Official UK procurement notice
North Wooton Pump and Pre-Cast Concrete Units Supply
Authority: Kings Lynn Internal Drainage Board (Public body)·On behalf of: TURNER & TOWNSEND CONTRACT SERVICES LIMITED
This procurement covers the design, manufacture, fabrication, providing, supplying and delivery of two pumps and pre-cast concrete units (PCCU) that form the pump sump, support and inlet structure for the new pumping station for the North Wootton pumping station replacement project. The value is estimated at circa £390,000 total. providing the required information for the Health and Safety File and Operations and Maintenance Manual.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis procurement covers the design, manufacture, fabrication, providing, supplying and delivery of two pumps and pre-cast concrete units (PCCU) that form the pump sump, support and inlet structure for the new pumping station for the North Wootton pumping station replacement project.
The value is estimated at circa £390,000 total. These figures are exclusive of VAT.
The pumps will have high efficiency, low maintenance requirements and will deliver a broad range of flow rates at their design heads. The pumps will provide safe passage for eels and fish and deliver a Best Achievable Eel Protection (BAEP) solution that reduces the killing and injury of fish, improving downstream passage.
The requirement is: The design, manufacture, fabrication, providing, supplying and delivery of pumps for North Wootton pumping station. This includes Design, Testing and
providing the required information for the Health and Safety File and Operations and Maintenance Manual.
The Water Management Alliance (WMA) will oversee this procurement on behalf of the King's Lynn Internal Drainage Board working with Turner & Townsend as advisors.
- How the procedure runs: The Competitive Flexible Procedure is set out within the tender documents available. 1) Tenderers are invited to submit initial tenders. Such tender is made up of both assessment criteria (evaluated prior to award criteria) and award criteria (quality submissions and pricing submission based on a Price List) Compliant tenders will have their assessment criteria submissions reviewed against the pass/fail criteria. Only tenders which pass all of the assessment criteria will have their quality and price submissions evaluated against the award criteria. The Clients intention is to award a contract at the end of this stage. However, rights are reserved to progress to an optional negotiation and / or BAFO stage if needed. 2) Negotiation (optional). If needed, one round of structured negotiation to clarify and improve offers. This stage may be with a reduced number of bidders. 3) Best and Final Offers (BAFO) (optional). This stage may be with a reduced number of bidders. If a negotiation and / or BAFO stage is required, the initial award criteria set out will be used to evaluate amended / updated tenders
- No preliminary market engagement: Prior to issuing this procurement Stantec on behalf of Kings Lynn IDB (the Contracting Authority) undertook limited pre procurement market engagement with a number of suppliers to inform budget development,technical feasibility and procurement planning activities. These pumping stations fall under the Eel Regulations 2009 and the pump station owner is required to obtain an eel exemption notice from the Environment Agency due to abstraction volume. Our understanding is there are only 4 manufacturers that the EA will accept. To ensure compliance with the principles of transparency,equal treatment and fair competition,the CA has reviewed information shared during that engagement and has included within the procurement documentation all information considered material to the preparation of tenders. The Authority considers that these measures are sufficient to ensure that no supplier participating in the earlier engagement benefits from an unfair competitive advantage
CPV: Concrete products · Pumps
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£390,000
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 (6)
- Eel Mortality: 5%
- Efficiency: 10%
- Operating Envelope: 10%
- Pre-cast concrete: 10%
- Programme: 15%
- Price: 50%
Published award criteria (6)
- Price
- Eel Mortality
- Efficiency
- Operating Envelope
- Pre-cast concrete
- Programme
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- Closed
- 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
- 18 Sept 2026, 11:52 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Oct 2026, 15:33 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 10 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
727- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095771- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077549Find a Tender
- How it runs
The Competitive Flexible Procedure is set out within the tender documents available.
- Tenderers are invited to submit initial tenders. Such tender is made up of both
assessment criteria (evaluated prior to award criteria) and award criteria (quality
submissions and pricing submission based on a Price List)
Compliant tenders will have their assessment criteria submissions reviewed against the
pass/fail criteria.
Only tenders which pass all of the assessment criteria will have their quality and price
submissions evaluated against the award criteria.
The Clients intention is to award a contract at the end of this stage. However, rights are
reserved to progress to an optional negotiation and / or BAFO stage if needed.
- Negotiation (optional). If needed, one round of structured negotiation to clarify and
improve offers. This stage may be with a reduced number of bidders.
- Best and Final Offers (BAFO) (optional). This stage may be with a reduced number of
bidders.
If a negotiation and / or BAFO stage is required, the initial award criteria set out will be
used to evaluate amended / updated tenders
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 3 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
18 Sept 2026 → 19 Nov 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published46 days ago18 Sept 2026, 11:52 BST
- Next notice expected38 days ago26 Sept 2026, 00:59 BST
- Tender notice published25 days ago9 Oct 2026, 15:33 BST
- Clarification questions by7 days ago27 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline9h ago3 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Today3 Nov 2026
- Award decision expected byin 7 days10 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 15 days19 Nov 2026
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Sept 2026- Planned procurement notice published18 Sept 2026, 11:52 BSTUK3
- Tender notice published9 Oct 2026, 15:33 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active9 Oct 2026, 15:33 BST
- Deadline moved to 3 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT9 Oct 2026, 15:33 BST+14 days · was 20 Oct 2026, 13:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- TURNER & TOWNSEND CONTRACT SERVICES LIMITEDProcess contact pointProcuring entityProcurement Advisors to Water Management Alliance (WMA) and Kings Lynn IDB. The WMA is not a legal entity - it is an unincorporated consortium of Internal Drainage Boards (IDBs) where one of its number (King's Lynn IDB) employs all of the shared staff and enters into contracts for the provision of shared services on behalf of the Member Boards,as set out in the Consortium Agreement
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender