Northern Ireland Water has awarded a number of contracts for its Integrated Partnerships Framework to support delivery of its proposed water and sewerage capital investments worth an estimated £1.68 billion in total.

The contract was tendered in three separate Lots - services to be provided under Lot 1 for Water and Sewerage Infrastructure Works include:
- Dredging and pumping works for water treatment plant installations
- Pipelaying construction work
- Pipeline relaying works
- Construction work for water and sewage pipelines
- Water-main refurbishment construction work
- Sewer construction work
- Engineering works and construction works
Services to be provided under Lot 2 for Water and Sewerage Non Infrastructure Works include:
- Sewage treatment works
- Wastewater treatment plant construction work
- Sewage plant equipment
- Pumps
- Sewage digesters
- Sludge-dewatering plant construction work
- Water purification plant construction work
- Pumping station construction work
- Sludge-treatment works
Lot 3 for Water and Sewerage Infrastructure and Non Infrastructure Works involves a combination of services to be provided under Lots 1 and 2.
Ten companies were in the bidding for Lot 1 Water and Sewerage Infrastructure Works (£240 million) - the following four companies have been appointed to the framework:
- AG Wilson Ltd
- BSG-Phace Group
- Civco Ltd
- Deane Public Works Ltd
Eleven companies tendered for Lot 2 Water and Sewerage Non Infrastructure Works (£240 million) - successful suppliers appointed to Lot 2 are:
- BSG-AGW Group
- Geda-WSI
- Jacopa-Deane (JD Water Ltd)
- Lowry Building and Civil Engineering
NI Water received a total of 9 bids in total for Lot 3 for Water and Sewerage Infrastructure and Non Infrastructure (£1.2 billion). The following companies have been appointed to the Framework:
- BSG Civil Engineering Ltd
- Deane-Lowry-Jacopa (DLJ Water Ltd)
- Farrans-Glan Agua
- Geda Construction
- John Graham Construction Ltd
- Murphy Dawson WAM
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