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Published 10 Jun 2025, 18:07 BST

Official UK procurement notice

HM2139 - HRA Responsive Works & Services - Drainage Services

Official notice

Authority: Wiltshire Council (Local council)

2 lotsServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£1,920,000total for 2 lots · £2,400,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 15 Jul 2025awarded 4 Mar 2026
Award (standstill) to DRAIN SERVICES LIMITED, Cleansing Service Group Limited2 awards
Contract term 2 yrsends 5 Nov 2027 · starts 6 Nov 2025

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Wiltshire Council-Housing & Assets Team wishes to commission a specialist drainage contractor to carry out planned & responsive maintenance tasks to sewage treatment assets across the housing department portfolio. The current requirement is as follows*: Repairs, maintenance & emptying of the Pumping Stations: Wiltshire Council Housing department is responsible for and maintains. Repairs, maintenance of XXX pumping stations located across the county. Repairs, maintenance & emptying of the Septic Tanks: The council owns and maintains XXX septic tanks located across the county. Repairs, maintenance & emptying of the Sewage Treatment Works: The council owns and maintains XXX sewage treatment works located across the county. *These are approx. numbers Tenderers are to note that the number of assets is likely to change during the term of this contract due to an ongoing program of replacement and upgrading our septic tanks to sewage treatment plants. Also, the Council are constantly adding properties to their stock, and where these properties have sewage treatment or specialist drainage requirements, the contractor will be expected to maintain these.

  • How the procedure runs: 2 Stage Completitive Flexible Procedure

CPV: Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value (£1,920,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Sewerage Treatment Servicing, Maintenance & RepairsAwarded 2 yrsPublished value£640,000

Wiltshire Council (the Client) has a housing portfolio with c. 5300 tenancies with approximately 80% in the Salisbury area and the remaining across and throughout Wiltshire. The Client’s Housing Property Services team are responsible for the condition and safe use of all assets in its Housing Portfolio.

The Client is looking to procure the services of a Service Provider to carry out sewage treatment servicing, maintenance and repairs at sites across the County in support of the Client’s inhouse Property Services team.

Contract period: 6 Nov 2025 – 5 Nov 2027 (2 yrs)Value: £640,000 exc. VAT · £800,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: South West
Lot #2Residential DrainageAwarded 2 yrsPublished value£1,280,000

Wiltshire Council (the Client) has a housing portfolio with c. 5300 tenancies with approximately 80% in the Salisbury area and the remaining across and throughout Wiltshire. The Client’s Housing Property Services team are responsible for the condition and safe use of all assets in its Housing Portfolio.

The Client is looking to procure the services of a Service Provider to carry out responsive repairs works to residential drainage across the Client’s Housing Portfolio. The appointed Service Provider will have the capability and capacity to deliver a high quality and customer focused responsive drainage repairs and maintenance service to the Client. The appointed Service Provider will be required to work to a high standard and deliver excellent customer service.

Contract period: 6 Nov 2025 – 5 Nov 2027 (2 yrs)Value: £1,280,000 exc. VAT · £1,600,000 inc. VAT

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored · same split on all 2 lots
Quality: 40%Price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Price
  • Quality
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Competitive flexible procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
10 Jun 2025, 18:07 BST
Last source update
4 Mar 2026, 14:49 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 6 Nov 2025
Authority reference
HM2139
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-031375
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
Delivery area
South West (UKK15)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05464e Find a Tender
How it runs

2 Stage Completitive Flexible Procedure

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Requests to participate (first stage)
15 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission deadline
15 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

10 Jun 2025 → 13 Mar 2026 · 7 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    10 Jun 2025, 18:07 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    15 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Contract starts355 days ago
    6 Nov 2025
  4. Award decision expected by354 days ago
    6 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  5. Assessment summaries sent237 days ago
    4 Mar 2026
  6. Latest notice published236 days ago
    4 Mar 2026, 14:49 GMT
  7. Standstill ends227 days ago
    13 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Jun 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    10 Jun 2025, 18:07 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    4 Mar 2026, 14:49 GMT
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    4 Mar 2026, 14:49 GMT
  4. Contract signature expected
    30 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £3,979,5302 awards exc. VAT
Bids received 52 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lot 1 · Sewerage Treatment Servicing, Maintenance & Repairs1 award
Cleansing Service Group Limited30 Mar 2026 – 29 Mar 2028 · up to 29 Mar 2030Extensions: Two 12 month extensions available£1,322,1184 Mar 2026standstill to 13 Mar 2026Standstill
Lot 2 · Residential Drainage1 award
DRAIN SERVICES LIMITED30 Mar 2026 – 29 Mar 2028 · up to 29 Mar 2030Extensions: Two 12 month extensions available£2,657,4124 Mar 2026standstill to 13 Mar 2026Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Sewerage Treatment Servicing, Maintenance & Repairs3final-stage tenders10—
2 · Residential Drainage2final-stage tenders · 3 at stage one10—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Wiltshire Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDZR-9968-RYYY County Hall, Trowbridge, South West, BA14 8JNContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice
  • CLEANSING SERVICE GROUP LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PZRJ-4734-HXGW Fusion 3, 1200 Parkway, Fareham, South East, PO15 7ADContact email
  • DRAIN SERVICES LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PPTG-8216-XRLL 16-18 Harnham Trading Estate, Salisbury, South West, SP2 8NWContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender