Awarded contract

Sludge-handling equipment

Details

Duration
8 years
Topic
Sludge-handling equipment
Published
13 February 2020

Tender description

The provision of field management services to transport unload and set up a stockpiling area prior to delivery of the company biosolids. Including the provision of excavators and appropriate transportation to transport and deliver excavators and ground mats. The company requires field management services to support its internal team in the delivery of stockpiling equipment and setting up of the stockpile area prior to the delivery of the company biosolids. Field management services in the first instance shall be undertaken by the company’s internal fleet and resource. This agreement shall be utilised during peak service demands when the internal field management team has reached its maximum capacity and requires the support of suppliers to help them deliver the company’s field management requirements. The services requested from this agreement shall take place on external farming land (known to the company as ‘customers’) The scope of this agreement will be for the provision of a comprehensive, reliable and sustainable field management service. Services shall include: Service type A: — the provision of 360 excavators to be hired/supplied by the supplier(equipment), — the transportation of the company’s ground mats to be supplied by the company (equipment), — the provision of resource to deliver and set up the stockpile location, — the provision of road signs to undertake general traffic management safety where appropriate. Ensuring general public and public highway safety when delivering services as part of this agreement. The provision of the appropriate vehicle to transport and deliver the field management equipment to the stipulated end destination. — the setup of the stockpiling area in advance of biosolids being delivered (unloading of mats and excavator, laying and locking of mats, positioning of excavator, provision of road signs, taking of picture once stockpile area complete, recording delivery and picture onto BC and the re-loading of equipment when instructed), — collection and removal of equipment to the next end destination, — appropriate maintenance and cleaning of excavators and mats, — daily use of the company’s field management database, — self-maintained documentation for auditing purposes, — ensuring general public and public highway safety when delivering services as part of this agreement.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date28 January 2020
  2. Completed: Award published13 February 2020
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date17 December 2027in 14 months

About the buyer

United Utilities Water Ltd is the regulated water and wastewater utility for the North West of England, and buys through its own commercial department. Contract notices are advertised through the Central Digital Platform. Suppliers list themselves on the Achilles Utilities Vendor Database to be found for opportunities outside formal notices. Procurement runs under the Procurement Act 2023, the regime introduced in February 2025 for regulated utilities. Category managers within the commercial department oversee markets such as construction and engineering. Large infrastructure schemes, including the Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme, go to tender as multi-party contracts.

£434bn was the total UK public sector procurement spend in FY 2025/26.

Over the past 5 years, most of United Utilities Water Ltd's contract awards have been in architectural and engineering services, IT services and waste, cleaning and environmental services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 34951200 · Sludge-handling equipment
  • 43262100 · Mechanical excavators
  • 90513700 · Sludge transport services
  • 90513900 · Sludge disposal services

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