Tender: Supply, Refurbishment and Maintenance of Specialist Wastewater Vehicles – United Utilities

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United Utilities Water Limited is seeking suppliers for the purchase, refurbishment, life extension, service, maintenance and repair of specialist wastewater and network vehicles through a multi-supplier framework procured as an Invitation to Negotiate under the Procurement Act 2023. The framework covers operationally critical vehicles used across wastewater networks, treatment works, pumping stations, depots, roadside environments and other operational locations to support sewer cleaning, jetting, vacuum recovery, de-silting, wet-well cleaning, sludge and silt removal, emergency draw-off, industrial cleaning and reactive network support. The tender is split into two lots: Lot 1 Combination Sewer Cleaning Units (vacuum tanker jetters, compact jetting‑vacuum units, Vactor units and high-volume jet‑vac units) with an initial forecast of 34 units, and Lot 2 High Vacuum Units with an initial forecast of 3 units; both lots include new vehicle supply plus refurbishment, life extension, service, maintenance and repair, spares, technical support, documentation, handover, training or familiarisation and controlled hire contingency support, and the intended commercial model is ownership-led for the core fleet.