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Published 17 Sept 2026, 11:57 BST

Official UK procurement notice

NI Water - Laboratory Analysis Resilience Services - Request for Information (RFI)

Authority: Northern Ireland Water Limited (Public body)

ServicesBelow thresholdUtilitiesSME suitable
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71)Business Services & Consultancy (79)Health & Social Care (85)+1 more Delivery: Delivery location not published
Budget not disclosed £1≈ £0 / year · £1 inc. VAT
Tender notice expected 28 Oct 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsup to 7 yrs with extensions · starts 4 Feb 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NI Water’s current contract for provision of contingency sample analysis services will end 3 February 2027. NI Water are seeking to understand the current market capability and gauge interest in participation in a tender process for this requirement.

NI Water have published a Request for Information (RFI) on eTendersNI, this included a list of the current suites/parameters of sample types in ‘Appendix 2 - List of Analysis Suites and Parameters’.

NI Water would ask interested suppliers to complete both Annex 1 of the Request for Information (RFI) document and the ‘Appendix 2 List of Analysis Suites and Parameters’ and return these via eTenders NI (using the Messaging function) or send to [email protected] (FAO Paul Clements) by 2pm on 25th September 2026.

CPV: Analysis services · Bacteriological analysis services · Composition and purity testing and analysis services · Services related to water pollution · Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services · Waste analysis services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSME
Contract period: 4 Feb 2027 — 3 Feb 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 7 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions
Extension options published
71600000 Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services71610000 Composition and purity testing and analysis services71620000 Analysis services79723000 Waste analysis services85111820 Bacteriological analysis services90733000 Services related to water pollution

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
17 Sept 2026, 11:57 BST
Last source update
17 Sept 2026, 11:57 BST
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Analysis servicesBacteriological analysis servicesComposition and purity testing and analysis servicesServices related to water pollutionTechnical testing, analysis and consultancy servicesWaste analysis services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077439

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published2 days ago
    17 Sept 2026, 11:57 BST
  2. Market engagementin 26 days
    14 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
    NI Water have issued a Request for Information (RFI) Questionnaire and associated documents on eTendersNI. They wish for interested suppliers to complete the RFI and provide details on their current/future capability of providing laboratory analysis services, the details provided by all interested more…parties will assist NI Water in developing a tender structure for an upcoming procurement competition.
  3. Tender notice expectedin 40 days
    28 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 138 days
    4 Feb 2027, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    17 Sept 2026, 11:57 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Northern Ireland Water Limited

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PCZH-7295-JJTZ Westland House, 40 Old Westland Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT14 6TE [email protected]
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Official documents & specifications (1)

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Notices published for this procedure