planningFind a Tender · planning Update

3D Printing Services

BuyerUNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED

Statusplanning

DeadlineNot published

ValueValue not published

Published12 Dec 2025

What is being bought

United Utilities are looking to engage the market to understand who has capabilities of providing 3D printing services (Concrete, Plastic, Metal etc), how these are applicable and what the benefits could be.

Delivery location

UKD, GB

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning

Contract periodFrom 31 Dec 2026 to 31 Dec 2031

SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

Item	Category	Quantity
1	Printing machinery, Printing and related services	Not published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 42. The category anchor is Printing machinery (42991200); 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 set	Procedures	Reported bids per procedure	Named award suppliers	Price evidence
Market: CPV division 42	849	4 median · 73.5 average (165 of 849 with a bid count)	5.7 average (174 of 849 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Same buyer	3	Not published	Not published	Not published
Delivery region: UKD	62	2 median · 17.1 average (8 of 62 with a bid count)	4.1 average (7 of 62 with named award suppliers)	Not 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 agreementNot published

Dynamic purchasing systemNot published

Competitive procurementNot published

Recurring requirementNot published

Procurement method rationaleNot published

Rationale classificationsNot published

Special regimeutilities

Covered byNot published

Submission policyNot published

Selection criteriaNot published

Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published

No-engagement rationaleNot published

Planning documents1

Planning milestones1

Milestone	Type	Due	Status
If this is something you are interested in please contact me at Harry.east@uuplc.co.uk and you will receive a copy of the Market Research Questions.	engagement	13 Feb 2026	scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender planning · marketEngagementNotice

Source data inventory

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

OCID	ocds-h6vhtk-05f3ce
Latest release ID	082293-2025
Latest release timestamp	Fri Dec 12 2025 09:37:24 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
Tender status	planning
Procurement method	Not published
Procurement method details	Not published
Main procurement category	services
Above threshold	Not published
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	Not published
Expression of interest deadline	Not published
Enquiry deadline	Not published
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	Not published
Submission method details	Not published
Submission languages	Not published
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	Not published
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	1
Tender documents in source	0
Awards in latest release	0
Contracts in latest release	0
Parties in latest release	1

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
12 Dec 2025	planningUpdate	082293-2025
11 Dec 2025	planningUpdate	081976-2025
11 Dec 2025	planning	081974-2025

All source data

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

Complete current OCDS release JSON

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