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Winter Gritting Services

AFFINITY WATER LIMITED · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 27 Sept 2026, 18:06.

Opportunity overview

Affinity Water (AW) has a requirement for the provision of reactive gritting services to support AW's Control Operations team across all AW operational regions. The Agreement will cover the provision of reactive gritting services across all AW operational areas and associated postcodes in response to adverse winter weather conditions and operational incidents, including burst activity. Services include: • Reactive gritting and salting services. • Emergency response attendance during freezing conditions. • Treatment of operational sites, access routes, and customer impacted areas where required. • Provision of plant, vehicles, operatives and materials necessary to deliver the service. • Out-of-hours, weekend and emergency call-out capability. • Management reporting and service performance monitoring. • Compliance with AW operational processes, site safety requirements and RAMS. The following services are excluded from scope: • Planned gritting services currently managed under separate GM arrangements by Estates.

Classification

  • CPV90620000 — Snow-clearing services
  • CPV90630000 — Ice-clearing services

Lots

  • Lot 1£800k

Documents and notices

  • Tender notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗
  • biddingDocumentsOpen source ↗
  • Please note that this procurement process will be conducted electronically. All documents and communications will be managed through the Affinity Water etendering portal called 'In-tend'. If you are interested in this opportunity, please follow the steps below: 1 - Register on our e-procurement portal In-tend (located here: https://intendhost.co.uk/affinitywater). 2 - Send an email to tenders@affinitywater.co.uk by 12pm (noon) 09th July 2026 to confirm: i) that your company intends to participate in this process ii) that you have registered your company on In-tend (Please use reference 'C-04453' in the title of the email). Selection questionnaire (SQ) documents will be issued after the registration closing dateOpen source ↗

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
C-04453
Status
active
Procurement Method
selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
How to submit
Selection questionnaire (SQ) documents will be issued after the registration closing date. Please note that this procurement process will be conducted electronically. All documents and communications will be managed through the Affinity Water etendering portal called 'In-tend'. If you are interested in this opportunity, please Register on our e-procurement portal In-tend (located here: https://intendhost.co.uk/affinitywater).
Expression Of Interest Deadline
9 Jul 2026, 12:00
Has Recurrence
Yes

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure

Features
Selection questionnaire (SQ) submissions will be scored in accordance with the criteria defined in the SQ documentation. Suppliers that are shortlisted will be invited to submit a proposal in response to the invitation to tender (ITT). Tender submissions will be evaluated and clarification meetings conducted (virtually or in person). Affinity Water may negotiate with tenderers and/or request best and final offers The successful tenderer(s) will be awarded the agreement according to the percentage weightings and criteria set out in the ITT.

Special regime

utilities

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Languages

en

Expected award period

Ends
19 Oct 2026, 23:59

Recurrence

Dates

Entry 1
Starts
1 Mar 2033, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes
Has Options
Yes

Value

Including VAT
960,000
Amount
800,000
Currency
GBP

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price
Name
Commercial

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
60
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 2
Type
quality
Name
Technical

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
40
Weight
percentageExact

Contract period

Starts
19 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends
18 Oct 2028, 23:59
Max Extent Date
18 Oct 2034, 23:59

Renewal

Description
Initial contract period 19th October 2026 - 18th October 2028 The contract will be awarded for an initial term of 2 years with the option to extend for up to six years with a maximum overall term of 8 years.

Options

Description
Option to extend

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
90620000
Description
Snow-clearing services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
90630000
Description
Ice-clearing services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKH21
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKH23
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UKH24
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 4
Region
UKH25
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 5
Region
UKH3
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 6
Region
UKI5
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 7
Region
UKJ13
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 8
Region
UKJ44
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Entry 2
Id
L-1
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Description
Please note that this procurement process will be conducted electronically. All documents and communications will be managed through the Affinity Water etendering portal called 'In-tend'. If you are interested in this opportunity, please follow the steps below: 1 - Register on our e-procurement portal In-tend (located here: https://intendhost.co.uk/affinitywater). 2 - Send an email to tenders@affinitywater.co.uk by 12pm (noon) 09th July 2026 to confirm: i) that your company intends to participate in this process ii) that you have registered your company on In-tend (Please use reference 'C-04453' in the title of the email). Selection questionnaire (SQ) documents will be issued after the registration closing date
Entry 3
Id
A-18163
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Format
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
Entry 4
Id
059221-2026
Document Type
tenderNotice
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Published
24 Jun 2026, 09:47
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
AFFINITY WATER LIMITED
Id
GB-COH-02546950

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
02546950

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PMRZ-1695-VBDV

Address

Street Address
Tamblin Way
Locality
Hatfield
Postal Code
AL10 9EZ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKH23

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
privateUtility
Description
Private utility

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Hatfield · UKH23 · AL10 9EZ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKH21 · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKH23 · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKH24 · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKH25 · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKH3 · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKI5 · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKJ13 · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKJ44 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 059221-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·