PRO004877- Tankering & Industrial Cleaning Framework
A Addendum Notice
by UNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Framework (Services)
- Duration
- 4 year
- Value
- £327M
- Sector
- ENVIRONMENT
- Published
- 29 May 2026
- Delivery
- 26 Oct 2026 to 25 Oct 2030
- Deadline
- 26 Jun 2026 11:00
Related Terms
Location
1 buyer
- United Utilities Water Warrington
Description
United Utilities Water Limited is procuring a single integrated framework for Tankering, Industrial Cleaning and Water Sludge Cake services across its water, wastewater, network and bioresources operations. The framework will replace existing fragmented legacy arrangements and provide a compliant route to market for planned, reactive and emergency operational services. The services include the collection, movement, transport and discharge of wastewater, sludge, sludge cake, solids and associated materials; industrial cleaning of operational wastewater, network, treatment and bioresources assets; and the collection, haulage, transfer and operational spreading of waterworks sludge cake and liquid sludge. The framework is expected to be split into three lots: Lot 1 Tankering Services, Lot 2 Industrial Cleaning Services, and Lot 3 Water Sludge Cake / Water Sludge Services. Suppliers admitted to the framework will be assessed as meeting United Utilities’ minimum technical, operational, commercial, health and safety, environmental, transport and compliance requirements. Admission to the framework will not guarantee work.
Lot Division
| 1 | Lot 1 Tankering
Lot 1 covers the provision of Tankering Services across United Utilities’ wastewater, network and bioresources operations. Services may include planned, reactive and emergency tankering; loading, collection, transport, transfer and discharge of wastewater, sludge, thickened sludge, sludge cake, solids, grit, screenings and associated materials; interworks sludge transfer; wastewater transfer; process tankering; solids haulage; and operational support during incidents, capacity constraints, maintenance, outages or emergency events. |
| 2 | Lot 2 Industrial Cleaning
Lot 2 covers the provision of Industrial Cleaning Services across United Utilities’ wastewater, network, treatment and bioresources operations. Services may include planned, reactive and emergency cleaning; emptying, desilting, de-ragging, de-gritting, washdown, vacuumation, jetting, screening, pumping, removal, containment and clearance of materials from operational wastewater and sludge-related assets. |
| 3 | Lot 3 Water Sludge Cake (1)
Lot 3 covers the provision of Water Sludge Cake / Water Sludge Services across United Utilities’ water treatment and bioresources operations. Services may include the collection, loading, transport, haulage, transfer and operational spreading of waterworks sludge cake, liquid sludge and associated sludge materials between United Utilities sites, operational locations and approved destinations. |
Renewal Options
The framework agreement is expected to operate for an initial term of 4 years, with the option to extend for two further periods of 2 years each. The maximum total framework term is therefore up to 8 years. Any extension will be at United Utilities’ discretion and subject to the final framework terms, ongoing operational requirements, supplier performance, value for money, service continuity, and continued business need.
Award Criteria
| Commercial | _ |
| Technical | _ |
CPV Codes
- 90513700 - Sludge transport services
- 34133100 - Tankers
- 34144520 - Sewage tankers
- 34223340 - Tanker trailers
- 90000000 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
- 90470000 - Sewer cleaning services
- 90513600 - Sludge removal services
- 90513900 - Sludge disposal services
- 90913100 - Tank-cleaning services
- 90917000 - Cleaning services of transport equipment
Indicators
- Renewals are available.
Other Information
Specific operational requirements will be allocated through separate call-off competitions, which will determine the Active Call-off Suppliers for relevant service areas, regions, asset types and capacity requirements. Other approved framework suppliers may be used for back-up, resilience, overflow, emergency or continuity requirements where Active Call-off Suppliers cannot meet demand. ** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. **
Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-06a837
- FTS 050656-2026