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Water and Wastewater Services for Rossendale Borough Council Sites

Buyer: Rossendale Borough Council →

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BuyerRossendale Borough Council
StatusAwarded
Deadline9 Jan 2026
Value£300,000
Published5 Feb 2026

What is being bought

Rossendale Borough Council has awarded a three‑year contract for the provision of retail water and wastewater services across multiple Council sites within the Borough.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

1

Statusactive
Value£300,000

Documents & submission route

  • Not published

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05f26c
Latest release ID010558-2026
Latest release timestampThu Feb 05 2026 14:54:09 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082318-2025
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
5 Feb 2026award, contract010558-2026
21 Jan 2026award, contract005267-2026
12 Dec 2025tenderUpdate082318-2025
10 Dec 2025tender081317-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (4 releases)
5 Feb 2026 · 010558-2026 · award, contract
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21 Jan 2026 · 005267-2026 · award, contract
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12 Dec 2025 · 082318-2025 · tenderUpdate
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10 Dec 2025 · 081317-2025 · tender
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