Bidding opens for £500m Welsh Water framework

The framework will run for a period of up to 8 years and aims to provide customer focused services for the planned/reactive/emergency and maintenance works on Welsh Water’s wastewater network.

The tender is split into 5 Lots on a regional and functional basis for Network Operating Services and Repair and Maintenance with a combined geographical Repair and Maintenance Lot.

Lot Division

Lot 1 – Hereford, Powys & Gwent – Wastewater Network Operating Services

Value: £12 million

Lot 2 – Southwest, Swansea, Valleys & Cardiff – Wastewater Network Operating Services 

Value: £42 million

Works under Lot 1 and 2 will include:

• Wastewater network operating services on a 24/7/365 standby service
• Planning and scheduling
• Cyclic desilting.
• CCTV investigation
• Response to flooding and pollution incidents
• Maintenance and minor repairs of mechanical CSO screens
• Minor sewer rehabilitation
• Developer Services and Sewer Adoption activities.

Lot 3 –  South Wales, Hereford, & Powys – Wastewater Repair and Maintenance

Value: £131 million

The works will include:

• Wastewater network apparatus repair and maintenance
• 24/7/365 standby service
• Planning and scheduling provision
• On-site investigation works
• Sewer rehabilitation
• Working on or near live pressurised pipelines
• Maintenance & minor repairs of mechanical CSO screens
• Developer Services and Sewer Adoption activities.

Lot 4 – North Wales – Wastewater Network Repair & Maintenance, & Network Operating Services Agreement.

Value: £90 million

Lot 5 – All Wales Repair & Maintenance, and Network Operating Services in North Wales

Value: £222 million

The works under Lot 4 and 5 will include:

• Wastewater network apparatus repair and maintenance
• 24/7/365 standby service
• Planning and scheduling provision
• On-site investigation works; sewer rehabilitation
• Working on or near live pressurised pipelines
• Wastewater network operating services
• Cyclic desilting activity
• CCTV investigation
• Response to flooding and pollution incidents
• Maintenance and minor repairs of mechanical CSO screens
• Developer Services and Sewer Adoption activities.

The agreement will be for an initial period of 48 months across the five lots, with the option to extend for a further 48 months at intervals of no less than 12 months.

This means a possible total duration of 96 months if all options are taken.

Interested suppliers can register through the Welsh Water’s eSourcing Portal, and applicants can submit a response for one or more lots.

For more information, click here.

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