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Opportunity overview
This procurement covers the design, manufacture, fabrication, providing, supplying and delivery of two pumps and pre-cast concrete units (PCCU) that form the pump sump, support and inlet structure for the new pumping station for the North Wootton pumping station replacement project.
The value is estimated at circa £390,000 total. These figures are exclusive of VAT.
The pumps will have high efficiency, low maintenance requirements and will deliver a broad range of flow rates at their design heads. The pumps will provide safe passage for eels and fish and deliver a Best Achievable Eel Protection (BAEP) solution that reduces the killing and injury of fish, improving downstream passage.
The requirement is: The design, manufacture, fabrication, providing, supplying and delivery of pumps for North Wootton pumping station. This includes Design, Testing and
providing the required information for the Health and Safety File and Operations and Maintenance Manual.
The Water Management Alliance (WMA) will oversee this procurement on behalf of the King's Lynn Internal Drainage Board working with Turner & Townsend as advisors.
Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.
The Competitive Flexible Procedure is set out within the tender documents available.
1) Tenderers are invited to submit initial tenders. Such tender is made up of both
assessment criteria (evaluated prior to award criteria) and award criteria (quality
submissions and pricing submission based on a Price List)
Compliant tenders will have their assessment criteria submissions reviewed against the
pass/fail criteria.
Only tenders which pass all of the assessment criteria will have their quality and price
submissions evaluated against the award criteria.
The Clients intention is to award a contract at the end of this stage. However, rights are
reserved to progress to an optional negotiation and / or BAFO stage if needed.
2) Negotiation (optional). If needed, one round of structured negotiation to clarify and
improve offers. This stage may be with a reduced number of bidders.
3) Best and Final Offers (BAFO) (optional). This stage may be with a reduced number of
bidders.
If a negotiation and / or BAFO stage is required, the initial award criteria set out will be
used to evaluate amended / updated tenders
Prior to issuing this procurement Stantec on behalf of Kings Lynn IDB (the Contracting Authority) undertook limited pre procurement market engagement with a number of suppliers to inform budget development,technical feasibility and procurement planning activities.
These pumping stations fall under the Eel Regulations 2009 and the pump station owner is required to obtain an eel exemption notice from the Environment Agency due to abstraction volume. Our understanding is there are only 4 manufacturers that the EA will accept.
To ensure compliance with the principles of transparency,equal treatment and fair competition,the CA has reviewed information shared during that engagement and has included within the procurement documentation all information considered material to the preparation of tenders. The Authority considers that these measures are sufficient to ensure that no supplier participating in the earlier engagement benefits from an unfair competitive advantage
Procurement Advisors to Water Management Alliance (WMA) and Kings Lynn IDB. The WMA is not a legal entity - it is an unincorporated consortium of Internal Drainage Boards (IDBs) where one of its number (King's Lynn IDB) employs all of the shared staff and enters into contracts for the provision of shared services on behalf of the Member Boards,as set out in the Consortium Agreement
2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
2 VERSIONS
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088613-2026Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender ·
2
095771-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
Open tender for the design, manufacture, testing, supply and delivery of two pumps and pre-cast concrete units forming the sump, support and inlet structures for the North Wootton pumping-station replacement project. The works also include information for the Health and Safety File and an Operations and Maintenance Manual.
Who this may suit
Suitable for suppliers able to design and manufacture high-efficiency, low-maintenance, fish- and eel-protection pumping equipment and associated pre-cast concrete structures, with testing and technical-documentation capability.
Key points identified
Pump performance and environmental protectionPumps must be high efficiency, low maintenance, operate across a broad range of flow rates at their design heads, and provide safe eel and fish passage using a Best Achievable Eel Protection (BAEP) solution.Evidence: Description: "The pumps will have high efficiency, low maintenance requirements ... provide safe passage for eels and fish and deliver a Best Achievable Eel Protection (BAEP) solution".
Design and technical documentationDesign, testing, Health and Safety File information, and an Operations and Maintenance Manual are required.Evidence: Description: "This includes Design, Testing and providing the required information for the Health and Safety File and Operations and Maintenance Manual."
