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title: "FA08-03 - SEWERAGE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE"
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# FA08-03 - SEWERAGE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fa08-03-sewerage-repair-and-maintenance-ocds-h6vhtk-047866). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED: "FA08-03 - SEWERAGE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: £160,000,000. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: s1.ariba.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northumbrian-water-limited-GB-COH-02366703)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £160,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 July 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Drainage works, Pipelaying construction work, Sewer construction work, Sewerage work
- **Delivery Location:** UKC
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fa08-03-sewerage-repair-and-maintenance-ocds-h6vhtk-047866#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-047866`

## 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/fa08-03-sewerage-repair-and-maintenance-ocds-h6vhtk-047866#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [s1.ariba.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fs1.ariba.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fa08-03-sewerage-repair-and-maintenance-ocds-h6vhtk-047866#participate

## Description
The Client is looking to either appoint one Contractor (full Northumbrian Water Operating region) or two Contractors (one in the North and one in the South of the Northumbrian Water Operating Region) to deliver reactive sewerage repair and maintenance services. 
The scope includes, but is not limited to, reactive repairs and maintenance (including alterations and enhancements) of approximately 30,000km of the Client's sewerage network. This includes reactive attendance to all customer reported issues and subsequent maintenance.  
The services will largely be reactive emergency services in response to customer contacts and other short-term work where there is an immediate and repeated adverse impact on customer service or other serviceability measures. 
This entails the provision of 24/7/365 emergency call out cover for all customer reported issues which could include: 
- Internal, external, highway and other flooding 
- Pollution 
- Odours 
- Blockages 
- Collapses 
-Dangerous manholes  
The Client's in-house Technical Support team will attend the majority of flooding contacts and all reported pollution contacts as well as any others deemed necessary alongside the crew to oversee the resolution of the issue, complete root cause analysis and communicate with the customer. Investigations undertaken will often include looksee CCTV, dye testing, locating manholes, cleansing, root cutting and proactive mapping. 
Following the initial reactive attendance further remedial or investigation work may be required this may include: 
- Further investigation encompassing network tracing, dye testing 
- CCTV including probe and mark 
- Sewer cleansing 
- Ultra high-pressure jet cutting or use of specialist cutting equipment such as Picote, Bladder or robotic cutters 
- Root cutting 
- Drawdowns 
- Rod retrievals 
Any activity which identifies as causing a potential risk of flooding from operations, all employees must follow strict mitigation procedures outlined by the Client, this may include: 
- Bunging connections 
- Wrapping toilets 
- Venting manholes 
- Drawdowns 
- Use of alternative methods such as rodding 
If required sewer repairs are undertaken, this may include: 
- Dig down repairs 
- Emergency burst rising main repairs 
- Trenchless patch or lining repairs 
- Pipe bursting 
- Minor building over sewer diversions 
- New manholes, manhole repairs, manhole cover and frame replacement and/or repairs 
- Manhole trap removal 
- Minor pipe-bridge & sewer outfall repairs 
In any instance where a repair disrupts or damages the ground surface this area will be replaced like for like. 
Other services where required may include, but are not limited to: 
- Large clean ups which may involve removal of contaminated material 
- Vegetation clearance 
- Landscaping 
- Pump hire and overpumping hire and set-up 
- Security 
- Site set-up activities which may include provision and installation of track mats etc 
- Provision and installation of pollution mitigation measu...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fa08-03-sewerage-repair-and-maintenance-ocds-h6vhtk-047866)

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: North of Northumbrian Water Operating Region
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 45231110, 45232400, 45232410, 45232452
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £80,000,000
- **Description:** Lot 1 covers the provision of the works in the North of Northumbrian Water's operating region. Map of regions are in the tender documents.
The scope includes, but is not limited to, reactive repairs and maintenance (including alterations and enhancem...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: South of Northumbrian Water's Operating Region
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 45231110, 45232400, 45232410, 45232452
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £80,000,000
- **Description:** Lot 2 cover the provision of the works in the South of  Northumbrian Water's operating region. Map of regions are in the tender documents
The scope includes, but is not limited to, reactive repairs and maintenance (including alterations and enhanceme...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 3: Northumbrian Water's Full Operating Region (North & South)
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 45231110, 45232400, 45232410, 45232452
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £160,000,000
- **Description:** Lot 3 covers the provision of the works in Northumbrian Water's full operating region (North & South). Map of regions are in the tender documents
The scope includes, but is not limited to, reactive repairs and maintenance (including alterations and e...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F019809-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-06-28T12:17:39.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T05:23:02.689Z
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