Official UK procurement notice
prj_4383 Supply and Maintenance of Dewatering Equipment
Authority: Southern Water Services Limited (Public body)
What is being bought7 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis tender will be split into three lots 1. Supply, Installation and Commissioning; 2. Maintenance; and 3. Hire. Each lot will further divided into sub-lots, for a total of seven lots.
CPV: Centrifugal compressors · Centrifuges · Conveyors · Parts of centrifuges · Rotary equipment for centrifuges · Sludge-handling equipment
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 14 suppliers · 5 bids on the busiest of 7 lots (0.4 per place) · 5 appointed
Lots and requirements (7)Procurement structure
7 lots · all with a published value · win at most 7 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Supply, Install and Commissioning of Centrifuges, Centrifuge Spares & Ancillary EquipmentAwardedRenewalPublished value£12,000,000
Supply, installation and commissioning of centrifuges and supporting equipment, within Southern Water's region
Lot #2Supply, Install and Commissioning of Drum Thickeners, Drum Thickener Spares & Ancillary EquipmentAwardedRenewalPublished value£5,000,000
Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Drum Thickeners
Lot #3Supply, Install and Commissioning of Sludge Conveyors, Sludge Conveyor Spares & Ancillary EquipmentAwardedRenewalPublished value£4,400,000
Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Sludge Conveyors
Lot #4Maintenance of CentrifugesAwardedRenewalPublished value£8,000,000
Maintenance of Centrifuges
Lot #5Maintenance of Belt Thickeners, Belt Presses, and Drum ThickenersAwardedRenewalPublished value£1,600,000
Maintenance of Belt Thickeners, Belt Presses, and Drum Thickeners
Lot #6Maintenance including hire of ConveyorsAwardedRenewalPublished value£1,200,000
Maintenance including hire of Conveyors
Lot #7Hire of Mobile Centrifuges and Hire of OperatorsAwardedRenewalPublished value£6,800,000
Hire of Mobile Centrifuges and Hire of Operators
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- technical: 50%
- price: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
- technical: 50
- Price: 50
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “prj_4383 Supply and Maintenance of Dewatering Equipment” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 14 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 26 Apr 2024, 09:26 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Aug 2025, 11:29 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-045562- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-045548Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 29 May 2024, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
Timeline
29 May 2024 → 4 Aug 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown29 May 2024, 16:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected18 Jun 2024, 00:00 BST
- Notice published4 Aug 2025, 11:29 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete4 Aug 2025, 11:29 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast11 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 3 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £12,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
prj_4383 Supply and Maintenance of Dewatering Equipment
- Signed
- 7 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
prj_4383 Supply and Maintenance of Dewatering Equipment
- Signed
- 7 Jul 2025
- Value
- £6,800,000
- Status
- active
prj_4383 Supply and Maintenance of Dewatering Equipment
- Signed
- 7 Jul 2025
- Value
- £6,800,000
- Status
- active
prj_4383 Supply and Maintenance of Dewatering Equipment
- Signed
- 7 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
prj_4383 Supply and Maintenance of Dewatering Equipment
- Signed
- 7 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
prj_4383 Supply and Maintenance of Dewatering Equipment
- Signed
- 7 Jul 2025
- Value
- £5,000,000
- Status
- active
prj_4383 Supply and Maintenance of Dewatering Equipment
- Signed
- 7 Jul 2025
- Value
- £5,000,000
- Status
- active
prj_4383 Supply and Maintenance of Dewatering Equipment
- Signed
- 7 Jul 2025
- Value
- £4,400,000
- Status
- active
prj_4383 Supply and Maintenance of Dewatering Equipment
- Signed
- 7 Jul 2025
- Value
- £8,000,000
- Status
- active
prj_4383 Supply and Maintenance of Dewatering Equipment
- Signed
- 7 Jul 2025
- Value
- £1,600,000
- Status
- active
prj_4383 Supply and Maintenance of Dewatering Equipment
- Signed
- 7 Jul 2025
- Value
- £1,200,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Supply, Install and Commissioning of Centrifuges, Centrifuge Spares & Ancillary Equipment | 4bids · 4 electronic · 5 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
| 2 · Supply, Install and Commissioning of Drum Thickeners, Drum Thickener Spares & Ancillary Equipment | 2bids · 2 electronic · 3 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
| 3 · Supply, Install and Commissioning of Sludge Conveyors, Sludge Conveyor Spares & Ancillary Equipment | 3bids · 3 electronic · 4 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
| 4 · Maintenance of Centrifuges | 2bids · 2 electronic · 3 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
| 5 · Maintenance of Belt Thickeners, Belt Presses, and Drum Thickeners | 1bids · 1 electronic · 2 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 6 · Maintenance including hire of Conveyors | 2bids · 2 electronic · 3 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
| 7 · Hire of Mobile Centrifuges and Hire of Operators | 5bids · 5 electronic · 6 from abroad | 5 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Southern WaterReview body
- Southern Water ServicesReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
5 commercial parties on the notice- ALFA LAVAL LIMITEDFramework contractor
- GEA MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT UK LIMITEDFramework contractor
- RHAMES LTDFramework contractor
- SERPECON LIMITEDFramework contractor
- SLUDGE TEK LIMITEDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria