Water distribution and related services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 65100000Services · classin Public utilities

Codes and neighbouring classes

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

Open tenders in water distribution and related services

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 36% (72 notices)
  • Local authorities 24% (47 notices)
  • Central government 17% (34 notices)
  • Education & universities 6% (12 notices)
  • Police, fire & emergency 3% (5 notices)
  • Not classified 15% (30 notices)

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 133 of 204 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 East England29 · 22%
North West England23 · 17%
West Midlands23 · 17%
Yorkshire and the Humber22 · 17%
Greater London21 · 16%
East Midlands21 · 16%
East of England21 · 16%
South West England17 · 13%
Wales (Cymru)16 · 12%
Northern Ireland16 · 12%
Scotland12 · 9%
North East England11 · 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 72% (146 notices)
  • Framework 25% (50 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 4% (8 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 31% (64 notices)
  • Route not published 31% (63 notices)
  • Selective 27% (55 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 11% (22 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 90% (38 notices)
  • Below threshold 10% (4 notices)
Typical tender window32 daysrobust · n=35median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (88) · 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=16
  • 1 bid 31% (5)
  • 2–3 25% (4)
  • 4–6 19% (3)
  • 7 or more 25% (4)
Contract value, net
p25 £492,480median £932,998p75 £2,326,404
interquartile range of 36 awards · p90 £5,673,430
Typical bids per lot2robust · n=14middle half 1–5
Competed76%robust · n=88open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs78%robust · n=37of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs41%robust · n=37single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally24%robust · n=29winner registered in the delivery region
Abandoned3%robust · n=88cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot4robust · n=1240 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 187 awards to 123 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 33% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 53 of 204 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

SAP Ariba13 notices · 25% · 1 open
Proactis / ProContract8 notices · 15%
eTendersNI7 notices · 13% · 2 open
In-tend Electronic Procurement3 notices · 6% · 1 open
myTenders3 notices · 6%

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 6510. 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 6510. 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.