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title: "TD2229 - Water Treatment Maintenance Services for Pride Par"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04e363"
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buyer: "DERBY CITY COUNCIL"
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# TD2229 - Water Treatment Maintenance Services for Pride Par

Buyer: DERBY CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04e363

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## Summary

Derby City Council, a regional authority, has completed the procurement for the "TD2229 - Water Treatment Maintenance Services for Pride Park" contract. The tender, classified under the environmental services industry (CPV 90700000), involves the maintenance and operation of a groundwater treatment plant and associated environmental monitoring at Pride Park, Derby. This procurement is essential to meet compliance with Environmental Agency Discharge Permit requirements and prevent polluted water from reaching the River Derwent. The procurement method used was a limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, due to the absence of competition for technical reasons. The contract, valued at GBP 2,670,000, was awarded to Alpheus Environmental Ltd and is scheduled to commence on 23rd June 2025 with a duration of ten years.

This tender presents significant business opportunities, especially for businesses specialising in environmental services, water purification operations, and pollution control. Companies experienced in handling large-scale environmental compliance and operations may find this contract aligns well with their expertise, given the technical and regulatory requisites involved. The long-term nature of the contract ensures business stability and growth, allowing successful bidders to engage in continuous operations at Pride Park. While this specific contract has been directly awarded, it highlights potential opportunities for similar future tenders as existing contracts mature or as new environmental compliance needs arise in local and regional authorities.

## Notice

The supply of services in respect of the operation and maintenance of the groundwater treatment plant and associated environmental monitoring at Pride Park, Derby. This service is required to facilitate the maintenance of the Pride Park Water Treatment Plant to meet the monitoring requirements of the Environment Agency Discharge Permit and enable the Water Treatment Unit to control and manage and avoid the discharge of polluted water from the brownfield site of Pride Park into the River Derwent.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The supply of services in respect of the operation and maintenance of the groundwater treatment plant and associated environmental monitoring at Pride Park, Derby. This service is required to facilitate the maintenance of the Pride Park Water Treatment plant to meet the monitoring requirements of the Environment Agency Discharge Permit and enable the Water Treatment Unit to control and manage and avoid the discharge of polluted water from the brownfield site of Pride Park into the River Derwent. This procurement is required to meet the Council's obligations as a duty holder under the following legislation and obligations. The Environmental Protection Act (1990) which requires the owner of any land where any contaminated substances are known to be, not permit those substances to be in, or on or under any other land to which they appear to have escaped. The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010: under which it is an offense to knowingly discharge poisonous, noxious or polluting matter or solid waste matter into inland freshwater. The successful management of the water treatment plant and waste repositories are an environmental requirement imposed by the Environment Agency. The Contract also protects businesses on Pride Park who all pay a service charge to fund the reclamation infrastructure on Pride Park. In addition to running the water treatment plant the contract also includes the management of monitoring wells around the two waste repositories on Pride Park containing a combined total of 95,000m3 contaminated gas works waste. Additional information: A change of provider at the current time would have a major impact on work activity, costs, and compliance with aforementioned requirements. It is proposed to directly award a contract without prior publication of a call for competition.

Options: The starting date of the contract will be 23rd June 2025. The contract duration will be 10 years

### Procurement Information

The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: Absence of competition for technical reasons. The compliant route to market will be via VEAT Notice, because the nature of the service is highly specialised, and previous procurements have failed to identify suitably competitive alternative providers.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032637-2025 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 16 Jun 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 12 Feb 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £2,670,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DERBY CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | DERBY |
| Post town | Derby |
| Postcode | DE1 2FS |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF11 Derby |
| Local authority | Derby |
| Electoral ward | Darley |
| Westminster constituency | Derby South |
| Delivery location | TLF11 Derby |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ALPHEUS ENVIRONMENTAL |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 65 - Public utilities
- 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

### Codes

- 65120000 - Operation of a water-purification plant
- 90700000 - Environmental services
- 90733300 - Surface water pollution protection services
- 90733700 - Groundwater pollution monitoring or control services
- 90733800 - Groundwater pollution drainage services

## Release History

- 16 Jun 2025 at 13:44 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032637-2025
- 4 Mar 2025 at 13:30 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007844-2025
- 18 Feb 2025 at 15:07 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005633-2025

## Notice URLs

- http://www.alpheus.co.uk
- http://www.derby.gov.uk
- https://www.derby.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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