Networks, treatment and the health obligations underneath the engineering
Sewerage work covers collection networks, pumping, treatment and the disposal or reuse of what comes out, and the discharge consent governs all of it. A treatment works is designed to meet numerical limits on the quality of the effluent it releases, measured and enforced by a regulator, so process guarantees are contractual and performance testing over a defined period is a condition of acceptance. A plant that is built to the drawing and cannot hold consent has not been delivered.
Network work is street work, with the constraints that implies: permits from the highway authority, traffic management, reinstatement to a specified standard with a guarantee period, and out-of-hours working where the road cannot be closed in the day. Rehabilitation techniques that avoid excavation -- lining, patching, pipe bursting -- are frequently specified because they shorten road occupation, and they require different plant and different accreditation from open-cut laying. Working in confined spaces and in sewers brings its own authorisation, gas monitoring and rescue provision.
Sanitation programmes in settings without a piped network are a distinct market with distinct evaluation. Latrine and septic construction, faecal sludge collection and treatment, and public or school facilities are judged as much on operation, maintenance arrangements and community acceptance as on construction quality, because facilities built without an emptying service and a maintenance owner fall out of use quickly. Safeguarding of workers handling waste, and separate accessible facilities for women and for people with disabilities, are specified requirements rather than design preferences.
This section describes how this category is bought generally, across the public buyers that publish it. The figures elsewhere on this page are measured for this market alone.
Who buys sanitation sewerage in Sweden?
GlobalGov holds 21 sanitation sewerage records from 18 distinct buying organisations in Sweden. The most frequent publishers are Jönköpings kommun (2 records); VA SYD (2 records); Förvaltningsrätten I Falun (1 record); Gryaab AB (1 record); Göteborgs Stad Inköp och upphandling (1 record); HammarÖ Kommun (1 record). Between them the 6 largest account for 38% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jönköpings kommun | 2 | 9.5% |
| VA SYD | 2 | 9.5% |
| Förvaltningsrätten I Falun | 1 | 4.8% |
| Gryaab AB | 1 | 4.8% |
| Göteborgs Stad Inköp och upphandling | 1 | 4.8% |
| HammarÖ Kommun | 1 | 4.8% |
What are sanitation sewerage contracts worth in Sweden?
12 of the 21 records publish a contract value. The median is $2.4M and the largest single published value is $19.2M. By size, 5 between $100k and $1M, 4 between $1M and $10M, 3 above $10M. The remaining 9 publish no value at all, so every figure here describes the priced subset only, and values are as stated by the buyer rather than as finally awarded.
| Contract size | Records | Share of priced |
|---|---|---|
| under $100k | 0 | 0.0% |
| between $100k and $1M | 5 | 42% |
| between $1M and $10M | 4 | 33% |
| above $10M | 3 | 25% |
How long do bidders get to respond to sanitation sewerage tenders in Sweden?
Across the 8 Sweden sanitation sewerage notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 31 days. A quarter of them allowed 28 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 33. Not one of them closed within a fortnight of being published, so the window on this market is consistently workable.
How often are sanitation sewerage tenders published in Sweden?
Sweden published 10 notices in this category in the last twelve months. Over the last three years there were 11, spread across 14 separate months of activity since 22 May 2019. February is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 26 May 2026, 128 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.
How does Sweden compare with other sanitation sewerage markets?
Among the 18 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable sanitation sewerage market, Sweden ranks 18th by number of records. The largest is France (505 records against 21 here). Within Sweden itself, sanitation sewerage is the 65th largest of the 65 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Sweden sanitation sewerage records on this page come from?
These 21 records are collected from 1 official source: TED (21). GlobalGov is an independent aggregator and is not affiliated with any of them; each record links back to the notice on its issuing portal. The set is rebuilt nightly, and the counts on this page were taken on 2026-10-01.
Most recent Sanitation Sewerage tenders in Sweden
None of these are open for bids now — they are the most recent records GlobalGov holds for this market, kept here so the shape of a typical sanitation sewerage notice in Sweden is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.
Sweden – Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services – Saneringstjänster 2026
Sweden – Sewage treatment works – DIS: Modernisering av VA SYD:s produktionsanläggningar
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