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Scope

Reference

727

Description

This procurement covers the design, manufacture, fabrication, providing, supplying and delivery of two pumps and pre-cast concrete units (PCCU) that form the pump sump, support and inlet structure for the new pumping station for the North Wootton pumping station replacement project.

The value is estimated at circa £390,000 total. These figures are exclusive of VAT.

The pumps will have high efficiency, low maintenance requirements and will deliver a broad range of flow rates at their design heads. The pumps will provide safe passage for eels and fish and deliver a Best Achievable Eel Protection (BAEP) solution that reduces the killing and injury of fish, improving downstream passage.

The requirement is: The design, manufacture, fabrication, providing, supplying and delivery of pumps for North Wootton pumping station. This includes Design, Testing and

providing the required information for the Health and Safety File and Operations and Maintenance Manual.

The Water Management Alliance (WMA) will oversee this procurement on behalf of the King's Lynn Internal Drainage Board working with Turner & Townsend as advisors.

Total value (estimated)

• £390,000 excluding VAT
• £468,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

• 19 November 2026 to 15 September 2027
• 9 months, 27 days

Main procurement category

Goods

CPV classifications

• 42122000 - Pumps
• 44114200 - Concrete products

Contract locations

• UKH1 - East Anglia

Participation

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Submission

Enquiry deadline

27 October 2026, 12:00pm

Submission type

Tenders

Tender submission deadline

3 November 2026, 12:00pm

Submission address and any special instructions

https://turnerandtownsend.bravosolution.com/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=457

Tenders may be submitted electronically

Yes

Languages that may be used for submission

English

Award decision date (estimated)

10 November 2026

Award criteria

Other information

Applicable trade agreements

• Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes

Procedure

Procedure type

Competitive flexible procedure

Competitive flexible procedure description

The Competitive Flexible Procedure is set out within the tender documents available.

1) Tenderers are invited to submit initial tenders. Such tender is made up of both

assessment criteria (evaluated prior to award criteria) and award criteria (quality

submissions and pricing submission based on a Price List)

Compliant tenders will have their assessment criteria submissions reviewed against the

pass/fail criteria.

Only tenders which pass all of the assessment criteria will have their quality and price

submissions evaluated against the award criteria.

The Clients intention is to award a contract at the end of this stage. However, rights are

reserved to progress to an optional negotiation and / or BAFO stage if needed.

2) Negotiation (optional). If needed, one round of structured negotiation to clarify and

improve offers. This stage may be with a reduced number of bidders.

3) Best and Final Offers (BAFO) (optional). This stage may be with a reduced number of

bidders.

If a negotiation and / or BAFO stage is required, the initial award criteria set out will be

used to evaluate amended / updated tenders

Justification for not publishing a preliminary market engagement notice

Prior to issuing this procurement Stantec on behalf of Kings Lynn IDB (the Contracting Authority) undertook limited pre procurement market engagement with a number of suppliers to inform budget development,technical feasibility and procurement planning activities.

These pumping stations fall under the Eel Regulations 2009 and the pump station owner is required to obtain an eel exemption notice from the Environment Agency due to abstraction volume. Our understanding is there are only 4 manufacturers that the EA will accept.

To ensure compliance with the principles of transparency,equal treatment and fair competition,the CA has reviewed information shared during that engagement and has included within the procurement documentation all information considered material to the preparation of tenders. The Authority considers that these measures are sufficient to ensure that no supplier participating in the earlier engagement benefits from an unfair competitive advantage

Documents

Associated tender documents

https://turnerandtownsend.bravosolution.com/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=457

Contracting authority

Kings Lynn Internal Drainage Board

• Public Procurement Organisation Number: PLCT-1835-LVRV

Pierpoint House, 28 Horsley's Field

Kings Lynn

PE30 5DD

United Kingdom

Contact name: Catherine Barclay

Email: procurement [at] wlma.org.uk

Region: UKH16 - North and West Norfolk

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government

Other organisation

These organisations are carrying out the procurement, or part of it, on behalf of the contracting authorities.

TURNER & TOWNSEND CONTRACT SERVICES LIMITED

Summary of their role in this procurement: Procurement Advisors to Water Management Alliance (WMA) and Kings Lynn IDB. The WMA is not a legal entity - it is an unincorporated consortium of Internal Drainage Boards (IDBs) where one of its number (King's Lynn IDB) employs all of the shared staff and enters into contracts for the provision of shared services on behalf of the Member Boards,as set out in the Consortium Agreement

• Companies House: 02525578
• Public Procurement Organisation Number: PCCG-9469-WYXM

Low Hall Calverley Lane

Leeds

LS18 4GH

United Kingdom

Contact name: Catherine Barclay

Email: procurement [at] wlma.org.uk

Website: https://www.turnerandtownsend.com/

Region: UKE42 - Leeds

Contact organisation

Contact TURNER & TOWNSEND CONTRACT SERVICES LIMITED for any enquiries.

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