Official UK procurement notice
Speciality Chemicals & Fuels
Authority: Southern Water Services Limited (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought6 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionSupply of Chemicals and Fuels to be used across Southern Water Services, delivered to sites. In summary;
Lot 1 - Supply and management of Polymer - Emulsion & Powder
Lot 2 - Lime: Supply and management of Liquid Lime. Supply of Granular Lime
Lot 3 - Supply of Antifoam & dispersant products
Lot 4 - Supply of Fuels (kerosene, Derv, Therma 35) – above and below 500ltrs, including telemetry.
Lot 6 - Supply of Liquid oxygen, including rental equipment (Cancelled)
Lot 7 - Supply of Calcium Nitrate / Sodium Nitrate, including stock management and technical support
CPV: Diesel fuel (EN 590) · Various chemical products · Water-treatment chemicals
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 10 suppliers · 6 bids on the busiest of 5 lots (0.6 per place) · 6 appointed
Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure
6 lots · all with a published value · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Supply and management of Polymer - Emulsion & PowderAwardedRenewalPublished value£20,000,000
Lot 1 - Supply and management of Polymer - Emulsion & Powder
Supply of product, management of stocks, technical support for process.
initial term of 48 months (4 yrs) value is £20m.
Lot #2Lime: Supply and management of Liquid Lime. Supply of Granular LimeAwardedRenewalPublished value£6,000,000
Lot 2 - Lime: Supply and management of Liquid Lime. Supply of Granular Lime
Supply of products. Initial 48 month (4 yrs) contract term value £6m.
Lot #3Supply of Antifoam & dispersant productsAwardedRenewalPublished value£2,000,000
Lot 3 - Supply of Antifoam & dispersant products
Supply of product. Initial contract term value is £2m, which is 4 yrs (48 months).
Lot #4Supply of Fuels (kerosene, Derv, Therma 35) – above and below 500ltrs, including telemetry.AwardedRenewalPublished value£9,600,000
Lot 4 - Supply of Fuels (kerosene, Derv, Therma 35) – above and below 500ltrs, including telemetry.
Bulk delivery of products. Core product White Diesel (Derv). Initial term of 48 months (4 years) value is £9.6m.
Lot #5Supply of Liquid oxygen, including rental equipmentRenewalPublished value£1,520,000
Lot 6 - Supply of Liquid oxygen, including rental equipment
Supply of product and hire of tank equipment. Initial contract term value is £1.52m.
Lot #6Supply of Calcium Nitrate / Sodium Nitrate, including stock management and technical supportAwardedRenewalPublished value£7,200,000
Lot 7 - Supply of Calcium Nitrate / Sodium Nitrate, including stock management and technical support
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
- Suitability
As stated in the procurement documents
- Economic & financial standing
As stated in the procurement documents
Minimum: As stated in the procurement documents
- Shortlisting
- As stated in the procurement documents
- Price carries 43.5–46 points depending on the lot; most lots put it at 46 points.
- “Speciality Chemicals & Fuels” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 10 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
- 25 Nov 2024, 16:54 GMT
- Last source update
- 24 Nov 2025, 16:30 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-076626- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04be94Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As stated in the procurement documents
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 25 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
Timeline
25 Dec 2024 → 24 Nov 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown25 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected17 Jan 2025
- Notice published337 days ago24 Nov 2025, 16:30 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Nov 2025- Status changed to complete24 Nov 2025, 16:30 GMT
- Buyer details updated24 Nov 2025, 16:30 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast8 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, £20,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Supply and management of Polymer
- Signed
- 21 Nov 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Supply and management of Polymer
- Signed
- 21 Nov 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Supply and management of Polymer
- Signed
- 21 Nov 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Supply and management of Liquid Lime
- Signed
- 21 Nov 2025
- Value
- £6,000,000
- Status
- active
Supply of Antifoam & dispersant product
- Signed
- 21 Nov 2025
- Value
- £2,000,000
- Status
- active
Supply of Antifoam & dispersant product
- Signed
- 21 Nov 2025
- Value
- £2,000,000
- Status
- active
Supply of Fuels
- Signed
- 21 Nov 2025
- Value
- £9,600,000
- Status
- active
Supply of Calcium & Sodium Nitrate
- Signed
- 21 Nov 2025
- Value
- £7,200,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Supply and management of Polymer - Emulsion & Powder | 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
| 2 · Lime: Supply and management of Liquid Lime. Supply of Granular Lime | 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
| 3 · Supply of Antifoam & dispersant products | 6bids · 6 electronic · 6 from abroad | 6 | — | — |
| 4 · Supply of Fuels (kerosene, Derv, Therma 35) – above and below 500ltrs, including telemetry. | 1bids · 1 electronic · 2 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 6 · Supply of Calcium Nitrate / Sodium Nitrate, including stock management and technical support | 1bids · 1 electronic · 2 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeFramework contractors & participating bidders
6 commercial parties on the notice- Buxton Lime LtdFramework contractor
- Certas Energy UK LTDFramework contractor
- Kemira Chemical UK LtdFramework contractor
- SNF UK LtdFramework contractor
- Solenis UK LtdFramework contractor
- Yara UK LTDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.