Official UK procurement notice
Leachate Treatment Plant Blowers - Provision and Installation
Authority: Plymouth City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPlymouth City Council was seeking suppliers to supply, deliver and install 4x aeration blowers as part of the upgrade works at the Leachate Treatment Plant (LTP). The upgrade is being undertaken to improve the operational reliability and efficiency of the plant's aeration system, which plays a critical role in the biological treatment of leachate.
The Environment Agency (EA) has stated that they require the aeration blowers to be replaced for quieter units to reduce the noise impact to residents in the adjacent housing development.
- How the procedure runs: Stage 1 - Conditions of participation Stage 2 - Tender award criteria Stage 3 - Preferred supplier stage
CPV: Machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying water · Services related to water pollution · Wastewater treatment plant construction work · Water filtration apparatus · Water-purifying apparatus
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£245,305
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Pass/Fail Questions - Questions identified as PASS/FAIL will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis.
Scored - Questions identified as SCORED will be evaluated using the Tender Scoring matrices ranked from 0 unacceptable to 5 excellent. Percentages allocated to each scored section can be found within the tender documents.
Following an evaluation of Stage 1 submissions, the Council will shortlist a maximum of three (3) compliant submissions which achieve the highest evaluated scores in Stage 1. Only the shortlisted submissions will be invited to the ITT Stage (Stage 2).
What 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 (2)
- Quality: 60%
- Total Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: Timeframes -30% Contract Delivery - 50% Maintenance - 5% Collaboration, Partnerships and Sub-Contracting - 5% Climate - 5% Social Value - 5% The sum of awarded points will be converted to a weighting out of 60% for quality
- Total Price
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Pass/Fail Questions - Questions identified as PASS/FAIL will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis.
Scored - Questions identified as SCORED will be evaluated using the Tender Scoring matrices ranked from 0 unacceptable to 5 excellent. Percentages allocated to each scored section can be found within the tender documents.
Following an evaluation of Stage 1 submissions, the Council will shortlist a maximum of three (3) compliant submissions which achieve the highest evaluated scores in Stage 1. Only the shortlisted submissions will be invited to the ITT Stage (Stage 2).
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- 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
- 11 Sept 2025, 14:17 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Oct 2026, 13:01 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 6 Jan 2026
- Authority reference
27293- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-055835- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0598acFind a Tender
- How it runs
Stage 1 - Conditions of participation
Stage 2 - Tender award criteria
Stage 3 - Preferred supplier stage
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 20 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 20 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 8 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
11 Sept 2025 → 7 Oct 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published11 Sept 2025, 14:17 BST
- Clarification questions by378 days ago8 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline366 days ago20 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by288 days ago6 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts274 days ago21 Jan 2026
- Assessment summaries sent176 days ago29 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends163 days ago11 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published14 days ago7 Oct 2026, 13:01 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Sept 2025- Tender notice published11 Sept 2025, 14:17 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published29 Apr 2026, 14:52 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete29 Apr 2026, 14:52 BST
- Contract signature expected22 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published7 Oct 2026, 13:01 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| AERZEN MACHINES LIMITEDSME26 May 2026 – 30 Sept 2026 | £243,243 | 24 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Leachate Treatment Plant Blowers - Provision and Installation · AERZEN MACHINES LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 30 Sept 2026
- Value
- £243,243
- Period
- 1 Oct 2026 – 31 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: The value of the contract below £5m.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- AERZEN MACHINES LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices 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