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title: "Mains replacement"
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# Mains replacement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/mains-replacement-ocds-h6vhtk-029fbe). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Wales & West Utilities Limited: "Mains replacement". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 10 May 2021. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Wales & West Utilities Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/wales-west-utilities-limited-coh-05046791)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 10 May 2021 at 01:00 BST
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Construction work, Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ, UKK, UKL
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/mains-replacement-ocds-h6vhtk-029fbe#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-029fbe`

## 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/mains-replacement-ocds-h6vhtk-029fbe#tl-md)

## Description
WWU are looking to identify potential contractors to support the delivery of its mains replacement works.
Mains Replacement is the abandonment of existing metallic mains and services, replacing them with Polyethylene pipes in most cases.
Delivery of the work will be carried out with WWU (The Client) fulfilling the role of Principal Designer and Principal Contractor in accordance with the CDM Regulations. Organisations identified through this tender process will be engaged as Contractors / Sub-contractors who will operate under the WWU management systems and associated policies and procedures. Any Contractor teams supplied must consist of a minimum of one EUSR registered Mainlayer.   
Lay method, elevations, depths and locations of the final pipeline are for the Client to engineer and the Contractor to construct, ensuring that the engineering and construction complies with the requirements, constraints and restrictions imposed by the works design issued and associated policies and procedures, and keeps customer inconvenience to a minimum.
The Client  (WWU) will fulfil the role of Principal Designer and Principal Contractor in accordance with the CDM Regulations. 
Tender information is available on request from the provided WWU contact email address.

## Lots (4)
> **Shared lot scope:** A negotiated process, to award multiple contracts.
> Applies to lots 1, 2, 3, 4.

### Lot 1: W1 - North and Mid Wales
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 45000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

### Lot 2: W2 - South Wales
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 45000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

### Lot 3: W3 - South West
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 45000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

### Lot 4: W4 - South West Peninsula
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 45000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F006220-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-07-27T17:14:24.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-01T03:31:21.317Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-029fbe