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T130 - Disposal and/or Recycling of Water Treatment Works Residuals

Northern Ireland Water Limited · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 25 Sept 2026, 23:27.

Opportunity overview

This Contract is for the following Services: • Collection, transportation/haulage and final disposal and/or recycling of approximately 25,200 tonnes per annum of residuals/sludge cake from NI Water and NI Water Alpha Water Treatment Works (WTW), as detailed at section 2 of this Specification. • Recycling of residuals/sludge cake, where possible, via a fully compliant environmentally certified recycling route(s) or disposal at a Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) approved and certified Disposal Site. Please refer to Schedule 1 Specification for further information.

Classification

  • CPV90513600 — Sludge removal services
  • CPV90513700 — Sludge transport services
  • CPV90513800 — Sludge treatment services
  • CPV90513900 — Sludge disposal services

Lots

  • Lot 1 – Disposal and/or Recycling of WTW Residuals from NI Water Sites£6.5m · Including VAT
  • Lot 2 - Disposal and/or Recycling of WTW Residuals from NI Water Alpha Sites£2.2m · Including VAT

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
T130
Status
active
Procurement Method
selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
How to submit
Tenders should be submitted via eTendersNI. https://etendersni.gov.uk/
Has Recurrence
Yes

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure

Features
The Competitive Flexible Procedure is described in the T130 tender documents which are available on eTendersNI.

Special regime

utilities

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Languages

en

Tender Period

Ends
14 Sept 2026, 12:00

Enquiry period

Ends
9 Sept 2026, 12:00

Expected award period

Ends
23 Nov 2026, 23:59

Recurrence

Dates

Entry 1
Starts
3 Mar 2031, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Title
Lot 1 – Disposal and/or Recycling of WTW Residuals from NI Water Sites
Description
This Contract is for the following Services: • Collection, transportation/haulage and final disposal and/or recycling of approximately 15,000 tonnes per annum of residuals/sludge cake from NI Water Water Treatment Works (WTW). • Recycling of residuals/sludge cake, where possible, via a fully compliant environmentally certified recycling route(s) or disposal at a Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) approved and certified Disposal Site.
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes
Has Options
Yes

Value

Including VAT
6,480,000
Currency
GBP

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
quality
Name
Quality

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
30
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 2
Type
price
Name
Cost

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
70
Weight
percentageExact

Contract period

Starts
7 Feb 2027, 00:00
Ends
6 Feb 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
6 Feb 2032, 23:59

Renewal

Description
The T130 contract has an initial period of 2 years with the option to extend for a total of 3 years (2+1+1+1 years).

Options

Description
The Client reserves the right to purchase additional services or goods under the T130 contract. See section 1.6 of Schedule 1 Specification for further information.
Entry 2
Id
2
Title
Lot 2 - Disposal and/or Recycling of WTW Residuals from NI Water Alpha Sites
Description
This Contract is for the following Services: • Collection, transportation/haulage and final disposal and/or recycling of approximately 10,200 tonnes per annum of residuals/sludge cake from NI Water Alpha Water Treatment Works (WTW). • Recycling of residuals/sludge cake, where possible, via a fully compliant environmentally certified recycling route(s) or disposal at a Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) approved and certified Disposal Site.
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes
Has Options
Yes

Value

Including VAT
2,160,000
Currency
GBP

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
quality
Name
Quality

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
30
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 2
Type
price
Name
Cost

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
70
Weight
percentageExact

Contract period

Starts
7 Feb 2027, 00:00
Ends
6 Feb 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
6 Feb 2032, 23:59

Renewal

Description
The T130 contract has an initial period of 2 years with the option to extend for a total of 3 years (2+1+1+1 years).

Options

Description
The Client reserves the right to purchase additional services or goods under the T130 contract. See section 1.6 of Schedule 1 Specification for further information.

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
90513900
Description
Sludge disposal services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
90513600
Description
Sludge removal services
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
90513800
Description
Sludge treatment services
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
90513700
Description
Sludge transport services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKN
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Item 2
Id
2
Related Lot
2

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
90513900
Description
Sludge disposal services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
90513600
Description
Sludge removal services
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
90513800
Description
Sludge treatment services
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
90513700
Description
Sludge transport services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKN
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Entry 2
Id
078524-2026
Document Type
tenderNotice
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Published
18 Aug 2026, 12:55
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Northern Ireland Water Limited
Id
GB-PPON-PCZH-7295-JJTZ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PCZH-7295-JJTZ

Address

Street Address
Westland House
Locality
Belfast
Postal Code
BT14 6TE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKN06

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Entry 2
Scheme
UK_CA_DEVOLVED_REGULATIONS
Id
GB-NIR
Description
Northern Irish devolved regulations apply

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Belfast · UKN06 · BT14 6TE · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKN · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 078524-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·