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title: "Cheshire and Warrington Outline Water Plan"
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# Cheshire and Warrington Outline Water Plan

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cheshire-and-warrington-outline-water-plan-ocds-h6vhtk-06f109). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** ENTERPRISE CHESHIRE AND WARRINGTON: "Cheshire and Warrington Outline Water Plan". Published status: active. Published Value: £80,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 24 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: cheshireandwarrington.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [ENTERPRISE CHESHIRE AND WARRINGTON](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/enterprise-cheshire-and-warrington-coh-04453576)
- **Published Value:** £80,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 September 2026 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research and development services and related consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 6 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cheshire-and-warrington-outline-water-plan-ocds-h6vhtk-06f109#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06f109`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cheshire-and-warrington-outline-water-plan-ocds-h6vhtk-06f109#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [cheshireandwarrington.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcheshireandwarrington.com%2Fhow-we-work%2Fabout%2Ftenders-and-opportunities%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cheshire-and-warrington-outline-water-plan-ocds-h6vhtk-06f109#participate

## Description
The newly established Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority (CWCA) has recently stated its intention to commission an Independent Economic Review (IER) for the subregion - setting out the evidence for the opportunities for and constraints on local growth. In support of this, it is vital to better understand where water infrastructure may require upgrades to support local ambition, and how we can better work together to ensure that flooding and drought are not impediments to growth whilst ensuring that wider ecosystem services and farming resilience are better supported.
Simultaneously, the Water White Paper published in January 2026 committed Government to act on the Independent Water Commission recommendation, setting up Regional Systems Planning in England. DEFRA have set out an intention to pilot this through Regional System Planners (RSPs), established across each region of England with the aim of influencing both PR29 and other water system investment plans. Defra are keen for partnerships to pilot RSP governance and structures during this set-up year. and have set out that they only intend to provide high level direction on form. Within this context there is a significant opportunity to influence water planning, and ensure alignment with local growth and wider environmental ambitions.
To support the IER along with engagement with the establishing North West RSP, ECW is seeking to appoint consultants to develop a strategic, place based evidence base and outline water plan that sits between national/regional water planning processes and local spatial, economic, and infrastructure planning.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £80,000

- **Contract Period:** 04/10/2026 to 31/03/2027

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F083366-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-09-16T15:28:40.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T13:21:47.943Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06f109