Northern Ireland Water plans a GBP 10.5bn Integrated Partnerships Framework for its capital programme
A GBP 10.5bn framework is announced before its tender so that consortia can form; the partnerships are being decided now, not at submission.
Northern Ireland Water published a planning notice for the IF109 Integrated Partnerships Framework, with an estimated value of GBP 10.5 billion, to succeed the existing IF105 framework that expires in May 2028. The notice says the framework is intended to support delivery of the PC28 investment programme and future regulatory periods, covering programme and project management, design, engineering, construction, commissioning and supporting activities.
A planning notice a year and a half before the incumbent framework expires is the buyer signalling that it wants the market ready. Partnership frameworks of this kind are won by consortia, so the positioning happens before the tender: who partners with whom, and on which disciplines, is being decided now.
- NI Water publishes a planning notice for IF109
- Market engagement and consortium formation
- Tender notice, then submissions
- Framework awarded ahead of May 2028
- PC28 capital programme delivered through the framework
- Incumbents on IF105 move to protect their positions and re-partner.
- Specialist engineering and commissioning firms are courted as consortium members.
- Northern Ireland's construction and engineering labour market tightens around the programme.
- The tender notice and its lot structure.
- Any market engagement or supplier day announced by NI Water.
- Consortium announcements by the current incumbents.
- Decide whether you lead, join or supply a consortium, and start the conversations.
- Identify the disciplines in the notice that match what you do and evidence them.
- Register interest with NI Water's procurement team so you see the tender the day it publishes.
Possible consequences, not predictions. Window: 6 to 18 months.
- Who holds the current IF105 framework, and in which lots?
- Will IF109 be lotted by discipline, region or programme?
- When is the tender notice expected, and is there a market engagement event first?
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- Event date
- 9 September 2026
- Detected by BuzzBaboon
- 2026-09-12 15:21 UTC
- Last updated
- 2026-10-11 11:52 UTC
- Verification status
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