How to win: Mautby Trash Systems

About this contract

This procurement covers the design, manufacture, fabrication, providing, supply and delivery of the trash system for Mautby Water Level Management Improvements (WLMI) project. It also allows the optionality of awarding a contract for one additional similar pumping station site namely Stokesby WLMI at a future date. The value is estimated at £175,000 for the initial site with a further estimated £175,000 for the additional site. These figures are exclusive of VAT. The trash system will have high efficiency, low maintenance requirements and will be able to operate over a broad range of water levels. The trash system will provide safe passage for eels and fish and deliver a Best Achievable Eel Protection (BAEP) solution that reduces the killing and injury of fish, thus improving downstream passage. The goods are: The design, manufacture, fabrication and supply of trash system for Mautby pumping station. The services are: Design, Testing and providing the required information for the Health and Safety File and Operations and Maintenance File. The Water Management Alliance (WMA) will oversee this procurement on behalf of the Broads Internal Drainage Board working with Turner & Townsend

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Broads (2006) Internal Drainage Board scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £350,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins goods work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar goods contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 1 July 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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