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T174 – Lifting and Fall Arrest Equipment - Supply, Maintenance, Testing and Certification (includes optional pressure systems requirement – not mandatory)

Lifting and handling equipment
Repair and maintenance services
Published value
£15,000,000
Submission deadline 3 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
Lots published2
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: NI Water: "T174 – Lifting and Fall Arrest Equipment - Supply, Maintenance, Testing and Certification (includes optional pressure systems requirement – not mandatory)". Published status: active. Published value: £15,000,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 3 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNI WaterScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
3 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£15,000,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: NI Water
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for NI Water. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
5.2Bids / Report
48.6% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
Ernst & Young LLPTop vendor: 39.8% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 75 active published awards; 37 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. Price reduction 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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
Ernst & Young LLP1 win£2,000,000
HISCOX INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED14 wins£1,860,815
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP UK LIMITED3 wins£398,746
Aviva Insurance Limited3 wins£398,746
BSI Assurance UK Limited5 wins£364,800
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNI Water
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusactive
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published28 May 2026, 17:01 BST
Last source update28 May 2026, 17:01 BST
Recurring procurementYes
ClassificationLifting and handling equipment, Repair and maintenance services
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-065af5
What is being bought
This Contract is is for maintenance, repair, supply and certification of Lifting and Fall arrest equipment as per statutory requirements of circa 10,000 items of equipment in each Lot per annum out of the Client’s approximate total of 26,000 items across the Client’s estate. This number is subject to change throughout the Contract Period. This contract will principally deal with planned maintenance, re-active repairs, quotation project work, supply of new equipment and materials, testing and certification of lifting equipment and where requested information gathering relating to the Client’s assets. This will inform the Client’s Mechanical and Electrical management strategy to enable fully meet legislative requirements. The main areas of work under the contract. (a) Planned Mechanical and Electrical Maintenance across the range of LEAPS Assets found on the Clients Estate (b) Remedial Repairs (c) Reactive Repairs (d) Testing and Certification (e) Project and Upgrades across the range of LEAPS Assets found on the Clients Estate (f) Supply of new equipment and materials (g) Production of records for all work carried out (h) Production of Management Information Reports (i) Recommendations for equipment improvements and upgrades (j) Asset Condition and Data Capture (k) Competent professional services in relation to duties and tasks required to ensure legislative compliance for all the Client’s Lifting, fall arrest and pressure systems equipment.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    28 May 2026, 17:01 BST
  2. Published value updated to £15,000,000
    6 May 2026, 18:34 BST
  3. Status changed to active
    6 May 2026, 18:34 BST
  4. Official notice release published
    6 May 2026, 18:34 BST
  5. Status changed to planning
    24 Feb 2026, 12:28 GMT
  6. Official notice release published
    24 Feb 2026, 12:28 GMT
  7. Buyer information updated
    24 Feb 2026, 12:28 GMT
  8. Published tender amendment
    Not published
    Deadline for tender submission extended to 12 noon 3rd July 2026.
Lots and requirements (2)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Lifting and Fall Arrest Equipment - Supply, Maintenance, Testing and Certification – North
    active
    Published value£7,500,000
    Scope of services provided in the North area of Northern Ireland. See Specification for further details.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #2
    Lifting and Fall Arrest Equipment - Supply, Maintenance, Testing and Certification – South
    active
    Published value£7,500,000
    Scope of services provided in the South area of Northern Ireland. See Specification for further details.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    28 May 2026, 17:01 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    3 Jul 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

NI Water

Contracting authority GB-COH-NI054463
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  • Northern Ireland Water Limited
    buyer

    GB-COH: NI054463
    40 Old Westland Road, Belfast, UKN06, BT14 6TE, GB
Documents (2)
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