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# MCERTS Inspection Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/mcerts-inspection-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05ea38). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED: "MCERTS Inspection Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,100,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 9 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: s1.ariba.com)..

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northumbrian-water-limited-GB-COH-02366703)
- **Published Value:** £1,100,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 9 January 2026 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Calibration services, Flowmeters
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKC1, UKC2, UKH3
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £1,030,000 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/mcerts-inspection-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05ea38#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05ea38`

## 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/mcerts-inspection-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05ea38#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [s1.ariba.com).](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fs1.ariba.com).)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/mcerts-inspection-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05ea38#participate

## Description
Northumbrian Water Limited (NWL) operate flowmeters (Discharge Flow, Flow Pass Forward and Event Duration Monitoring) across 215 sites that require MCERTs Inspections to comply with regulatory requirements. Each site must be re-inspected every 5 years by a registered MCERTs Inspector. The programme is designed so that roughly one fifth of the sites will be inspected in each contract year. It is expected over AMP8 new sites and additional MCERTS instruments will be added to the schedule of inspecting.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 38421110, 50433000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £1,100,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2031

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** NW3046 - MCerts Inspections Services (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **SIRIS FLOW INSPECTIONS LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:04293621`
  - Value: £1,030,000 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 24/02/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F077713-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-03-19T11:57:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T09:14:05.034Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05ea38