29 May 2026 · 050656-2026 · tenderUpdate
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}28 May 2026 · 050543-2026 · tender
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"features": "United Utilities is using the competitive flexible procedure to establish a single closed framework for Tankering, Industrial Cleaning and Water Sludge Cake services. The procedure will be run as a staged competition, beginning with a Conditions of Participation Questionnaire to assess supplier eligibility, good standing, financial standing, compliance, health and safety, insurance, relevant experience and general capability. Suppliers that satisfy the conditions of participation will be invited to tender. The tender stage will assess suppliers for admission to the framework at lot level. The framework assessment will consider overarching technical capability, service credibility, governance, compliance, service management capability and ability to operate within the proposed commercial and operational framework model. Commercial information may also be requested at framework level to establish framework commercial controls and ceiling rates where applicable. Following framework assessment, United Utilities intends to run separate call-off competitions, which may be run in parallel with the framework award process where appropriate. These call-off competitions will determine which framework suppliers are appointed as Active Call-off Suppliers for specific operational service requirements. Call-off assessment may consider asset type, region, capacity, response capability, mobilisation, operational delivery model, service levels, resilience and submitted commercial rates. The procedure may include negotiation and/or clarification stages, followed by a Best and Final Offer stage before award. The final award will be subject to capacity, financial exposure and overall value-for-money checks to ensure that proposed allocations are deliverable, commercially robust and proportionate."
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"description": "The framework will operate as a closed multi-lot framework for Tankering, Industrial Cleaning and Water Sludge Cake services. Suppliers will first be assessed and admitted to the framework at the relevant lot / service-area level. Admission to the framework will not guarantee any work, volume, region, operational requirement or Active Call-off Supplier role. Specific operational requirements will be allocated through separate call-off competitions under the framework. These competitions may be run alongside or shortly after the framework award and may consider service type, asset type, region, capacity, response requirements, mobilisation, operational delivery model, service levels and commercial submissions. Suppliers successful in a call-off competition will become Active Call-off Suppliers and will be the primary delivery route for the relevant planned, reactive and/or operational demand. Other Approved Framework Suppliers may be used only as a back-up or resilience route where Active Call-off Suppliers cannot meet demand, capacity, response, SLA, incident, emergency or continuity requirements. United Utilities may run further call-off competitions during the framework term where operational requirements, demand, supplier capability or performance change.",
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"description": "United Utilities Water Limited is procuring a single integrated framework for Tankering, Industrial Cleaning and Water Sludge Cake services across its water, wastewater, network and bioresources operations. The framework will replace existing fragmented legacy arrangements and provide a compliant route to market for planned, reactive and emergency operational services. The services include the collection, movement, transport and discharge of wastewater, sludge, sludge cake, solids and associated materials; industrial cleaning of operational wastewater, network, treatment and bioresources assets; and the collection, haulage, transfer and operational spreading of waterworks sludge cake and liquid sludge. The framework is expected to be split into three lots: Lot 1 Tankering Services, Lot 2 Industrial Cleaning Services, and Lot 3 Water Sludge Cake / Water Sludge Services. Suppliers admitted to the framework will be assessed as meeting United Utilities’ minimum technical, operational, commercial, health and safety, environmental, transport and compliance requirements. Admission to the framework will not guarantee work. Specific operational requirements will be allocated through separate call-off competitions, which will determine the Active Call-off Suppliers for relevant service areas, regions, asset types and capacity requirements. Other approved framework suppliers may be used for back-up, resilience, overflow, emergency or continuity requirements where Active Call-off Suppliers cannot meet demand.",
"riskDetails": "Key risks to contract performance include service disruption during transition from existing arrangements, insufficient supplier capacity to meet planned, reactive and emergency demand, supplier concentration, supplier financial exposure, reliance on off-framework or back-up suppliers, mobilisation delays, and operational constraints such as site access, weather, asset availability, treatment constraints, sludge production variability and receiving site availability.",
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"contractTerms": {
"financialTerms": "Payment terms will be set out in the framework agreement and call-off documentation. Payment will be made in accordance with United Utilities’ standard contractual payment provisions following receipt of a valid and undisputed invoice, supported by the required completion records, work order references, management information, waste transfer documentation and any other evidence required for invoice validation."
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"id": "GB-PPON-PVVB-5589-BWHX",
"name": "United Utilities Water Limited",
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"address": {
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"country": "GB",
"locality": "Warrington",
"postalCode": "WA5 3LP",
"countryName": "United Kingdom",
"streetAddress": "Lingley Mere Business Park"
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