Official UK procurement notice
Early Market Engagement (EME) for Ministry of Defence - Defence Water Services Programme
Authority: Ministry of Defence - Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Central government)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MoD), have considered options to secure the provision of water and wastewater services, and the operation and maintenance of MOD’s private water network upon the expiry of the Aquatrine PFIs in 2028 and 2030.
Given the inevitability of change in the water sector, the needs of Defence are best served at this moment in time by going to the market seeking provision for a replacement service, likely to be in the form of Managed Service Provision (MSP) contract.
The Defence Water Services Programme is looking to engage with the potential service providers and assess market interest in the selected delivery model for the service provision.
DIO will be carrying out Industry Engagement from February 2025 and seek to invite interested parties to participate in a variety of sessions such as Programme Updates, Industry Days and Bilateral discussions (a commercial in confidence meeting between two parties i.e. DIO and the requesting party). We expect this engagement to begin with an Industry Day on 13th February 2025 at Tidworth Garrison Theatre, SP9 7EP. Description of the procurement
DIO is issuing this Notice in order to invite potential service providers to engage with DIO. Organisations who wish to attend the Industry Day on 13th February 2025 are to register their interest by 24th January 2025 via the Defence Water Services Programme Industry Day Registration Form and provide the following details:
Name of Company/Organisation
Point of Contact and contact details.
Number of attendees for this event will be limited, and spaces will be given on a first come first served basis.
For further information about the Industry Day or the programme please contact the Defence Water Services Programme multiuser [email protected].
In issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) DIO is not committing to carry out any procurement in relation to the requirements stated in this PIN. Non-participation in the Industry Day will not preclude any organisation from participating in any future competition.
Additional Information
This Prior Information Notice for engagement follows the Prior Information Notice (Notice Reference: 2022/S 000-035322) published on 14th December 2022.
Aquatrine is the MOD’s GB-wide water and wastewater Private Finance Initiative (PFI), providing water and wastewater services and manages environmental risk across the GB Defence Estate allowing the MOD to focus on its core business. This has
CPV: Consulting services for water-supply and waste-water other than for construction · Defence services · Drinking-water distribution · Environmental protection · Environmental services · Facilities management services · Flowmeters · Groundwater pollution monitoring or control services · Installation services of machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying water · Machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying water · Meter reading service · Natural resources management or conservation strategy planning services · +25 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1DIO is issuing this Notice in order to invite potential service providers to engage…Planned
DIO is issuing this Notice in order to invite potential service providers to engage with DIO. Organisations who wish to attend the Industry Day on 13th February 2025 are to register their interest by 24th January 2025 via the Defence Water Services Programme Industry Day Registration Form and provide the following details:
Name of Company/Organisation
Point of Contact and contact details.
Number of attendees for this event will be limited, and spaces will be given on a first come first served basis.
For further information about the Industry Day or the programme please contact the Defence Water Services Programme multiuser [email protected].
In issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) DIO is not committing to carry out any procurement in relation to the requirements stated in this PIN. Non-participation in the Industry Day will not preclude any organisation from participating in any future competition. Additional information: This Prior Information Notice for engagement follows the Prior Information Notice (Notice Reference: 2022/S 000-035322) published on 14th December 2022.
