Official UK procurement notice
Ductile Iron Pipe and Associated Fittings
Authority: SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis procurement is being ran to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of Ductile Iron Pipe and Associated Fittings.
This procurement is a single lot and shall cover:
EN545 Pipe and Fabricated Pipe
EN598 Pipe and Fabricated Pipe
EN545 Fittings
EN598 Fittings
- How the procedure runs: This procurement is being conducted under the Competitive Flexible Procedure in accordance with the PA23. The Utilities will undertake a multi-stage evaluation process comprising of a Pre-Qualifying Questionnaire (PQQ), a Request for Proposal (RFP), Best and Final Offer (BAFO), and a Verification Period. The PQQ and RFP will be submitted concurrently by the Supplier. Suppliers must submit both responses by the stated deadline. The Utilities will first evaluate PQQ responses. The Utilities reserves the right to exclude participants from further competition where failing to respond to mandatory requirements. Following evaluation, suppliers shall be ranked according to their aggregated PQQ score, and the highest-ranked suppliers as per the Briefing Pack, shall progress to RGP evaluation. The Utilities intends to evaluate the RFP responses of the highest-ranked suppliers, but reserve the right to increase or decrease this number. RFP evaluation will comprise Commercial (55%), Quality and Technical (30%), and ESG (15%). Responses will be evaluated sequentially and suppliers may be excluded where minimum standards are not achieved, as per the Briefing Pack. Following evaluation, the Utilities reserves the right to conduct a BAFO stage with any number of suppliers. During BAFO, suppliers may be invited to refine certain commercial and contractual aspects of their submissions, including Schedule of Rates, rebates, lead times, warranties, deviations, service levels and KPIs, and performance. Technical responses, Sustainability responses, PQQ submissions, and product offerings may not be materially amended unless specified by the Utilities. Under the provisions of the Competitive Flexible Procedure, the Utilities reserves the right to refine aspects of the procurement, where permitting. The Utilities further reserve the right to undertake clarification discussions, and verification activities through the procurement process to ensure substantiation of written responses. Verification may include site visits, audits, supplier presentations, product inspections, review of certifications, and validation of tender commitments. Verification outcomes may result in confirmations, amendment of scores where evidence does not support submitted responses, exclusion from the process, or progression to award. Following completion of evaluation, BAFO (if the Utilities exercises this right), and verification, suppliers will be ranked according to the published award criteria and framework agreements shall be awarded to the most advantageous tenders. The initial highest-ranked supplier at Framework Award, shall be designated the role of Principal Supply Partner, with remaining successful suppliers appointed as Secondary Framework Suppliers.
CPV: Pipeline, piping, pipes, casing, tubing and related items · Sewer mains
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Framework period
- 5 yrs · up to 8 yrs from 1 Jun 2027
Published description of the framework
Framework prices will act as maximum prices for call-off contracts. Contracts may be awarded by direct award or mini-competition. Direct awards will be made in accordance with the framework supplier ranking and framework procedures. Mini-competitions will be assessed using criteria relevant to the requirement and specified in the call-off documents.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£71,350,000
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Suppliers shall be subject to the outlined procedure in the Briefing Pack.
The PQQ shall be evaluated first. Suppliers must pass all mandatory PASS/FAIL questions. Suppliers then shall be subject to assessment of the Scored with Fail questions. Suppliers shall then be evaluated for their Scored Questions.
After PQQ evaluation has concluded, suppliers are ranked based on their total PQQ score. The Utilities intends to progress only the highest-ranked suppliers and intends to evaluate the RFP submissions of the six highest-ranked suppliers who have passed the PQQ. The Utilities reserves the right to increase or decrease this number. Responses are scored using a 0, 25, 50, 75, 100 scale to produce an overall PQQ score.
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 (3)
- Quality and Technical: 30%
- Commercials: 55%
- Environmental, Social, and Governance: 15%
Published award criteria (3)
- Commercials: This criterion shall consist of a mixture of Schedule of Rates, rebate submissions, and commercial questions.
- Quality and Technical: This will consist of all written responses to assess the quality and technical competency of suppliers. This shall include questions in regard to QA/QC, Design and Installation Support, Innovation and Continuous Improvement, and Delivery Capabilities.
- Environmental, Social, and Governance: This criterion consists of an ESG assessment with full written responses.
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Suppliers shall be subject to the outlined procedure in the Briefing Pack.
The PQQ shall be evaluated first. Suppliers must pass all mandatory PASS/FAIL questions. Suppliers then shall be subject to assessment of the Scored with Fail questions. Suppliers shall then be evaluated for their Scored Questions.
After PQQ evaluation has concluded, suppliers are ranked based on their total PQQ score. The Utilities intends to progress only the highest-ranked suppliers and intends to evaluate the RFP submissions of the six highest-ranked suppliers who have passed the PQQ. The Utilities reserves the right to increase or decrease this number. Responses are scored using a 0, 25, 50, 75, 100 scale to produce an overall PQQ score.
