PRO004877- Tankering & Industrial Cleaning Framework

contractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-06a837Procurement Act 2023Utilities regimeSME suitableactive

Estimated value

£327.0m

services

Awarded value

Suppliers

0

Lots

3

0 awarded

Published

28 May 2026

Deadline 24 Jul 2026

Description

United Utilities Water Limited is procuring a single integrated framework for Tankering, Industrial Cleaning and Water Sludge Cake services across its water, wastewater, network and bioresources operations. The framework will replace existing fragmented legacy arrangements and provide a compliant route to market for planned, reactive and emergency operational services. The services include the collection, movement, transport and discharge of wastewater, sludge, sludge cake, solids and associated materials; industrial cleaning of operational wastewater, network, treatment and bioresources assets; and the collection, haulage, transfer and operational spreading of waterworks sludge cake and liquid sludge. The framework is expected to be split into three lots: Lot 1 Tankering Services, Lot 2 Industrial Cleaning Services, and Lot 3 Water Sludge Cake / Water Sludge Services. Suppliers admitted to the framework will be assessed as meeting United Utilities’ minimum technical, operational, commercial, health and safety, environmental, transport and compliance requirements. Admission to the framework will not guarantee work. Specific operational requirements will be allocated through separate call-off competitions, which will determine the Active Call-off Suppliers for relevant service areas, regions, asset types and capacity requirements. Other approved framework suppliers may be used for back-up, resilience, overflow, emergency or continuity requirements where Active Call-off Suppliers cannot meet demand.

Scope

Reference
PRO004877
Total value
£327,000,000 excluding VAT
£392,400,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
26 Oct 2026 to 25 Oct 2030
Possible extension to 25 Oct 2034

The framework agreement is expected to operate for an initial term of 4 years, with the option to extend for two further periods of 2 years each. The maximum total framework term is therefore up to 8 years. Any extension will be at United Utilities’ discretion and subject to the final framework terms, ongoing operational requirements, supplier performance, value for money, service continuity, and continued business need.

Main category
services
CPV classifications
90513700
34133100
34144520
34223340
90000000
90470000
90513600
90513900
90913100
90917000
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Commercialprice20.00%
Technicalquality80.00%

Submission & procedure

Enquiry deadline
08 Jun 2026, 11:00 am
Submission deadline
24 Jul 2026, 4:00 pm
Submission address
https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=105787&TID100110910&B=
Electronic submission
Yes
Procedure
Competitive flexible procedure

Lots · 3 total

Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.

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LotTitleEst. valueStatus
LOT-0001Lot 1 Tankering£160.0mactive
LOT-0002Lot 2 Industrial Cleaning£150.0mactive
LOT-0003Lot 3 Water Sludge Cake (1)£17.0mactive