Notice Information
Notice Title
RFI- Market interest and capability in procuring and processing (wet milling) magnetite Oct 25
Notice Description
Northern Ireland Water requires the information sought in this document to assess interest and capability of the market to support NI Water in procuring and processing (wet milling) magnetite to NIW's required specifications. NI Water would also like to hear from suppliers who would be interested in visiting the current manufacturer, located in Norway, to better understand the current manufacturing process. These visits would be at the suppliers own cost and interested parties should note that there is no guarantee that this process will result in a procurement exercise.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a755
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061918-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
14 - Mining, basic metals and related products
24 - Chemical products
43 - Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment
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- CPV Codes
14000000 - Mining, basic metals and related products
14600000 - Metal ores and alloys
14700000 - Basic metals
24000000 - Chemical products
43000000 - Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £3,600,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £3,600,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 28 Oct 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Jan 2029 - 1 Jan 2032 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NI WATER AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- sourcing@niwater.com
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT14 6TE
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN06 Belfast
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Chichester Park
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast North
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061918-2025
2nd October 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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