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# Sludge handling & dewatering equipment and operational support

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sludge-handling-dewatering-equipment-and-operational-support-ocds-h6vhtk-03edd3). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED: "Sludge handling & dewatering equipment and operational support". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 11 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.yorkshirewater.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/yorkshire-water-services-limited-coh-02366682)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 11 September 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Sludge-handling equipment, Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
- **Delivery Location:** UKE
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03edd3`

## 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/sludge-handling-dewatering-equipment-and-operational-support-ocds-h6vhtk-03edd3#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [yorkshirewater.com](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirewater.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sludge-handling-dewatering-equipment-and-operational-support-ocds-h6vhtk-03edd3#participate

## Description
The notice is seeking expression of interest for the provision of the supply of plant equipment and of skilled operators of various plant and dewatering equipment e.g. telehandlers and fixed and mobile dewatering equipment e.g. centrifuges used in water processing operations.
The tender will be split across two lots;
1 - Plant equipment (Telehandlers, Tractors & other site vehicles)
2 -Equipment operators & Dewatering equipment

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Plant equipment
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 34951200
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Estimated Value:** £4,500,000
- **Description:** YWS has 45 sites across Yorkshire that carry out sludge handling operations. 
The requirement for plant equipment requirement is ~20 telehandlers with further demand for tractors, trailers and other site vehicles.

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: Equipment operators & Dewatering equipment
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79620000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Estimated Value:** £10,600,000
- **Description:** The services include the supply of of skilled operators for various plant equipment e.g. telehandlers and fixed and mobile dewatering equipment e.g. centrifuges used in water processing operations.
In addition to the supply of labour, dewatering equi...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F023041-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-08-08T10:07:58.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T23:00:58.876Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03edd3