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