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How to win: SUPPLY AND SERVICE OF FILTRATION MEDIA

A goods contract from Scottish Water, worth £60,000,000. Below: what it involves and how to write a winning bid for it.

Buyer

Scottish Water

Value

£60,000,000

Closing date

2 October 2026

About this contract

The supply, including delivery and installation of products approved for use in Public Water Supply in the United Kingdom which form part of an existing or modified granular media filtration process. <br/>Filtration media will include sand, gravel, GAC, reactivated GAC, anthracite, bonechar and Filtralite.

How to win contracts like this

✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Scottish Water scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
✓At £60,000,000, 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 2 October 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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