# Operation of water supplies (CPV 65130000) · UK Public Procurement Sector Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/operation-of-water-supplies-65130000). UK public procurement sector intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Sector Summary:** Operation of water supplies (CPV 65130000) covers UK public procurement for Operation of water supplies. Tracked across 24 published procedures (8 in the last 12 months) across 16 contracting authorities, with 1 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Sector Information

- **Sector:** Operation of water supplies

- **CPV Code:** `65130000`

- **Classification Level:** CPV Class (4-digit sub-sector)

- **Parent Division:** [Public utilities (CPV 65000000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/public-utilities-65000000)

- **Live Open Tenders:** 1

- **Notices in Last 12 Months:** 8

- **Total Catalogue Procedures:** 24

- **Active Contracting Authorities (12m):** 7 (16 lifetime)

- **Typical Tender Window:** 32 days (median, notice publication to submission deadline)

- **Tenderline Sector Dossier:** https://tenderline.uk/sectors/operation-of-water-supplies-65130000

- **Sector RSS Feed:** https://tenderline.uk/sectors/operation-of-water-supplies-65130000/feed.xml

## Market Competition & Pricing Benchmarks

- **Typical Contract Value (Net):** £300k (median net contract award; interquartile range £238k–£319k)

## Other Classes in Public utilities

1. [Water distribution and related services (CPV 65100000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/water-distribution-and-related-services-65100000): 34 notices/12m

2. [Electricity distribution and related services (CPV 65300000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/electricity-distribution-and-related-services-65300000): 15 notices/12m

3. [Meter reading service (CPV 65500000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/meter-reading-service-65500000): 15 notices/12m

4. [Water distribution (CPV 65110000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/water-distribution-65110000): 7 notices/12m

5. [Electricity distribution (CPV 65310000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/electricity-distribution-65310000): 4 notices/12m

6. [Gas distribution and related services (CPV 65200000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/gas-distribution-and-related-services-65200000): 4 notices/12m

## Leading Contracting Authorities in this Sector

Top public sector buyers procuring Operation of water supplies work:

1. [Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/guy-s-and-st-thomas-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rj1): 3 notices (0 in last 12m)

2. [Southern Water Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/southern-water-services-limited-coh-02366670): 3 notices (0 in last 12m)

3. [United Utilities Water Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/united-utilities-water-limited-coh-02366678): 3 notices (2 in last 12m)

4. [B3Living](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/b3living-GB-FTS-54706): 2 notices (0 in last 12m)

5. [Denbighshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/denbighshire-county-council-ons-w06000004): 2 notices (0 in last 12m)

6. [Anchor Hanover Group](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/anchor-hanover-group-rsh-lh4095): 1 notices (0 in last 12m)

7. [Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/betsi-cadwaladr-university-health-board-nhs-7a1): 1 notices (1 in last 12m)

8. [Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/birmingham-women-s-and-children-s-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rq3): 1 notices (1 in last 12m)

## Delivery Geography (ITL-1 Regions)

Distribution of published procurement notices by UK delivery region:

1. [South East England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/south-east): 6 notices (38%)

2. [East of England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/east-of-england): 6 notices (38%)

3. [Greater London](https://tenderline.uk/regions/london): 5 notices (31%)

4. [South West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/south-west): 4 notices (25%)

5. [North West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/north-west): 4 notices (25%)

6. [East Midlands](https://tenderline.uk/regions/east-midlands): 4 notices (25%)

## Leading Awarded Suppliers in this Sector

Top suppliers by distinct contract procedures won in Operation of water supplies:

1. [AQUAM WATER SERVICES LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/aquam-water-services-limited-coh-09527628): 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

2. [Anglian Water Business (National) Limited (trading as Wave Utilities)](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/anglian-water-business-national-limited-trading-as-wave-util-coh-03017251): 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

3. [CHURCHILL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/churchill-environmental-services-limited-coh-05455787): 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

4. [Castle Water Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/castle-water-limited-coh-sc475583): 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

5. [H2O Nationwide Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/sureserve-compliance-water-limited-coh-03599380): 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

6. [JTS CIVIL ENGINEERS LTD](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/jts-civil-engineers-ltd-coh-05249528): 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

7. [SME Water Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/sme-water-ltd-coh-11294509): 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

8. [Scottish Water Business Stream](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/scottish-water-business-stream-coh-sc294924): 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

## Interactive Intelligence & Provenance

> **Complete Sector Analytics:** In-depth competition distributions, tender value histograms, procurement routes, and historical tender registers are available on Tenderline:

> [Explore interactive Operation of water supplies intelligence on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/operation-of-water-supplies-65130000)

## Provenance and Open Data

- **Data Source:** Compiled from official UK public notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

- **Canonical Sector URL:** https://tenderline.uk/sectors/operation-of-water-supplies-65130000

- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt