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title: "Sludge Treatment Services"
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# Sludge Treatment Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sludge-treatment-services-ocds-h6vhtk-040c77). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** United Utilities Water Limited: "Sludge Treatment Services". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [United Utilities Water Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/united-utilities-water-limited-coh-02366678)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Construction work, Construction works for sewage treatment plants, purification plants and refuse incineration plants, Electricity, Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy, Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services (+22 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKD
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-040c77`

## 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-treatment-services-ocds-h6vhtk-040c77#tl-md)

## Description
• United Utilities Water Ltd (UU) produces over 200,000 dry tonnes (tDS) of wastewater derived sludge per annum. • Due to sludge growth and reconfiguration of our asset base we have a need for sludge treatment services in the North of our region. • We have previously issued PINs and conducted market engagement for short term and strategic solutions for these treatment services. • This has enabled us to define the strategic sludge treatment service we want to procure from the market, which is: to outsource 45,000 tDS of sludge treatment capacity for a period of 20 years for sludge arising in the North of our region. • We will be hosting a supplier day in November to set out the details of the procurement and answer questions from potential suppliers.
Please see Complementary information section for more information.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 09000000, 09300000, 09310000, 09320000, 42320000, 42996900
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** • United Utilities Water Ltd (UU) produces over 200,000 dry tonnes (tDS) of wastewater derived sludge per annum. • Due to sludge growth and reconfiguration of our asset base we have a need for sludge treatment services in the North of our region. • W...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F030516-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-10-16T15:51:23.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T06:24:33.808Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-040c77