AwardedAwarded 31 December 2025

T123 - Provision of External Proficiency Testing Schemes

Northern Ireland Water Limited · Local or regional public body

In brief

Northern Ireland Water Limited awarded architecture and engineering work to LGC (Teddington) Limited on 31 December 2025.

The notice gives a value of £434,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 2 years, up to 5 years with extensions, starting 22 December 2025.

It is split into 9 lots, so a supplier can bid for part of the work.

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.

What the notice says

This contract shall provide a comprehensive External Proficiency Testing Scheme (EPTS) services across a range of specific testing disciplines UKAS schedules of accreditation and including the onboarding of new laboratory methodologies. This will include the design, coordination, and delivery of interlaboratory comparisons, as well as the provision of detailed statistical analysis and reporting on the outcomes.

Lots

LotTradeValue
Clean Water Microbiology (Gelvin Grange Laboratory)
22 December 2025 to 21 December 2027
What this lot covers

Lot 1: Clean Water Microbiology (Gelvin Grange Laboratory): covers drinking/potable and recreational/surface water microbiology testing.

Architecture and engineering£14,000
Clean Water Microbiology (Westland House Laboratory)
22 December 2025 to 21 December 2027
What this lot covers

Lot 2: Clean Water Microbiology (Westland House Laboratory): covers drinking/potable and recreational/surface water microbiology testing.

Architecture and engineering£14,000
Waste Water Microbiology Laboratory (Gelvin Grange Laboratory)
22 December 2025 to 21 December 2027
What this lot covers

Lot 3: Waste Water Microbiology Laboratory (Gelvin Grange Laboratory) covers Recreational & Surface Water Microbiology testing).

Architecture and engineering£6,000
Waste Water Microbiology (Gelvin Grange Laboratory):
22 December 2025 to 21 December 2027
What this lot covers

Lot 4: Waste Water Microbiology (Gelvin Grange Laboratory): Surface Waste/Bathing Water microbiological testing..

Architecture and engineering£5,000
Cryptosporidium Testing (Gelvin Grange Laboratory)
22 December 2025 to 21 December 2027
What this lot covers

Lot 5: Cryptosporidium Testing (Gelvin Grange Laboratory) – The supplier shall provide proficiency testing for Cryptosporidium in potable, surface, ground, and raw water at Gelvin Grange Laboratory.

Architecture and engineering£8,000
Cryptosporidium Testing 2 (Gelvin Grange Laboratory)
22 December 2025 to 21 December 2027
What this lot covers

Lot 6: Cryptosporidium Testing (Gelvin Grange Laboratory)– The supplier shall provide proficiency testing for Cryptosporidium in potable, surface, ground, and raw waters at Gelvin Grange Laboratory.

Architecture and engineering£92,000
Cryptosporidium laboratory (Gelvin Grange)
22 December 2025 to 21 December 2027
What this lot covers

Lot 7: Cryptosporidium laboratory (Gelvin Grange); The supplier shall provide proficiency testing for the detection and enumeration of coliphages and Legionella in drinking/potable water at Gelvin Grange Laboratory.

Architecture and engineering£5,000
Waste Water Chemistry (Gelvin Grange Laboratory).
22 December 2025 to 21 December 2027
What this lot covers

Lot 8: Waste Water Chemistry (Gelvin Grange Laboratory). - The supplier shall provide proficiency testing for chemical analysis of wastewater, surface waters, groundwaters, and industrial effluents at Gelvin Grange Laboratory.

Architecture and engineering£90,000
Clean Water Chemistry (Westland House Laboratory)
22 December 2025 to 21 December 2027
What this lot covers

Lot 9: Clean Water Chemistry (Westland House Laboratory) - The supplier shall provide proficiency testing for chemical analysis of potable, surface, and groundwaters at Westland House Laboratory.

Architecture and engineering£200,000

Who won

WinnerLotValueDates
Not statedClean Water Microbiology (Gelvin Grange Laboratory)—
Not statedClean Water Microbiology (Westland House Laboratory)—
Not statedWaste Water Microbiology Laboratory (Gelvin Grange Laboratory)—
Not statedCryptosporidium Testing 2 (Gelvin Grange Laboratory)—
LGC (Teddington) Limited
1 bid received
Waste Water Microbiology (Gelvin Grange Laboratory):£5,040
Awarded 17 December 2025
1 January 2026 to 31 December 2027
LGC (Teddington) Limited
1 bid received
Cryptosporidium Testing (Gelvin Grange Laboratory)£82,200
Awarded 17 December 2025
1 January 2026 to 31 December 2027
LGC (Teddington) Limited
1 bid received
Cryptosporidium laboratory (Gelvin Grange)£4,920
Awarded 17 December 2025
1 January 2026 to 31 December 2027
LGC (Teddington) Limited
1 bid received
Waste Water Chemistry (Gelvin Grange Laboratory).£49,195
Awarded 17 December 2025
1 January 2026 to 31 December 2027
LGC (Teddington) Limited
1 bid received
Clean Water Chemistry (Westland House Laboratory)£215,925
Awarded 17 December 2025
1 January 2026 to 31 December 2027

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 070275-2025
  2. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 084087-2025
  3. Contract details notice · UK7, notice 001146-2026

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From notice 070275-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 31 October 2025, last updated 7 January 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.