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Lifting Equipment and Pressure Systems (LEAPS) Compliance Management System

NI Water and its subsidiaries

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Planning

30 Jul 2026 at 10:13

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Northern Ireland Water Limited is exploring a cloud-hosted Lifting Equipment and Pressure Systems Compliance Management System for use across its operations in Northern Ireland. The software would support maintenance management and statutory compliance for lifting and pressure equipment, collaboration with contractors, structured handling of compliance documents and complete audit trails. It is expected to be modular and suitable for use by internal and contractor users at scale. The requirement is primarily for compliance and industry-specific software services, with associated certification and lifting and handling equipment elements. Suppliers of compliance management platforms, asset and maintenance systems, certification software, or related industrial safety technology may therefore be relevant.

This procurement is at the planning stage and is currently intended to begin with preliminary market engagement, before Northern Ireland Water decides its procurement strategy. The buyer expects suppliers to request further information and provide market feedback by 7 August 2026; further meetings and demonstrations may then be arranged. The buyer’s indicative date for a subsequent notice is 1 October 2026. One planned lot is described, with an anticipated contract period from 1 April 2027 to 1 April 2028. The requirement is an above-threshold utilities procurement, with an estimated value or budget not stated in the available procurement details. The lot is marked as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises.

The requirement is likely to suit suppliers with a proven cloud software platform for managing statutory inspection, examination, maintenance and compliance records for lifting and pressure equipment. Strong candidates will be able to demonstrate modular configuration, secure support for large numbers of internal and contractor users, controlled document management, collaboration workflows and reliable audit trails. Experience of industrial asset management, engineering compliance, certification processes or regulated utility environments would be relevant. Suppliers should be prepared to explain how their system supports evidence-based compliance, contractor access and scalable operations, and to demonstrate these functions in meetings or product demonstrations. The buyer has specifically indicated that small and medium-sized businesses may be suitable, so specialist software providers and focused technology partners should consider preparing a response for the future procurement.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Lifting Equipment and Pressure Systems (LEAPS) Compliance Management System

Notice Description

Northern Ireland Water (NIW) seeks market feedback on the availability of a Lifting Equipment and Pressure systems Compliance Management System capable of supporting maintenance, statutory compliance, contractor collaboration, structured document handling, and full auditability for lifting and pressure equipment. The system must be modular, cloud-hosted, and support both internal and contractor users at scale. If you believe you have a software system capable of the above, please email sourcing@niwater.com FAO Dean Campbell by 7th August to request further information, including a more detailed technical functional and non-functional specification. Further meetings including demonstrations may then be arranged with interest suppliers.

Planning Information

See procurement description for details. This engagement is designed to help NIW understand market capability for this software before a procurement strategy is decided.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d73e
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072033-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

42 - Industrial machinery

48 - Software package and information systems

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

42410000 - Lifting and handling equipment

48100000 - Industry specific software package

48170000 - Compliance software package

79132000 - Certification services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
1 Oct 2026Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Apr 2027 - 1 Apr 2028 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NI Water and its subsidiaries
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BELFAST
Postcode
BT14 6TE
Postcode Area
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
TLN Northern Ireland
Local Authority
Belfast
Electoral Ward
Chichester Park
Westminster Constituency
Belfast North

Further Information

Notice Documents

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