Collected and purified water: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 41000000Supplies · division3 classes with notices

Sub-sectors of collected and purified water

3 CPV classes with notices · sorted by notices in the last 12 months · 57 of 93 notices in this division carry a class-level code

ClassOpen nowNotices, 12mBuyersBids / lotSME wins
Drinking water4111000001832442%
Non-drinking water411200000481
Natural water411000000218

Open tenders in collected and purified water

4 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

Who buys

All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name

Buyer type
  • Other public bodies 25% (23 notices)
  • Local authorities 21% (19 notices)
  • Central government 19% (17 notices)
  • Education & universities 4% (4 notices)
  • NHS & health 3% (3 notices)
  • Not classified 27% (25 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
NI Water and its subsidiariesnot classified700
SCOTTISH POWER UK PLCnot classified601
London Borough of CroydonLocal authorities300
Northern Ireland Water LimitedOther public bodies310
Swindon Borough CouncilLocal authorities310
THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITEDOther public bodies310
United Utilities Water LimitedOther public bodies310
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough CouncilLocal authorities210
London Borough of BrentLocal authorities200
Ministry of DefenceCentral government210

67 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 47 of 93 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
Greater London17 · 36%
South East England13 · 28%
South West England11 · 23%
North West England11 · 23%
Northern Ireland11 · 23%
East of England9 · 19%
East Midlands9 · 19%
Yorkshire and the Humber8 · 17%
North East England8 · 17%
West Midlands7 · 15%
Scotland6 · 13%
Wales (Cymru)4 · 9%

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought

Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
  • Contract 73% (68 notices)
  • Framework 24% (22 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 3% (3 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 49% (46 notices)
  • Route not published 37% (34 notices)
  • Selective 12% (11 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 2% (2 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 68% (21 notices)
  • Below threshold 32% (10 notices)
Typical tender window30 daysrobust · n=18median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (37) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Bids per lot · n=15
  • 1 bid 20% (3)
  • 2–3 27% (4)
  • 4–6 33% (5)
  • 7 or more 20% (3)
Typical bids per lot4robust · n=8middle half 2–4
Competed92%robust · n=37open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs90%robust · n=61of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs42%robust · n=12single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Abandoned8%robust · n=37cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 194 awards to 91 suppliers

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 27 of 93 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Method

What the numbers on this page are and are not

Which notices count?

Every Find a Tender notice that carries a CPV code starting 41 — on the procedure or any of its lots. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 14 Sept 2026.

Competition figures

From the 36-month lot-grain contest statistics: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 41. Bids per lot come from the award notice’s bid statistics; “competed” means an open or selective route with no direct-award transparency notice; contract values are net, on single-supplier awards, with framework and DPS ceilings excluded. Frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are reported separately because their “bids” are admissions to a panel.

Why no total value or month-by-month chart?

Sums of notice estimates repeat framework ceilings and mix net with gross. Monthly volumes per sector are not shown yet: the catalogue’s CPV coverage per notice changed in May 2026 (compiled records carry every lot’s codes), so a curve would show the catalogue, not the market.