Official UK procurement notice
Capital Design Services Framework Tender
Authority: SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSTW and HD (together, the "Contracting Authorities") are running a procurement to establish a framework agreement for the delivery of capital design services across their operating areas in England and Wales.
The framework will be a 'Closed Framework' as per the Procurement Act 2023 rules. It has an estimated total value of £200 million (excluding VAT) to support delivery of its Capital investment programme across AMP8, AMP9 & AMP10.
The framework will provide end-to-end capital design services, and we are seeking partners capable of delivering across the full design development lifecycle, including:
- Optioneering and feasibility studies - development and appraisal of innovative, value-driven solutions
- Outline design - Development of preferred options and robust, deliverable concepts
- Detailed design - Development of the approved solution into a fully coordinated and construction-ready design.
The framework will include without limitation, design services covering:
- Water networks
- Waste networks
- Water treatment processes
- Waste treatment processes
- Potable tanks - Distribution Service Reservoir (DSR)
- Bio resources
- Secondments
This is a strategic opportunity to support the Contracting Authorities in delivering a significant capital investment programme, ensuring schemes are developed efficiently, sustainably, and in line with regulatory and performance commitments.
We are particularly interested in engaging with suppliers who can demonstrate:
- Strong technical capability across all stages of capital design
- Experience delivering projects within the regulated water sector
- Commitment to safety, sustainability, and value optimisation.
Further information on the procurement process, associated timelines, and the Contracting Authorities' expectations regarding collaborative and innovative approaches to scheme development will be shared in due course.
CPV: Engineering design services · Engineering support services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs · up to 8 yrs 2 mo from 1 Nov 2027
The lotProcurement structure
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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).
- “Capital Design Services Framework Tender” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED buys Engineering design services (CPV 7132), and who usually turns up
SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Engineering design services (CPV 7132) →
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Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in West Midlands.
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Half of these awards were announced within 146 days of the bid deadline.
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Lot #1CPV 7132Published estimate£200m
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Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Jul 2026, 15:10 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Aug 2026, 11:10 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-080744- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d57cFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
28 Jul 2026 → 1 Nov 2027 · 5 dates- Planning notice published84 days ago28 Jul 2026, 15:10 BST
- Latest notice published57 days ago25 Aug 2026, 11:10 BST
- Market engagement11 days ago9 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
The Contracting Authorities intend to undertake preliminary market engagement (PME) through a supplier engagement event ("Supplier Day"). The Supplier Day will be held on the 29th September 2026 at Cranmore Park, Conference Centre, Shirley, B90 4LF.
To register for this event please use link below:
forms.cloud.microsoft/e/mn684faAKH ↗
See the following link for details on the forthcoming procurement issued by the Contracting Authorities.
www.severntrent.com/media/news-releases/… ↗
Should the above link not work then please visit the Linked-In pages of Severn Trent Water Limited where the news release is also available.
The purpose of this PME is to:
- Assess market capacity and appetite to deliver works at the scale envisaged
- Formally inform supply chain about the tender process e.g., timeframes and lotting strategy
- Identify opportunities to support SME participation and supply chain engagement
Information gathered during this engagement may be used to inform the final procurement strategy and tender documentation.
Following completion of the PME, the procurement is expected to progress to the publication of a UK4 notice. Further details, including the tender documentation and proposed lotting strategy, will be provided through the UK4 notice.
All information contained within this notice is indicative only and subject to change. This notice does not constitute a call for competition, and participation in this engagement is not a prerequisite for participation in any future procurement stages.
The Contracting Authorities reserve the right to amend the procurement strategy, including the number and structure of lots, to ensure that the market is able to meet the Contracting Authorities' requirements. The final procurement approach will be confirmed within the tender documentation.
The estimated framework value of £200 million is provided for indicative purposes only and may be amended as the procurement develops.
Caveats:
- All description, values, dates and timelines are indicative at this stage
- This notice is NOT a Call for Competition
- No party will be prejudiced in the later stages of this procurement by their response or lack thereof to this notice and response to this notice is not a pre-requisite of the tender
- Contracting Authorities shall have no liability, in particular liability for costs, or responsibilities arising out of the notice
- The Central Product Classifications ('CPC's') chosen are those we consider to be most applicable, but these include sub-sets within that code and the code specified is not exclusive
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 83 days11 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 376 days1 Nov 2027
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Jul 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published28 Jul 2026, 15:10 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published25 Aug 2026, 11:10 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)
Notice has been updated to include: - Supplier Day location and registration form https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/mn684faAKH
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
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- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- HAFREN DYFRDWY CYFYNGEDIGContracting authorityPrivate utilityWelsh devolved regulations apply
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender