Closed tender

Sludge Treatment Services

Details

Buyer: United Utilities Water Ltd
Topic: Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
Published: 16 October 2023
Submission: 3 November 2023
Source: uk:bluelight

Tender description

• United Utilities Water Ltd (UU) produces over 200,000 dry tonnes (tDS) of wastewater derived sludge per annum. • Due to sludge growth and reconfiguration of our asset base we have a need for sludge treatment services in the North of our region. • We have previously issued PINs and conducted market engagement for short term and strategic solutions for these treatment services. • This has enabled us to define the strategic sludge treatment service we want to procure from the market, which is: to outsource 45,000 tDS of sludge treatment capacity for a period of 20 years for sludge arising in the North of our region. • We will be hosting a supplier day in November to set out the details of the procurement and answer questions from potential suppliers. Please see attached 'PIN for Sludge Treatment Service' for more information

Timeline

Completed: Tender published16 October 2023
Current notice
Completed: Submission date3 November 2023

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

09000000 · Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
09300000 · Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy
09310000 · Electricity
09320000 · Steam, hot water and associated products
42320000 · Waste incinerators
42996900 · Sludge-processing equipment
45000000 · Construction work
45222100 · Waste-treatment plant construction work
45232420 · Sewage work
45232421 · Sewage treatment works
45232422 · Sludge-treatment works
45252000 · Construction works for sewage treatment plants, purification plants and refuse incineration plants
45252100 · Sewage-treatment plant construction work
45252122 · Sewage digesters
45252130 · Sewage plant equipment
90000000 · Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
90400000 · Sewage services
90420000 · Sewage treatment services
90430000 · Sewage disposal services
90481000 · Operation of a sewage plant
90492000 · Sewage treatment consultancy services
90511000 · Refuse collection services
90512000 · Refuse transport services
90513000 · Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services
90513700 · Sludge transport services
90513800 · Sludge treatment services
90513900 · Sludge disposal services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@united-utilities-water-ltd.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@united-utilities-water-ltd.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@united-utilities-water-ltd.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@united-utilities-water-ltd.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@united-utilities-water-ltd.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@united-utilities-water-ltd.gov