delivery on time, Goods meet specification requirements and deliver in accordance with clause 1.9 of the Specification document, and delivery period as per pricing schedule or agreed with client.
    • Reporting and Finance, High quality reports provided on time and including detail requested (Frequency – as per section 4.4 of Specification document).
    • Quality of Service, High quality technical support, communication, installation, commissioning, maintenance and service provided on time, including details requested (as described in Section 1.6 of Specification document).

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · RBC Package plants for PE less than 2502final-stage tenders20—
2 · Package Plants for PE greater than 250 and less than 10002final-stage tenders20—
3 · Modular RBCs for PE greater than 5003final-stage tenders30—

Who bid

Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

NORTHERN IRELAND WATER LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-COH: NI054463 · GB-PPON: PCZH-7295-JJTZ Westland House, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT14 6TEContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Northern Ireland WaterIrelContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations applyGB-PPON: PCZH-7295-JJTZ Belfast, Northern IrelandContact name, email

Framework contractors & participating bidders

3 commercial parties on the notice
  • ENVIRONMENTAL WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS LTDFramework contractorGB-COH: 11960958GB-PPON: PBDH-6412-NCVR Magnolia House, Spring Villa Park, Edgware, London, HA8 7EBContact email
  • JACOPA LIMITEDFramework contractorGB-COH: 09352099GB-PPON: PTTX-2174-CWNP Cornwallis Road, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 7JFContact email
  • KEE PROCESS LIMITEDFramework contractorGB-COH: 00543552GB-PPON: PZNW-4338-YBRG College Road North, Aylesbury, South East, HP22 5EZContact email

Official documents & specifications (17)

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