- Price carries 55 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Ductile Iron Pipe and Associated Fittings” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED buys Pipeline, piping, pipes, casing, tubing and related items (CPV 4416), 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: Pipeline, piping, pipes, casing, tubing and related items (CPV 4416) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in West Midlands.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 146 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0% / 0%
2–333% / 50%
4–644% / 50%
7+22% / 0%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 4416Published estimate£71m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid0%
2–324%
4–666%
7+10%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £2.5m10 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 4 live · £16m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
Hydrasun LimitedLarge | £517k5 awards in 36m · last 9 months ago | None on file | 23% below n=2 |
Emtelle UK LtdLarge | 2 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
| 2 awards in 36m · last 11 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
SAINT-GOBAIN PAM UKLarge | 1 awards in 36m · last 11 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
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.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open admission
- 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
- 13 Mar 2026, 16:07 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Sept 2026, 12:02 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 3 May 2027
- Authority reference
WS3023900297- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-088625- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066a49Find a Tender
- How it runs
This procurement is being conducted under the Competitive Flexible Procedure in accordance with the PA23. The Utilities will undertake a multi-stage evaluation process comprising of a Pre-Qualifying Questionnaire (PQQ), a Request for Proposal (RFP), Best and Final Offer (BAFO), and a Verification Period.
The PQQ and RFP will be submitted concurrently by the Supplier. Suppliers must submit both responses by the stated deadline. The Utilities will first evaluate PQQ responses. The Utilities reserves the right to exclude participants from further competition where failing to respond to mandatory requirements. Following evaluation, suppliers shall be ranked according to their aggregated PQQ score, and the highest-ranked suppliers as per the Briefing Pack, shall progress to RGP evaluation. The Utilities intends to evaluate the RFP responses of the highest-ranked suppliers, but reserve the right to increase or decrease this number.
RFP evaluation will comprise Commercial (55%), Quality and Technical (30%), and ESG (15%). Responses will be evaluated sequentially and suppliers may be excluded where minimum standards are not achieved, as per the Briefing Pack.
Following evaluation, the Utilities reserves the right to conduct a BAFO stage with any number of suppliers. During BAFO, suppliers may be invited to refine certain commercial and contractual aspects of their submissions, including Schedule of Rates, rebates, lead times, warranties, deviations, service levels and KPIs, and performance. Technical responses, Sustainability responses, PQQ submissions, and product offerings may not be materially amended unless specified by the Utilities.
Under the provisions of the Competitive Flexible Procedure, the Utilities reserves the right to refine aspects of the procurement, where permitting. The Utilities further reserve the right to undertake clarification discussions, and verification activities through the procurement process to ensure substantiation of written responses. Verification may include site visits, audits, supplier presentations, product inspections, review of certifications, and validation of tender commitments. Verification outcomes may result in confirmations, amendment of scores where evidence does not support submitted responses, exclusion from the process, or progression to award.
Following completion of evaluation, BAFO (if the Utilities exercises this right), and verification, suppliers will be ranked according to the published award criteria and framework agreements shall be awarded to the most advantageous tenders. The initial highest-ranked supplier at Framework Award, shall be designated the role of Principal Supply Partner, with remaining successful suppliers appointed as Secondary Framework Suppliers.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via SAP Ariba- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 27 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Appointment period ends
- 27 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
All tender documents, submission links, and relevant information to this opportunity can be found on the Utilities procurement system, SAP Ariba. Please see the link for the Discovery Posting:
portal.us.bn.cloud.ariba.com/dashboard/public/app… ↗
All messages and communication shall be sent via the SAP Ariba message board function.
The Utilities shall add participants that indicate their intention to participate in the PQQ, to the RFP document.
Timeline
13 Mar 2026 → 1 Jun 2027 · 7 dates- Planning notice published221 days ago13 Mar 2026, 16:07 GMT
- Market engagement112 days ago30 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
Severn Trent wish to establish an UK2: Preliminary Market Engagement Notice to understand the current marketplace for Ductile Iron Pipe and Associated Fittings for Waste Water and Potable applications.
Please fill in the MS Form below to notify interest and the Utilities will be in touch where it wishes to engage further.
- Tender notice published32 days ago18 Sept 2026, 12:02 BST
- Next notice expected32 days ago18 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsin 38 days · period end, not a bid countdown27 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 195 days3 May 2027, 23:59 BST
- Contract startsin 223 days1 Jun 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
8 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Mar 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published13 Mar 2026, 16:07 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published8 Apr 2026, 13:42 BSTUK2
- Planned procurement notice published1 Sept 2026, 15:01 BSTUK3
- Status changed to planned1 Sept 2026, 15:01 BST
- Procurement method changed1 Sept 2026, 15:01 BST
- Tender notice published18 Sept 2026, 12:02 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £71,350,00018 Sept 2026, 12:02 BST
- Status changed to active18 Sept 2026, 12:02 BST
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-03: 1 release · 13 Mar 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- 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 (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender