Official UK procurement notice
Ecology Survey · UK public procurement notice
Authority: SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Supplier will be able to undertake all types of Ecological Surveys and support work, including but not limited to:
- Preliminary Ecological Assessments
- Use of HERT Tool
- Production of reinstatement plan
- Production of Biodiversity net gain plan for planning
- EIA documents
- UKHab Assessments
- EcIA
- Assent and HRA
- Great Crested Newt surveys
- Bat surveys
- Badger surveys
- Reptile surveys
- Otter Surveys
- Water Vole surveys
- White Clawed Crayfish surveys
- Breeding Bird, Wintering Bird and Nesting Bird surveys
- Water Framework Directive Assessments
- Fish Surveys
- Ecological Supervision of Vegetation Clearance
- Production of Biodiversity Enhancement Plans
- Production of Ecological Protection Plans
- Obtaining Protected Species License Applications
- Detailed NVC/ FCT vegetation surveys
- INNS Surveys
- Landscape and Ecological Management Plan
- How the procedure runs: Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) Stage Interested suppliers will complete a PQQ to demonstrate capability, experience, and compliance with minimum requirements. Evaluation will be based on pass/fail criteria and qualitative responses where applicable. A shortlist of successful suppliers will be invited to the next stage. Request for Proposal (RFP) Stage Shortlisted suppliers will receive the full scope, pricing schedule, and evaluation criteria. Suppliers will submit detailed proposals including technical approach and pricing Initial evaluation will be conducted against published award criteria. Negotiation and Refinement Following initial evaluation, The Utility may enter into negotiations with suppliers to clarify proposals, refine technical solutions, and address any outstanding questions. Final Tender Submission Suppliers will submit a best and final offer (BAFO) incorporating any negotiated refinements. Final evaluation will be conducted using the agreed award criteria.
CPV: Environmental services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Places
- up to 12 suppliers
- Framework period
- 3 yrs · up to 10 yrs from 1 Apr 2027
Published description of the framework
Work under this framework will be allocated based on supplier availability, geographical location, performance, and-where required-competitive quotations.
Where quotes are required, award will be based primarily on price, supported by availability, location, and past performance, and subject to higher‑value project requirements.
All call‑offs will be issued through a digital service order, followed by a purchase order from Severn Trent Water.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£40,000,000
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 (2)
- Technical: 60%
- Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Technical
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Ecology Survey” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 12 suppliers, 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 Environmental services (CPV 9070), 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: Environmental services (CPV 9070) →
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 registered in West Midlands.
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% / 24%
4–644% / 12%
7+22% / 65%
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.
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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.
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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 9070Published estimate£40m
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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%
2–322%
4–663%
7+14%
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
AECOM LIMITEDLarge | £90m148 awards in 36m · last this month | 39 live · £66m 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. | 9% below n=33 |
WSP UK LimitedLarge | £487m117 awards in 36m · last this month | 43 live · £410m 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. | at estimate n=18 |
| £759k8 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 3 live · £530k 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. | 25% below n=5 | |
| £1.9m32 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 11 live · £567k 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. | 4% below n=16 | |
| £794k2 awards in 36m · last 6 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
- Services
- 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
- 9 Sept 2026, 11:13 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Oct 2026, 14:08 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Mar 2027
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097987- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f56cFind a Tender
- How it runs
Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) Stage
Interested suppliers will complete a PQQ to demonstrate capability, experience, and compliance with minimum requirements.
Evaluation will be based on pass/fail criteria and qualitative responses where applicable.
A shortlist of successful suppliers will be invited to the next stage.
Request for Proposal (RFP) Stage
Shortlisted suppliers will receive the full scope, pricing schedule, and evaluation criteria.
Suppliers will submit detailed proposals including technical approach and pricing
Initial evaluation will be conducted against published award criteria.
Negotiation and Refinement
Following initial evaluation, The Utility may enter into negotiations with suppliers to clarify proposals, refine technical solutions, and address any outstanding questions.
Final Tender Submission
Suppliers will submit a best and final offer (BAFO) incorporating any negotiated refinements.
Final evaluation will be conducted using the agreed award criteria.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via SAP Ariba- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Appointment period ends
- 20 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 12 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
9 Sept 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published42 days ago9 Sept 2026, 11:13 BST
- Market engagement20 days ago30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
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- Next notice expected19 days ago1 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published5 days ago16 Oct 2026, 14:08 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 22 days12 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsin 30 days · period end, not a bid countdown20 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 132 days1 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 162 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Sept 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published9 Sept 2026, 11:13 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published25 Sept 2026, 11:33 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published16 Oct 2026, 14:08 BSTUK4
- Published value updated16 Oct 2026, 14:08 BST
- Status changed to active16 Oct 2026, 14:08 BST
- Procurement method changed16 Oct 2026, 14:08 BST
- Deadline published: 20 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT16 Oct 2026, 14:08 BST
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 (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender 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