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Published 13 Nov 2026, 12:10 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Framework Agreement for the Supply and Delivery of Bulk Fuels and Associated Services

Official notice
Competition analysis

Authority: United Utilities Water Limited (Public body)

Framework agreementGoodsCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdUtilitiesSME suitable
Sectors: Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy (09) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£28,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Mar 2027from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 8 yrsends 1 Jan 2036 · starts 1 Jan 2028
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

This Planned Procurement Notice is to make the market aware that we will be running a procurement in 2027 for the Supply and Delivery of Bulk Fuel and Associated Services.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Planned Procurement Notice is to make the market aware that we will be running a procurement in 2027 for the Supply and Delivery of Bulk Fuel and Associated Services

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 2 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT.

CPV: Fuels

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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
8 yrs from 1 Jan 2028

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Planned 8 yrsSMEPublished value£28,000,000
Contract period: 1 Jan 2028 – 1 Jan 2036 (8 yrs)Value: £28,000,000 exc. VAT · £33,600,000 inc. VAT
Eligibility: SME eligible
09100000 Fuels

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
i

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “Framework Agreement for the Supply and Delivery of Bulk Fuels and…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How United Utilities buys Fuels (CPV 0910), and who usually turns up

United Utilities’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Fuels (CPV 0910) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerUnited Utilities · all categories
The marketFuels (CPV 0910)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 49 of 75 known-size awards · market: division 09 · North West England (authority’s region), n=11
65%0%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

Buyer: 37 of 63 known-location awards · market: division 09 · UK-wide, n=47
59%36%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i
Buyer: 13 decided notices · market: division 09 · UK-wide, n=14
110 days31 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 110 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 4 of 23 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 09 · North West England (authority’s region), n=9
17%78%

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i
This buyer9 lots with bid counts · all categories
0% had one bid
The market15 lots with bid counts · division 09 · North West England (authority’s region)
20% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (9) / the market (15) · select a colour for counts
1 bid0% / 20%
Buyer: 0 of 9 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 15 lots with published bid counts.
2–30% / 0%
Buyer: 0 of 9 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 15 lots with published bid counts.
4–678% / 60%
Buyer: 7 of 9 lots with published bid counts. Market: 9 of 15 lots with published bid counts.
7+22% / 20%
Buyer: 2 of 9 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 15 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.

Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.

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Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 091096 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£28m
Expected competition
i

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 15 past lots.

—No model forecast yet20% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 15 similar lots
1 bid20%
3 of 15 similar past lots received 1 bid (20%).
2–30%
0 of 15 similar past lots received 2–3 (0%).
4–660%
9 of 15 similar past lots received 4–6 (60%).
7+20%
3 of 15 similar past lots received 7+ (20%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 5 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Restricted route (Stage 2 ITT / Shortlist): Bidding is restricted to invited candidates who qualified at Stage 1. Uninvited suppliers cannot participate in this round.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see 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
Planned procurement
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
Yes · next expected 2 Mar 2027
First published
13 Nov 2026, 12:10 GMT
Last source update
13 Nov 2026, 12:10 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 1 Oct 2027
Authority reference
PRO005209
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-107966
Latest notice
Planned procurement notice (UK3)
Classification (CPV)
Fuels
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07bb8e Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account PER buying organisation portal · password resets come "from Salesforce.com" (check spam)
Requests to participate (first stage)
1 Apr 2027, 12:00 BST
Appointment period ends
1 Apr 2027, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
1 Apr 2027, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Email: [email protected]

URL: atamis-unitedutilities.my.salesforce-sites.com ↗

Timeline

13 Nov 2026 → 1 Jan 2028 · 6 dates
  1. Planning notice published25h ago
    13 Nov 2026, 12:10 GMT
  2. Today
    14 Nov 2026
  3. Tender notice expectedin 107 days
    1 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT
  4. Clarification questions byin 137 days
    1 Apr 2027, 12:00 BST
  5. Admission / appointment period endsin 137 days · period end, not a bid countdown
    1 Apr 2027, 12:00 BST
  6. Award decision expected byin 321 days
    1 Oct 2027, 23:59 BST
  7. Contract starts
    1 Jan 2028

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Planned procurement notice published
    13 Nov 2026, 12:10 GMT
    UK3

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

United Utilities

Contracting authorityPrivate utility GB-PPON: PVVB-5589-BWHX Lingley Mere Business Park, Great Sankey, North West, WA5 3LPContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure