Scottish Water has gone out to tender with a framework contract for industrial cleaning services worth an estimated £12 million.

Scope of the framework will cover the provision of cleaning various types of water and waste water assets, including sludge tanks, chemical tanks, digestors, clarifiers, precipitators or DAF units, reactors and channel cleaning.
Also included in the contract are spillages, pipe clearing, pressure jetting and waste disposal routes.
Scottish Water has also specified core equipment to deliver the service effectively, including:
- liquid ring tankers
- dis-ab tankers
- vacuum tankers and high pressure jetting equipment.
- Additional specialist equipment may also include:
- recycler tankers
- combined vacuum tanker with pressure jetting
- CCTV pipeline and surveying equipment
- skip hire
- screening/separation equipment
Initial contract term is four years with four further annual extension options.
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 11 July 2022 – click here to access the tender documentation.
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