Official UK procurement notice
Battery Energy Storage Systems
Authority: United Utilities Water Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUnited Utilities Water Limited (United Utilities) requires the urgent supply and delivery of four Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) to support its AMP8 Power Resilience programme. The four systems, to be installed at Adlington, Buckton Castle, Pex Hill, and Cloughbottom, will enhance network resilience and secure compliance with the Climate Change Price Control Deliverables (PCD) by March 2026.
The BESS unit systems will be manufactured, tested (FAT certified), and delivered by delivered at Windermere.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Dec 2025, 10:17 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Dec 2025, 15:54 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-080288- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ef61Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Urgency
- Published justification
Urgency (Schedule 5 PA23, para 14)
United Utilities intends to enter into a contract with MJ Quinn Integrated Services Ltd for the urgent manufacture and delivery of four BESS units on the following basis:
The contract concerns the supply of goods that must be delivered within a constrained regulatory timeframe. A change in supplier and competitive tender would result in:
Delays of 4-6 months in installation and commissioning, and
Technical and operational risk to delivery of AMP8 regulatory outcomes.
The supplier has proven capability to deliver compliant systems, having previously delivered seven units for United Utilities.
United Utilities plans to issue a Pre-Market Engagement Notice in Q1 2026 in advance of launching a £20m+ long-term framework tender for delivery of ongoing BESS requirements across multiple sites across the AMP.
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Dec 2025- Transparency notice published5 Dec 2025, 10:17 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published5 Dec 2025, 15:54 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected5 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| M J Quinn Integrated Services LimitedSME5 Dec 2025 – 4 Dec 2027 | £936,544 | 5 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- M J QUINN INTEGRATED SERVICES LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender