Sewage services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 90400000Services · classin Cleaning & Environmental Services

Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

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 40% (32 notices)
  • Local authorities 39% (31 notices)
  • Central government 10% (8 notices)
  • Education & universities 1% (1 notices)
  • Housing associations 1% (1 notices)
  • Not classified 9% (7 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITEDOther public bodies420
United Utilities Water LimitedOther public bodies300
Northern Ireland Water LimitedOther public bodies221
Anglian Water ServicesOther public bodies200
Dorset CouncilLocal authorities200
Mid Devon District CouncilLocal authorities220
NHMF (NPC) LIMITEDOther public bodies200
NI Water and its subsidiariesnot classified200
Newcastle City CouncilLocal authorities210
North Lincolnshire CouncilLocal authorities200

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 60 of 80 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
South West England15 · 25%
South East England13 · 22%
Yorkshire and the Humber13 · 22%
Greater London11 · 18%
East of England11 · 18%
North West England10 · 17%
West Midlands9 · 15%
East Midlands8 · 13%
North East England8 · 13%
Northern Ireland6 · 10%
Wales (Cymru)5 · 8%
Scotland5 · 8%

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 66% (53 notices)
  • Framework 29% (23 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 5% (4 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 55% (44 notices)
  • Route not published 23% (18 notices)
  • Selective 19% (15 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 3% (2 notices)
  • Direct award 1% (1 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 65% (13 notices)
  • Below threshold 35% (7 notices)
Typical tender window32 daysrobust · n=20median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (32) · 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 7% (1)
  • 2–3 20% (3)
  • 4–6 20% (3)
  • 7 or more 53% (8)
Contract value, net
p25 £63,981median £135,454p75 £395,266
interquartile range of 26 awards · p90 £1,058,431
Typical bids per lot7robust · n=9middle half 4–8
Competed91%robust · n=32open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs88%robust · n=72of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs58%robust · n=12single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally82%robust · n=28winner registered in the delivery region
Abandoned0%robust · n=32cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot3robust · n=516 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 69 awards to 50 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 44% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 26 of 80 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Proactis / ProContract7 notices · 27%
In-tend Electronic Procurement5 notices · 19% · 2 open
eTendersNI3 notices · 12% · 1 open
Delta eSourcing2 notices · 8%
Sell2Wales2 notices · 8%
SAP Ariba1 notices · 4%

Open tenders in sewage services

3 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

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 9040. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 18 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 9040. 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.