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2025 - DESA - Desalination Strategic Advisor

Buyer: Anglian Water Services →

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BuyerAnglian Water Services
StatusClosed
Deadline15 Jul 2026
Value£4,972,500
Published9 Jun 2026

What is being bought

Requirements : 1. Desalination specific strategic insight .Provide strategic desalination expertise, including process, sustainability (ESG considerations and energy efficiency), and lessons learned from comparable programmes . Bring market insight from contractors, investors, and supply chain to inform programme strategy and innovation 2. Cross-programme strategy & delivery model . Support the definition of, and advise on, the overall strategy and delivery model for concurrent desalination projects, ensuring efficiency, scalability, and value . Aid in establishing an enduring operating model, including clear roles, responsibilities, and interfaces between Anglian Water and the CAP(s) . Identify and drive cross-project synergies, efficiencies, and portfolio prioritisation 3. Governance, decision support & critical friend role . Act as a strategic advisor to the Major Programme Delivery Senior Leadership Team, strengthening governance and decision-making frameworks . Provide independent challenge as a “critical friend” across programme strategies, partners, and delivery approaches 4. Commercial, regulatory & market interface . Provide strategic input into commercial approach, including PPP considerations and desalination-specific risks . Support business case development, options analysis, and regulatory submissions . Guide the development of stakeholder engagement and public acceptance strategies 5. Risk, delivery & capability development . Identify, assess, and mitigate programme risks and key development challenges, maintaining delivery momentum . Support capability development within Anglian Water through knowledge transfer, tools, and best practice frameworks

Categories

Water desalination services 65122000

Lot details

Lot LOT-0001

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£4,972,500
Contract periodFrom 1 Nov 2026 to 1 Apr 2030

Award criteria
Written Responses (80%)
Pricing (20%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
LOT-0001Water desalination servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 65. The category anchor is Water desalination services (65122000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 654122 median · 26.4 average (89 of 412 with a bid count)2.4 average (101 of 412 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)35Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06b105
Latest release ID054365-2026
Latest release timestampTue Jun 09 2026 14:01:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/054365-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadline2026-07-15T22:00:00Z
Enquiry deadline2026-06-26T16:00:00Z
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-10-30T23:59:59Z
Submission method detailshttps://eu.mu.ariba.com/uav/project/?token=bbd7b127-f0fc-40ee-b600-5d0459941777
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£4,972,500
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source3
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
9 Jun 2026tender054365-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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