Pre-cast concrete unitsSupply pre-cast concrete units forming the pump sump, support and inlet structure.Evidence: Description: "pre-cast concrete units (PCCU) that form the pump sump, support and inlet structure".
96% approved-analysis confidence6 supplier criteria identified3 risks or unknowns
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Open tender for the design, manufacture, testing, supply and delivery of two pumps and pre-cast concrete units forming the sump, support and inlet structures for the North Wootton pumping-station replacement project. The works also include information for the Health and Safety File and an Operations and Maintenance Manual.
Who this may suit
Suitable for suppliers able to design and manufacture high-efficiency, low-maintenance, fish- and eel-protection pumping equipment and associated pre-cast concrete structures, with testing and technical-documentation capability.
Key deliverables
Two pumps
Pre-cast concrete units for the pump sump, support and inlet structure
Pump design, manufacture, fabrication, supply and delivery
Testing
Health and Safety File information
Operations and Maintenance Manual
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
6 criteria identified
Pump performance and environmental protection
97% confidence
Pumps must be high efficiency, low maintenance, operate across a broad range of flow rates at their design heads, and provide safe eel and fish passage using a Best Achievable Eel Protection (BAEP) solution.
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Description: "The pumps will have high efficiency, low maintenance requirements ... provide safe passage for eels and fish and deliver a Best Achievable Eel Protection (BAEP) solution".
Design and technical documentation
98% confidence
Design, testing, Health and Safety File information, and an Operations and Maintenance Manual are required.
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Description: "This includes Design, Testing and providing the required information for the Health and Safety File and Operations and Maintenance Manual."
Pre-cast concrete units
97% confidence
Supply pre-cast concrete units forming the pump sump, support and inlet structure.
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Description: "pre-cast concrete units (PCCU) that form the pump sump, support and inlet structure".
Supplier eligibility requirements
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No explicit supplier selection or eligibility criteria are provided in the supplied opportunity data.
SME suitability
99% confidence
Unknown.
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Suitable-for-SME field is null.
VCSE suitability
99% confidence
Unknown.
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Suitable-for-VCSE field is null.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Estimated contract value
97% confidence
Circa £390,000 excluding VAT.
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Description states "circa £390,000 total" and that figures are "exclusive of VAT"; process and lot value are £390,000.
Contract term
99% confidence
Unknown.
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Contract start and end dates are not supplied.
Delivery
Delivery area
96% confidence
UKH1, United Kingdom.
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Delivery location is listed as region "UKH1", country "United Kingdom".
Delivery timetable
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No delivery dates or programme are supplied.
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Opportunity status
99% confidence
Open tender.
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Process display status is "open", stage is "tender", and source status is "active".
Procedure
98% confidence
Open procurement method; procedure details state competitive flexible procedure.
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Process fields list procurement_method "open" and procurement_method_details "Competitive flexible procedure".
Submission deadline
99% confidence
3 November 2026, 12:00 UTC.
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Process and lot 1 list submission_deadline "2026-11-03T12:00:00Z".
Lot structure
98% confidence
One active lot valued at £390,000.
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One lot is supplied: lot ID 1, status active, value £390,000.
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Technical and environmental performance risk
98% confidence
The pumps must meet specific efficiency, maintenance, flow-range and fish/eel-protection outcomes, including BAEP.
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The description explicitly specifies high efficiency, low maintenance, broad flow rates, safe eel and fish passage, and BAEP.
Scope integration risk
94% confidence
The supplied scope combines pumps with pre-cast concrete units forming critical pumping-station structures; detailed interface and design information is not included in the supplied data.
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The description covers both pumps and PCCUs forming the sump, support and inlet structure, while no technical drawings or specifications are supplied.
Procedure metadata caution
99% confidence
The source records both an open procurement method and "Competitive flexible procedure" as procedure details. The supplied data does not explain how these labels relate.
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procurement_method is "open" and procurement_method_details is "Competitive flexible procedure".
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