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T130 - Disposal and/or Recycling of Water Treatment Works Residuals

services
Competitive flexible procedure
Sludge disposal services
Sludge removal services
Sludge transport services
+1 more
Published value
£8,640,000
Submission deadline 14 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Lots published2
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Northern Ireland Water Limited: "T130 - Disposal and/or Recycling of Water Treatment Works Residuals". Published status: active. Published value: £8,640,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: etendersni.gov.uk.
Contracting AuthorityNorthern Ireland Water LimitedScope & CategoriesSERVICES (2 lots)Submission Window
7d 3h left
14 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission GatewayLegal Basis & Regime2023/54 · Competitive flexible procedure · Above thresholdEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£8,640,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Northern Ireland Water Limited
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Northern Ireland Water Limited. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
2.5Bids / Report
50% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
NIMMS LtdTop vendor: 100% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 15 active published awards; 2 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
NIMMS Ltd1 win£100,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNorthern Ireland Water Limited
Procedure methodCompetitive flexible procedure
Procurement categoryservices
Statusactive
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdYes
Legal basisUKPGA · 2023/54
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadline9 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Electronic submissionallowed
Submission languagesen
Published18 Aug 2026, 12:55 BST
Last source update18 Aug 2026, 12:55 BST
Recurring procurementYes
ClassificationSludge disposal services, Sludge removal services, Sludge transport services, Sludge treatment services
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-055b1f
How to participate
Submission methodNot published
Electronic submissionallowed
Clarification deadline9 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission languagesen
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
E-Sourcing Portal
Submission instructions
Tenders should be submitted via eTendersNI. https://etendersni.gov.uk/
What is being bought
This 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.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    18 Aug 2026, 12:55 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    18 Aug 2026, 12:55 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    18 Aug 2026, 12:55 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to 14 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
    18 Aug 2026, 12:55 BST
  5. Status changed to planning
    8 Jul 2025, 13:40 BST
  6. Official notice release published
    8 Jul 2025, 13:40 BST
  7. Buyer information updated
    8 Jul 2025, 13:40 BST
Lots and requirements (2)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Lot 1 – Disposal and/or Recycling of WTW Residuals from NI Water Sites
    active
    Options
    Renewal
    Published 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.
    Contract period7 Feb 2027, 00:00 GMT — 6 Feb 2029, 23:59 GMT
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalThe Client reserves the right to purchase additional services or goods under the T130 contract. See section 1.6 of Schedule 1 Specification for further information. · The T130 contract has an initial period of 2 years with the option to extend for a total of 3 years (2+1+1+1 years).
  • Lot 2 · #2
    Lot 2 - Disposal and/or Recycling of WTW Residuals from NI Water Alpha Sites
    active
    Options
    Renewal
    Published 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.
    Contract period7 Feb 2027, 00:00 GMT — 6 Feb 2029, 23:59 GMT
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalThe Client reserves the right to purchase additional services or goods under the T130 contract. See section 1.6 of Schedule 1 Specification for further information. · The T130 contract has an initial period of 2 years with the option to extend for a total of 3 years (2+1+1+1 years).
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    8 Jul 2025, 13:40 BST
  2. Procedure published
    18 Aug 2026, 12:55 BST
  3. engagement
    23 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    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. . 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. . 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 sourcing@niwater.com FAO Lisa Lindsay. The “Supplier Questionnaire” is to be completed and returned no later than 5pm on Wednesday 23rd July 2025. . Please note that all suppliers wishing to attend a one-to-one supplier engagement meeting must complete and return the “Supplier Questionnaire”.
  4. Submission deadline
    14 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Northern Ireland Water Limited

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PCZH-7295-JJTZ
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  • Northern Ireland Water Limited
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PCZH-7295-JJTZ
    Westland House, Belfast, UKN06, BT14 6TE, GB
Documents (3)
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Related procedures (0)
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No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published