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Lifting Equipment and Pressure Systems (LEAPS) Compliance Management System

Northern Ireland Water Limited · Local or regional public body

In brief

Northern Ireland Water Limited has announced plans to buy IT and software and legal work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The notice does not state a value.

The contract runs for 1 year, starting 1 April 2027.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 2.5 bids per contract for this buyer (from 74 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

Northern Ireland Water (NIW) seeks market feedback on the availability of a Lifting Equipment and Pressure systems Compliance Management System capable of supporting maintenance, statutory compliance, contractor collaboration, structured document handling, and full auditability for lifting and pressure equipment. The system must be modular, cloud-hosted, and support both internal and contractor users at scale. If you believe you have a software system capable of the above, please email sourcing@niwater.com FAO Dean Campbell by 7th August to request further information, including a more detailed technical functional and non-functional specification. Further meetings including demonstrations may then be arranged with interest suppliers.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 072033-2026

Last time this was bought

T174 - Lifting and Fall Arrest Equipment – Supply, Maintenance, Testing and Certification (includes optional pressure systems requirement – not mandatory)

Won by
W.H. Scott & Son (Engineers) Limited, Heyn Engineering (Ni) Ltd
Awarded
3 November 2026
Value
Not stated, or split across lots

Matched on Northern Ireland Water Limited, the type of work and the title; it may be a related contract rather than the same one. Check the notice to be sure.

About the buyer

Procurements

69

Awards

30

Suppliers it has used most for IT and software

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    £298kestimated
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    £450kestimated
  4. T26-121CRO Committee Management Software

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    Open7 days leftSmall contract

    £45kestimated
  5. ID 6723703 - DOF - EDD - NICS Identity Assurance (NIDA) Solution

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    £5.5mestimated

From notice 072033-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 30 July 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.