Aquatrine is the MOD’s GB-wide water and wastewater Private Finance Initiative (PFI), providing water and wastewater services and manages environmental risk across the GB Defence Estate allowing the MOD to focus on its core business. This has
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Jan 2025, 12:14 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Jan 2025, 15:43 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-001231- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04cd89Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
14 Jan 2025 → 31 Oct 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published14 Jan 2025, 15:43 GMT
- Tender notice expected359 days ago31 Oct 2025
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated14 Jan 2025, 15:43 GMT
Published amendments (2 · 0 deadline changes)
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| — | Text4th paragraph · II.1.4) | We expect this engagement to begin with an Industry Day on 13th February 2025 at Tidworth Garrison Theatre, SP9 7EP. | We expect this engagement to begin with an Industry Day on 20th February 2025 at Tidworth Garrison Theatre, SP9 7EP. | |
| — | TextAbove 1st paragraph · II.1.4) | — | **PIN HAS BEEN AMENDED TO REFLECT CHANGE OF INDUSTRY DAY DATE** | |
| — | TextAbove 1st paragraph · II.2.4) | — | **PIN HAS BEEN AMENDED TO REFLECT CHANGE OF INDUSTRY DAY DATE** | |
| — | Text1st paragraph · II.2.4) | DIO is issuing this Notice in order to invite potential service providers to engage with DIO. Organisations who wish to attend the Industry Day on 13th February 2025 are to register their interest by 24th January 2025 via the Defence Water Services Programme Industry Day Registration Form and provide the following details: Name of Company/Organisation Point of Contact and contact details. | DIO is issuing this Notice in order to invite potential service providers to engage with DIO. Organisations who wish to attend the Industry Day on 20th February 2025 are to register their interest by 24th January 2025 via the Defence Water Services Programme multiuser [email protected] and provide the following details: • Name of Company/Organisation • Point of Contact and co… | |
| — | TextSection · II.2.14) | This Prior Information Notice for engagement follows the Prior Information Notice (Notice Reference: 2022/S 000-035322) published on 14th December 2022. Aquatrine is the MOD’s GB-wide water and wastewater Private Finance Initiative (PFI), providing water and wastewater services and manages environmental risk across the GB Defence Estate allowing the MOD to focus on its core business. This has | This Prior Information Notice for engagement follows the Prior Information Notice (Notice Reference: 2022/S 000-035322) published on 14th December 2022. It corrects the Prior Information Notice (Notice reference: 2025/S 000-000178) published on 6th January 2025. Aquatrine is the MOD’s GB-wide water and wastewater Private Finance Initiative (PFI), providing water and wastewater services and manages… | |
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| — | Text4th paragraph · II.1.4) | We expect this engagement to begin with an Industry Day on 13th February 2025 at Tidworth Garrison Theatre, SP9 7EP. | We expect this engagement to begin with an Industry Day on 20th February 2025 at Tidworth Garrison Theatre, SP9 7EP. | |
| — | TextAbove 1st paragraph · II.1.4) | — | **PIN HAS BEEN AMENDED TO REFLECT CHANGE OF INDUSTRY DAY DATE** | |
| — | TextAbove 1st paragraph · II.2.4) | — | **PIN HAS BEEN AMENDED TO REFLECT CHANGE OF INDUSTRY DAY DATE** | |
| — | Text1st paragraph · II.2.4) | DIO is issuing this Notice in order to invite potential service providers to engage with DIO. Organisations who wish to attend the Industry Day on 13th February 2025 are to register their interest by 24th January 2025 via the Defence Water Services Programme Industry Day Registration Form and provide the following details: Name of Company/Organisation Point of Contact and contact details. | DIO is issuing this Notice in order to invite potential service providers to engage with DIO. Organisations who wish to attend the Industry Day on 20th February 2025 are to register their interest by 24th January 2025 via the Defence Water Services Programme multiuser [email protected] and provide the following details: • Name of Company/Organisation • Point of Contact and co… | |
| — | TextSection · II.2.14) | This Prior Information Notice for engagement follows the Prior Information Notice (Notice Reference: 2022/S 000-035322) published on 14th December 2022. Aquatrine is the MOD’s GB-wide water and wastewater Private Finance Initiative (PFI), providing water and wastewater services and manages environmental risk across the GB Defence Estate allowing the MOD to focus on its core business. This has | This Prior Information Notice for engagement follows the Prior Information Notice (Notice Reference: 2022/S 000-035322) published on 14th December 2022. It corrects the Prior Information Notice (Notice reference: 2025/S 000-000178) published on 6th January 2025. Aquatrine is the MOD’s GB-wide water and wastewater Private Finance Initiative (PFI), providing water and wastewater services and manages… |
2 amendments published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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- No award published
- Contracts (0)
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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
- Delivery Continuity TeamContracting authority
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.