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# Supply of permanent nutrient neutrality mitigation in Cumbria via upgrades to septic tanks

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/supply-of-permanent-nutrient-neutrality-mitigation-in-cumbria-via-upgrades-to-septic-tanks-ocds-h6vhtk-04e54b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Westmorland and Furness Council: "Supply of permanent nutrient neutrality mitigation in Cumbria via upgrades to septic tanks". Published status: complete. Published Value: £10,500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 24 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.the-chest.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Westmorland and Furness Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/westmorland-and-furness-council-ons-e06000064)
- **Published Value:** £10,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 March 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Plumbing and sanitary works
- **Delivery Location:** UKD12
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £10,500,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04e54b`

## Before you bid
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- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

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## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [the-chest.org.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-chest.org.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/supply-of-permanent-nutrient-neutrality-mitigation-in-cumbria-via-upgrades-to-septic-tanks-ocds-h6vhtk-04e54b#participate

## Description
Westmorland and Furness Council, together with Cumberland Council and the Lake District National Park, established the Nutrient Neutrality North West partnership to drive a Cumbria-wide approach to addressing nutrient neutrality in the four affected catchments (River Derwent and Bassenthwaite Lake SAC, River Eden SAC, River Kent SAC and Esthwaite Water Ramsar). Two of the main aims are to identify and promote delivery of practical mitigation options in the catchments to unlock new housing developments and establish a process to offer mitigation options through nutrient credit trading. Following the award of a significant grant under the Government’s Local Nutrient Mitigation Fund (LNMF), the council is now seeking to procure suitably qualified and experienced contractors to support the delivery of nutrient (phosphorous) credits through a programme of upgrading private septic tanks across the four catchments, which can then be traded through a credit scheme to be launched in the second half of 2025.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £10,500,000
- **Description:** Westmorland and Furness Council, together with Cumberland Council and the Lake District National Park, established the Nutrient Neutrality North West partnership to drive a Cumbria-wide approach to addressing nutrient neutrality in the four affected ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 036918-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Burrow Environmental, Our Rivers (Cumbria) Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-153252`, `GB-FTS-153253`
  - Value: £10,500,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 036918-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £10,500,000
  - Signed Date: 29/04/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F036918-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-02T15:21:14.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T07:56:40.074Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04e54b