Official UK procurement notice
338,072,984.00 · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Southern Water Services Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAs part of Southern Water's AMP8 (2025-2030) delivery programme, we aim to reduce overall demand for water, by cutting leakage by 13% and helping our customers become even more efficient by installing more than 1 million smart meters.
The successful bidder would manage the overall service provision as a prime contractor, including the supply and ownership of Smart meters and associated devices, installation of those Smart meters, connecting them to an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) network, maintaining a service to provide Southern Water with meter reading data and procured as an end to end financed solution. The successful bidder would own the meter assets, with Southern Water paying service fees over the term.
Southern Water has a high percentage of metered customers (88%) through our pioneering Universal Metering Programme. By 2030, the successful bidder would upgrade our household meter estate of ~934k household meters, and 52k non-household meters, to Smart AMI enabled meters, incorporated into the service. The successful bidder would also install 34k new AMI enabled meters to currently unmetered customers. We expect a mix of standard, non-standard, and complex work types that will be managed through this arrangement.
CPV: Communications network · Data services · Meter reading service · Repair and maintenance services of water meters · Resurfacing works · Water meters · Wide area network · Works related to water-distribution pipelines
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 4 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The successful bidder will operate across Southern Water's supply area, for household…Awarded
The successful bidder will operate across Southern Water's supply area, for household and non-household premises.
In total, the number of Smart meter assets in the scope of the full service is 1.02m. The successful bidder will install and commission, operate and maintain the Alternative Metering Service, inclusive of smart AMI meters and devices, communications network, and data pass back provision to Southern Water. The successful bidder will include enabling activities within the scope of services to deliver the stated outcome.
The successful bidder will be responsible for:
(i) Supply of Smart AMI water meters warranted for 15 years
(ii) Planning, pre-installation surveys and meter installation for standard works i.e. meters to 934k household properties where the meter is situated externally (86%), or internally (14%)
(iii) Planning, pre-installation surveys and meter installation for non-standard works i.e. 45.2k meters to non-household properties where the meter is situated externally (80%), or internally (20%)
(iv) Planning, pre-installation surveys and meter installation of meters for complex works i.e. 6.4k meters over 20mm in size, 34k new meter installations to unmetered sites, or boundary box replacements in the highway/verges (excavation, backfill and reinstatement, traffic management)
(v) Communications network (non-dedicated to Southern Water) recording 24 hourly reads per day and transmitting the data once per day
(vi) Smart meter and network issue resolution
The Contract is awarded in July 2025 and will be for a total period of 20 years, with the Smart meters being deployed within the first 5 years "installation phase".
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 70%
- price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 70%
- Price: 30%
- Shortlisting
- Will be made available in the procurement documents
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “338,072,984.00” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 18 Jul 2023, 14:53 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Aug 2025, 10:12 BST
- Authority reference
prj_4725 – Alternative Metering Services- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-047890- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03e30aFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
Financed off balance sheet solution required
- Performance terms
Will be made available in the procurement documents
Publisher note: Candidates wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and provide additional procurement specific information through the portal as follows: i) Candidates should register on the BravoSolution e-procurement portal. For any support in submitting your expression of interest please contact the eTendering help desk at. 0800 368 4850 or [email protected] or click on the following link: https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/esop/toolkit/opportunity/current/56663/detail.si ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 7 Jun 2024, 11:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
1 Nov 2023 → 12 Aug 2025 · 5 dates- Next notice expected1 Nov 2023
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown7 Jun 2024, 11:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected1 Jul 2024, 00:00 BST
- Bids must remain valid until2 Jan 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published12 Aug 2025, 10:12 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 May 2024- Published value updated to £300,000,0008 May 2024, 15:27 BSTwas £200,000,000
- Status changed to active8 May 2024, 15:27 BST
- Procurement method changed8 May 2024, 15:27 BST
- Deadline published: 7 Jun 2024, 11:00 BST8 May 2024, 15:27 BST
- Status changed to complete12 Aug 2025, 10:12 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Services
- Signed
- 11 Jul 2025
- Value
- £300,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Southern WaterReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Horizon Water Infrastructure LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria