The Water Services Regulation Authority: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

Central governmentWest MidlandsBirminghamRan 1 procurement for other authorities

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What they buy
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Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each

How they buy
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Last 24 months · 43 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
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  • Contract100%(43 notices)
    43 of 43 notices are Contract (100%).
Procedure route
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  • Direct award67%(29 notices)
    29 of 43 notices are Direct award (67%).
  • Limited / restricted23%(10 notices)
    10 of 43 notices are Limited / restricted (23%).
  • Open5%(2 notices)
    2 of 43 notices are Open (5%).
  • Route not published5%(2 notices)
    2 of 43 notices are Route not published (5%).
Bids per lot, few lots
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Based on 2 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months. Fewer than 5 lots: a median, not a typical figure.

5indicative · n=20% of lots drew a single bid
Notice amendments
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Based on 43 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

02 of 43 notices amended
Award vs estimate
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Based on 2 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.

0% at estimateindicative · n=2

Who wins here
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All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records

SupplierProceduresShareLast 24mAward recordsLast activity
Michael Page International Recruitment Limited910.7%2913 Apr 2022
HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED44.8%2416 Nov 2021
HR Wallingford Ltd44.8%2411 Jan 2022
Moorhouse Consulting Limited33.6%33—
INSIGHT DIRECT (UK) LTD33.6%0314 Oct 2021
GRANT THORNTON UK ADVISORY & TAX LLP22.4%2229 Sept 2026
Tina Fegent Limited22.4%22—
Deloitte22.4%22—

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 20% of 84 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 60 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)
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£16mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 43 of 43 published single-supplier values; the five largest make 84%.
Typical single-supplier award (24m)
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£60k middle valuerobust · n=43Middle half £40k–£100k.
Largest published awards
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SupplierAwardedTermPublished value
Independent MonitorL.E.K. CONSULTING LLP——£7,500,000 †
PROC.0218 - Independent Monitor - South East WaterGRANT THORNTON UK ADVISORY & TAX LLP29 Sept 20262 yrs · up to 4 yrs£5,000,000
≈ £2.5m/yr
Oracle SaaS SubscriptionOracle Corporation UK Limited—2 yrs£293,503 †
≈ £147k/yr
System ConsultancyWayne Holdings No.3 Ltd—7 mo£171,168 †
Interim support for Credit and Collateral Arrangements (CCA) ReviewEdge Economic Consulting Ltd—5 mo£169,904 †

Contracts ending
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82 of 84 contracts carry an end date, 1 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

Recent procedures

Latest 44 of 43 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement

ProcedureStatusPublishedPublished value
Independent Monitor - Thames WaterBusiness services: lawAwarded / complete12 Nov 2026£13,000,000
Prioritisation ReviewAwarded / complete26 Oct 2026—
Stakeholder Engagement SupportAwarded / complete23 Oct 2026—
Oracle SaaS SubscriptionAwarded / complete23 Oct 2026—
Consultancy Support for Water Efficiency Campaign (WEC) Media Audit and Client Satisfaction SurveyAwarded / complete15 Oct 2026—
Independent Monitor for South East WaterBusiness services: lawAwarded / complete30 Sept 2026£5,000,000
Insight Report Pilot StudiesAwarded / complete18 Sept 2026—
Major Water Infrastructure Programme (MWIP) - Programmatic Delivery and Opportunity AssessmentAwarded / complete17 Sept 2026—
Wholesaler/Retailer Risk Allocation ModelAwarded / complete3 Sept 2026—
Website MaintenanceAwarded / complete4 Aug 2026—
HR SystemAwarded / complete31 Jul 2026—
Financial Accounting reviewAwarded / complete31 Jul 2026—
Interim Finance AccountantAwarded / complete31 Jul 2026—
Accounting SupportAwarded / complete31 Jul 2026—
PROC.0261 - External Change Mang CommsAwarded / complete9 Jul 2026—
PROC.0250 - Stakeholder and Consultation SupportAwarded / complete9 Jul 2026—
PROC.0252 - Chief EconomistAwarded / complete9 Jul 2026—
PROC.0251 - Marketing LeadAwarded / complete9 Jul 2026—
Interim Finance Leadership SupportAwarded / complete27 May 2026—
Interim Accountant AssistantAwarded / complete27 May 2026—

Search all 43 procedures for this authority →

Contracts Finder adds 42 more procedures by this authority, mostly below the Find a Tender threshold or from before 2025. Each is counted once beside any Find a Tender copy; they are in the totals, not in this list or in search.

About this data
  • One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
  • Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
  • Contract end dates. 82 of 84 published contracts have an end date; 1 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar. Published values in that list come from either source; Contracts Finder figures are shown as published and stay out of this profile’s money totals.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.