FA08-31 Commercial Services
NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED
- Estimated value
- £120,000,000
- Excluding VAT
- Where
- North East England and East of England
- Buyer in North East England
- Trade
- Engineering, architecture and surveying
- Consultative engineering and construction services
- Documents
- On SAP Ariba
- Free supplier registration needed
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Worked out by Evendraft from the notice’s own data, on 24 Oct 2026. The official notice is the one to rely on.
- Time to bid
- 6 full UK working days before the deadline to apply to take part, Tue 3 Nov 2026 (England and Wales bank holidays left out).
- Time allowed
- The buyer allowed 26 days from publication to the closing day: about the same as the median for open engineering and surveying tenders (28 days).
- Value
- £120m is among the largest tenth of the 125 open engineering and surveying tenders that state a value (median £700,000).
- This buyer
- 2 more open tenders from NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED listed here.
- Lots
- Divided into 6 lots. The documents say whether you can bid for one, several or all.
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About this tender
The summary is the start of the buyer’s own description, word for word. The full description and the documents are on the official notice.
NWL is seeking to set up a framework for the provision of commercial services relating predominantly to the capital investment on both infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects and programmes.
- Official notice
- Find a Tender, notice 095006-2026
- Buyer
- NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED
- Buyer’s region
- North East England
- Where the work is
- North East England, East of England
- Listed on Evendraft under
- North East England, East of England
- Published
- 8 Oct 2026
- Requests to take part by
- 3 Nov 2026, 12:00 UK time
- Estimated value
- £120,000,000 (excluding VAT)
- Trade
- Engineering, architecture and surveying
- CPV codes
- 71310000 Consultative engineering and construction services
- 71530000 Construction consultancy services
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedureTwo stages: apply to take part first; shortlisted suppliers are invited to tender.
- Framework
- Yes, for up to 12 suppliers
- Lots
- 6 lots
- Suitable for small businesses The buyer’s answer
- Yes
- Suitable for charities and social enterprises The buyer’s answer
- Not stated on the notice
- Good for small firms Evendraft’s filter
- No (estimated value over £1m)Good for small firms means the buyer marked it suitable for small businesses, the estimated value is £1m or less (or not stated), it is open to new suppliers, and it is not a framework with more than 20 places. Tenders where the buyer didn't say are left out.
- Documents
- On SAP Ariba
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