Official UK procurement notice
T130 - Disposal and/or Recycling of Water Treatment Works Residuals
Authority: Northern Ireland Water (Public body)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis Contract is for the following Services:
- Collection, transportation/haulage and final disposal and/or recycling of approximately 25,200 tonnes per annum of residuals/sludge cake from NI Water and NI Water Alpha Water Treatment Works (WTW), as detailed at section 2 of this Specification.
- Recycling of residuals/sludge cake, where possible, via a fully compliant environmentally certified recycling route(s) or disposal at a Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) approved and certified Disposal Site.
Please refer to Schedule 1 Specification for further information.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 3 Mar 2031, 23:59 GMT.
- How the procedure runs: The Competitive Flexible Procedure is described in the T130 tender documents which are available on eTendersNI.
CPV: Sludge disposal services · Sludge removal services · Sludge transport services · Sludge treatment services
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value (£8,640,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Disposal and/or Recycling of WTW Residuals from NI Water SitesRenewalPublished value£6,480,000
This Contract is for the following Services:
- Collection, transportation/haulage and final disposal and/or recycling of approximately 15,000 tonnes per annum of residuals/sludge cake from NI Water Water Treatment Works (WTW).
- Recycling of residuals/sludge cake, where possible, via a fully compliant environmentally certified recycling route(s) or disposal at a Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) approved and certified Disposal Site.
Lot #2Disposal and/or Recycling of WTW Residuals from NI Water Alpha SitesRenewalPublished value£2,160,000
This Contract is for the following Services:
- Collection, transportation/haulage and final disposal and/or recycling of approximately 10,200 tonnes per annum of residuals/sludge cake from NI Water Alpha Water Treatment Works (WTW).
- Recycling of residuals/sludge cake, where possible, via a fully compliant environmentally certified recycling route(s) or disposal at a Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) approved and certified Disposal Site.
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 (2)
- Quality: 30%
- Cost: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Cost
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 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
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 3 Mar 2031
- First published
- 8 Jul 2025, 13:40 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Aug 2026, 12:55 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 23 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
T130- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-078524- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- How it runs
The Competitive Flexible Procedure is described in the T130 tender documents which are
available on eTendersNI.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 14 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders should be submitted via eTendersNI.
Timeline
8 Jul 2025 → 7 Feb 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published8 Jul 2025, 13:40 BST
- Market engagement23 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
This market engagement exercise is a general market enquiry to identify and engage with suppliers who have the potential to collect, transport and dispose of and/or recycle water treatment works residuals (i.e. waste from potable water treatment, not wastewater). NI Water and NI Water Alpha are seeking to assess the interest, capacity and capability of the market in providing this type of service. NI Water and NI Water Alpha are also interested in receiving feedback from the market on the different experiences, approaches and models used in other sectors / utilities for the provision of this service or a similar service.
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NI Water and NI Water Alpha also plan to hold one-to-one supplier engagement meetings w/c 4th August 2025 and an expression of interest for attending a meeting can be made by completing and returning the “Supplier Questionnaire” provided in the “Information Pack”. Further details about the meetings will be issued in due course.
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The “Information Pack” contains additional information about NI Water and NI Water Alpha’s requirements for this service. Suppliers can request a copy of the “Information Pack” via email at [email protected] FAO Lisa Lindsay. The “Supplier Questionnaire” is to be completed and returned no later than 5pm on Wednesday 23rd July 2025.
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Please note that all suppliers wishing to attend a one-to-one supplier engagement meeting must complete and return the “Supplier Questionnaire”.
- Next notice expected265 days ago2 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published69 days ago18 Aug 2026, 12:55 BST
- Clarification questions by47 days ago9 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline42 days ago14 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 29 days23 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 104 days7 Feb 2027
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Jul 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published8 Jul 2025, 13:40 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published18 Aug 2026, 12:55 BSTUK4
- Published value updated18 Aug 2026, 12:55 BST
- Status changed to active18 Aug 2026, 12:55 BST
- Procurement method changed18 Aug 2026, 12:55 BST
- Deadline published: 14 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST18 Aug 2026, 12:55 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender