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SUPPLY AND SERVICE OF FILTRATION MEDIA

Industrial MachineryCPV 42912350

Value£60.0m

Deadline2 Oct 2026

Published2 Sept 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 2 Sept 202630 days leftCloses 2 Oct 2026

Who to contact

Angela Woodburn

angela.woodburn@scottishwater.co.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£60.0mtotal contract value

median £100k

this tender£0£64.8m

This is a large award for Industrial Machinery — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 5,734 valued Industrial Machinery tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Scottish Water publishes Industrial Machinery work continuously — 18 notices, roughly one every 37 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

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The brief

The supply, including delivery and installation of products approved for use in Public Water Supply in the United Kingdom which form part of an existing or modified granular media filtration process. <br/>Filtration media will include sand, gravel, GAC, reactivated GAC, anthracite, bonechar and Filtralite.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

The supply, including delivery and installation

The supply, including delivery and installation of products approved for use in Public Water Supply in the United Kingdom which form part of an existing or modified granular media filtration process.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

What it takes to bid this

45–80 daysof bid-team effort

£30.8k–£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates

Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

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Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
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