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title: "DWMP28 Options Identification PMEN"
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# DWMP28 Options Identification PMEN

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dwmp28-options-identification-pmen-ocds-h6vhtk-069f24). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** United Utilities Water Limited: "DWMP28 Options Identification PMEN". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [United Utilities Water Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/united-utilities-water-limited-coh-02366678)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research and development services and related consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dwmp28-options-identification-pmen-ocds-h6vhtk-069f24#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-069f24`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/dwmp28-options-identification-pmen-ocds-h6vhtk-069f24#tl-md)

## Description
United Utilities is developing its statutory Drainage and Wastewater Management Plan (DWMP28) in accordance with government guidance published in 2025. The DWMP sets out how United Utilities will plan for, and maintain, a resilient and sustainable drainage and wastewater system over a minimum 25 year planning horizon, taking account of current and future risks, pressures and uncertainties.
The DWMP28 considers how the drainage and wastewater system can continue to operate effectively in the face of increasing external pressures that threaten long term resilience, including in particular:
•	Population and customer behaviour, increasing household wastewater demand and placing additional pressure on sewer networks and wastewater treatment capacity;
•	Development, including the growth of specialist developments such as data centres, which can generate additional wastewater or altered effluent characteristics from cooling processes, creating localised challenges for network and treatment capacity;
•	Climate change, resulting in more frequent and intense rainfall events that place increasing pressure on sewer networks, wastewater treatment works (WwTWs) and receiving environments.;
Taking these pressures into account, United Utilities is progressing risk‑based assessments alongside future scenario analysis to understand emerging risks to wastewater network capacity, WwTW capacity and environmental performance across the planning period. We are now progressing the options development and appraisal stage of DWMP28 to identify interventions that could mitigate these risks and deliver best value outcomes.
While United Utilities has developed an initial range of potential options internally, we understand the importance of considering a wide range of solutions and working collaboratively with external stakeholders. To ensure opportunities are not overlooked, we are seeking to engage with the market and other organisations to identify alternative or complementary options that could be evaluated alongside those developed internally.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 02/08/2026 to 07/09/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F051181-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-01T08:26:47.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T01:36:17.513Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-069f24