NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
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Open now2next deadline 1 Oct 2026Notices, last 12 months19+138% vs prior 12 months (8)Published award value, 24m£1.3mnet · on 1 of 4 single-supplier awards · top 5 = 100%
Open notices
2 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steel Fabrications | 1 Oct 2026 | 13d | £8,000,000 |
| NW2964 - Microsoft 365, AI and Intelligent Automation Partner Framework Agreement | 5 Oct 2026 | 17d | £7,200,000 |
What they buy
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
72 IT services: consulting, software, internet10 procedures · 37% · 1 open48 Software package and information systems5 procedures · 19%45 Construction work4 procedures · 15% · 1 open79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting4 procedures · 15%50 Repair and maintenance services3 procedures · 11%71 Architectural, construction, engineering3 procedures · 11%38 Laboratory, optical and precision2 procedures · 7%44 Construction structures and materials2 procedures · 7%How they buy
Last 24 months · 27 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
Commercial tool
- Contract 67% (18 notices)
- Framework 33% (9 notices)
Procedure route
- Selective 63% (17 notices)
- Open 22% (6 notices)
- Route not published 11% (3 notices)
- Direct award 4% (1 notices)
Typical bids per notice7indicative · n=2Median of published bid counts per lot on contested notices · 0% of lots drew a single bid. Direct awards are left out; framework and DPS lots are included.
Deadline → award78 daysrobust · n=8Median days from submission deadline to first award notice.
Notice amendments2Median amendments per notice · 18 of 27 notices amended.
Who wins here
All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHS HOME SOLUTIONS LIMITED | 1 | 16.7% | 1 | 1 | 6 Aug 2026 |
| ENERGY ASSETS LIMITED | 1 | 16.7% | 1 | 1 | 2 Apr 2026 |
| QSTORY LIMITED | 1 | 16.7% | 1 | 1 | 14 Jul 2026 |
| SWH ELECTRICAL SOLUTIONS LTD | 1 | 16.7% | 1 | 1 | 6 Aug 2026 |
| ZENITH MECHANICAL SERVICES LIMITED | 1 | 16.7% | 1 | 1 | 6 Aug 2026 |
| AWSM Farming | 1 | 16.7% | 1 | 1 | 11 Jul 2025 |
| 3R Solutions | 1 | 16.7% | 1 | 1 | 11 Jul 2025 |
| DFP SERVICES LIMITED | 1 | 16.7% | 1 | 1 | 6 Aug 2026 |
6 awarded procedures across 13 suppliers — too few to describe concentration.
Published award value (24m)£1.3mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 1 of 4 single-supplier awards; the five largest make 100%; a further 1 published a VAT-inclusive amount only (£1.8m inc. VAT, kept apart). Not spend and not a budget: notices sometimes republish a framework total or a mis-scaled figure — the largest rows are listed below so you can check.
| Largest published awards | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NW2942 - Intraday Workforce Optimisation Solution | QSTORY LIMITED | 14 Jul 2026 | 3 yrs · up to 15 yrs | £1,318,565 ≈ £440k/yr |
Recent procedures
Latest 48 of 48 procedures on this authority cluster, incl. beneficiary and procuring-entity roles
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|
| NW2942 - Intraday Workforce Optimisation SolutionIT services: consulting | Awarded / complete | 26 Aug 2026 | £800,000 |
| Commercial ServicesConstruction consultancy services | Planning | 19 Aug 2026 | £100,000,000 |
| NW3213 - RFID scanning for Scientific ServicesInformation technology services | Planning | 7 Aug 2026 | £50,000 |
| FA08-24 - Domestic Heating & Electrical ComplianceElectrical services | Awarded / complete | 6 Aug 2026 | £365,000 |
| Media BuyingAdvertising and marketing services | Awarded / complete | 4 Aug 2026 | £8,552,085 |
| Nereda Technology | Awarded / complete | 13 Jul 2026 | — |
| Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)Environmental services | Awarded / complete | 26 Jun 2026 | £5,700,000 |
| NW3168 - Project Risk ToolIT services: consulting | Open | 4 Jun 2026 | £2,500,000 |
| NW3089 - Provision of Debt Collection ServicesCollection agency services | Open | 3 Jun 2026 | £2,165,565 |
| Flexible Benefits PortalHuman resources management consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 22 May 2026 | — |
| NW3110 - Water Network Management SystemSoftware package and information systems | Open | 24 Apr 2026 | £1,496,605 |
| Travel Management Services ProviderTravel management services | Awarded / complete | 13 Apr 2026 | £9,000,000 |
| Energy Supply for NWG - Lot 3 Meter OperatorElectricity | Awarded / complete | 10 Apr 2026 | £600,000,000 |
| NW3134 - Governance, Risk & Compliance SystemDatabase and operating software package | Open | 19 Mar 2026 | £1,800,000 |
| MCERTS Inspection ServicesCalibration services | Awarded / complete | 19 Mar 2026 | £1,100,000 |
| Customer Research and EngagementResearch services | Awarded / complete | 17 Mar 2026 | £1,000,000 |
| NW3071 - Various LicencesLicense management software package | Open | 5 Feb 2026 | £1,200,000 |
| SAMU SoftwareSecurity cameras | Awarded / complete | 12 Aug 2025 | — |
| Bran Sands Long Sea OutfallCivil engineering support services | Planning | 7 Aug 2025 | £200,000,000 |
| NW2733 - NWL Tankering FrameworkHire of industrial vehicles with driver | Awarded / complete | 11 Jul 2025 | — |
Data coverage & method
- Source: Find a Tender OCDS releases; mixed PCR 2015 / Procurement Act 2023 history — no legal-regime label is applied.
- Counts are procedures (one notice family), not lots. Authority cluster = canonical buyer plus beneficiary and procuring-entity roles.
- Published procedure values exist on a minority of notices; their lifetime sum (£825m, ceilings stripped) is a catalogue fact, not spend, and is not shown as a headline.
- Awards on procedures published in the last 24 months: 18 award records on 9 procedures (4 to a single canonical supplier, 2 multi-supplier, 12 with no supplier published). Typical award uses single-supplier VAT-exclusive GBP values below £5bn, excludes framework/DPS ceilings and — as a heuristic for republished framework totals — any amount repeated three or more times inside this authority’s 24-month awards; 0 values come from the contract record when the award carried none; 1 awards published only a VAT-inclusive amount and are counted but not valued.
- Bid counts (per lot, contested notices only, PA 2023 final-stage tenders where published), deadline-to-award and amendments come from the nightly buyer analytics row (v8, award-identity grain). Evidence tiers: robust ≥5, moderate 3–4, indicative 1–2.
- Contract end dates: 0 of 21 published contracts carry a period end; 0 end within 18 months, 0 within 6.
- Never shown: contact details, predicted winners, payment behaviour, or “who to invite”.