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Published 26 Aug 2025, 13:01 BST

Official UK procurement notice

External Procurement and Commercial Support

Official notice

Authority: United Utilities Water Limited (Public body)

Direct awardUtilitiesSME suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North West (UKD)
Awarded value£1,300,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 26 Aug 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Efficio Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

United Utilities have a requirement for external procurement and commercial support, to assist with a significant bow wave of sourcing and negotiation activity that require immediate mobilisation.

A full assessment of future resource has been undertaken, which confirms that short term external support is essential but once this activity concludes any further resource support / requirements are expected to be delivered through a combination of recruitment and competitions issued through the Management Consultancy Dynamic Market (current live opportunity).

The activity is critical to mitigate procurement and compliance risk, drive measurable commercial value, and support the delivery of new procurements across Bioresources, Fleet, Energy, Chemicals, Wastewater, Scientific Services, and other strategic categories.

This award is for the fully managed delivery of 6 high-impact initiatives, with some advisory support, and the supplier will need to work with United Utilities' internal team to ensure a timely execution of said initiatives.

Deliverables include:

  • Category strategy development and preparing sourcing documentation
  • Tender execution and supplier evaluation
  • Negotiation planning and award recommendations
  • Contracting support and handover materials
  • Strategic advisory input for client-led sourcing activity

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedSME
Delivery: North WestEligibility: SME eligible
79418000 Procurement consultancy services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
26 Aug 2025, 13:01 BST
Last source update
26 Aug 2025, 13:06 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-051255
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
North West (UKD)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058dbc Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Urgency
Published justification

This direct award is being made under Section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023, based on urgency as set out in Schedule 5, paragraph 12.

The authority has an immediate and time-critical requirement to ensure continuity of services which are essential to the delivery of statutory and business critical functions. No existing framework agreement is in place which could practicably be used to meet the requirement within the time available.

Failure to act would create significant operational costs and service delivery risks for United Utilities. In this circumstance, a direct award to Efficio represents a viable option to maintain continuity of services pending completion of a longer-term solution.

That longer term solution being the live procurement of PRO004901-Management Consultancy Dynamic Market which will go live in October 2025 following the conclusion of the procurement process.

This contract is being awarded strictly due to the time-limited requirements; however, future requirements of this kind will be suited to PRO004901-Management Consultancy Dynamic Market. Once this Dynamic Market is live, requirements of this nature will be issued in accordance with said agreement.

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Aug 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    26 Aug 2025, 13:01 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    26 Aug 2025, 13:06 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    8 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,300,0001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Efficio Ltd9 Sept 2025 – 8 Aug 2026£1,300,00026 Aug 2025Awarded

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED

Contracting authorityPrivate utility GB-COH: 02366678 · GB-PPON: PVVB-5589-BWHX Haweswater House, Lingley Green Avenue, Great Sankey, North West, WA5 3LPContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • EFFICIO LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 04010379GB-PPON: PHXX-5468-LGYX Kinnaird House, London, London, SW1Y 5AUContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender