Goods-Framework-Water Industry Fittings
- Buyer
- United Utilities Water Limited
- Value
- £63,000,000
- Closes
- 11 January 2027
- Where
- Warrington, the North West
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
United Utilities, a water company, is setting up a framework agreement for water industry fittings, mainly mechanical pieces used to connect and maintain water pipes. A framework is a pre-approved list of suppliers that the buyer can then order from over time, and the estimated total value is £63 million.
What the buyer wants
• Design, manufacture and deliver mechanical fittings sized from 80mm to 1200mm, including off-loading at site • Provide drawings, operation and maintenance manuals, technical data sheets and factory test certificates with the products • Supply within one or more of five lots: couplings and connection fittings, repair and maintenance fittings, ferrules and saddles, plastic service fittings, and bespoke or fabricated fittings
Lots
- Lot 1-Mechanical Couplings & Connection Fittings
- Lot 2-Mechanical Repair & Maintenance Fittings
- Lot 3-Ferrules and Saddles Fittings
- Lot 4-Plastic Service Fittings
- Lot 5-Mechanical Bespoke and Fabricated Fittings
Requirements
What could rule a small business out: The £63 million value across multiple lots, and the requirement to design and manufacture large-diameter fittings up to 1200mm, would most likely rule out a small business that does not have its own manufacturing capacity and proven experience supplying water-industry products at this scale.
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How to bid
This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.
Where to apply
Bids go through EU-Supply. Make a free account there, then search for this tender's title.
Questions about this tender? The official notice gives the buyer's contact.
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