Official UK procurement notice
Hire of primary treatment equipment (lamella)
Authority: Southern Water Services Limited (Public body)
Sectors: Industrial machinery (42) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£1,620,000published award · inc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to Siltbuster Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA short term contract for Hire/purchaset of primary treatment units (lamella) until the full Filtration framework is established.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Sept 2026, 14:02 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Sept 2026, 14:02 BST
- Authority reference
Prj_8676- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-086441- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f823Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
This direct award is due to us having siltbuster equipment already on multiple of our sites and the need to not have large disruption by switching to another provider and ensure our sites remain operational and maintain continuity of service to our customers. This is a short term solution whilst the Southern Water filtration tender is running that will establish a framework for these units.
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 11 Sept 2026- Transparency notice published11 Sept 2026, 14:02 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected11 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £1,620,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siltbuster Limited11 Sept 2026 – 2 Sept 2027 · up to 1 Sept 2028Extensions: up to one year extension if the filtration tender that is currently running has not completed in time. | £1,620,000 inc. VAT | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Siltbuster LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender