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title: "Provision of Maintenance Services for Flood Water Facility Water Treatment Plant in LDC Cookstown"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05e4bb"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NORTHERN IRELAND FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE"
published: "2025-11-19"
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# Provision of Maintenance Services for Flood Water Facility Water Treatment Plant in LDC Cookstown

Buyer: NORTHERN IRELAND FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05e4bb

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## Summary

The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service has completed an award process for the 'Provision of Maintenance Services for Flood Water Facility Water Treatment Plant in LDC Cookstown'. This procurement belongs to the public authority sector under central government regulations applicable to Northern Ireland. The award was completed as of 19th November 2025, with the contract commencing on 28th December 2025, and extending potentially until 28th December 2028. This direct award was necessary due to the specialised nature of the maintenance work required for this unique flood water facility, which supports advanced firefighting training. The contract location is in Cookstown, Northern Ireland, and the relevant industry category covers repair and maintenance services connected with sports facilities and plant repairs.

This contract presents business growth opportunities, primarily for experts in the field of water treatment and maintenance services. Companies with experience in handling complex and integrated water systems, especially those with prior knowledge of bespoke systems and exclusive technologies, would be particularly well-suited to participate. Businesses, like CLEARWAY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, capable of delivering high-quality planned and reactive maintenance practices, will find this an opportunity to solidify their foothold within government contracts, especially if they can offer both the local presence and necessary expertise as required by the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service. This contract assumes a direct procurement method due to intellectual property and exclusive rights associated with the maintenance systems.

## Notice

As part of the PS42m construction of the new NIFRS Learning and Development Training College, NIFRS installed a unique Flood Water Facility (FWF). It is a unique firefighting training asset, the second of its kind in the world; it includes a 10m wide x 100m long flood channel fed by an adjoining reservoir via a dedicated pumping station. The flood channel includes a vehicle access gate, mock residential property, footbridge and various access points to provide realistic scenarios for Water Rescue training. This area of the site also incorporates an extended area of hard-standing and water access design features to facilitate a range of HVP training scenarios. The water volume of the facility is approximately 6,700m3. The water is treated to 'recreational standards', following European Union (EU) inland bathing standards and World Health Organization (WHO) recreational water quality guidelines. To enable this, there is a bespoke water treatment system installed. These bespoke water treatment systems will require a stringent and specific planned preventative maintenance (PPM) regime to ensure the pool is maintained to swimming pool standards. In addition to PPM, Reactive maintenance is required to identify, isolate and rectify a fault so that the failed equipment, prop or system can be restored to an operational and safe condition within the tolerances or limits established for in-service operations.

### Procurement Information

Reactive and planned maintenance and servicing of this equipment must be undertaken by a competent, highly specialised contractor. The systems are complex and have specific supporting software. Total Pools are 'exclusive UK distributors of the new Ceramiflo microfiltration system' with permissions to work on the system (http://totalpool.co.uk). The neutralisation system was a bespoke design for this facility to discharge excess water to the local environment (no sewerage network). The design is novel and given the external environment, the system is subject to seasonal changes e.g. higher disinfection rates required in summer as opposed to winter. Three Contractors are required to maintain this equipment (Totalpools, Sterling and Prominent). Sterling Hydrotech are primary contractor who have coordinated and subcontracted to the other parties). The three systems are interlinked and affect the functionality of each other. Sterling Hydrotech are based in the UK mainland. They are part of the WCS Engineering Group. WCS are based in Belfast and have a team that assisted Sterling with the installation and maintenance to date. Given the Geographical location, it is proposed that the maintenance services are provided by WCS who can offer a local response. WCS can call upon Sterling for additional assistance when required. As the systems are intrinsically linked and for ease of management, it is proposed that WCS manage the other two smaller contractors are subcontractors.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075378-2025 |
| Notice type | UK5 - Transparency Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Works |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Nov 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 19 Nov 2025 |
| Contract period | 28 Dec 2025 - 28 Dec 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £87,387 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Pending |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NORTHERN IRELAND FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE |
| Locality | LISBURN |
| Post town | Northern Ireland |
| Postcode | BT27 4SX |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland |
| ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland |
| ITL 3 | TLN0E Lisburn and Castlereagh |
| Local authority | Lisburn and Castlereagh |
| Electoral ward | Wallace Park |
| Westminster constituency | Lagan Valley |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | CLEARWAY TECHNOLOGY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 45 - Construction work

### Codes

- 45212290 - Repair and maintenance work in connection with sports facilities
- 45259000 - Repair and maintenance of plant

## Release History

- 19 Nov 2025 at 16:05 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075378-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075378-2025
  19th November 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://totalpool.co.uk
- https://www.clearway.co.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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