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Official UK procurement notice

Gartner Agreement — UK public procurement notice

Authority: United Utilities Water Limited (Public body)

Direct awardUtilities
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submission deadline 28 Jul 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Renewal of Gartner Advisory services delivered by Gartner's Secure Portal with access to direct analyst interaction.

Estimated duration 01/07/2025 - 30/06/2028

Estimated Fee of the contract excluding VAT £450,000. Equivalent to £540,000 including VAT)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Awarded
72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Cancelled
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
31 Jul 2025, 16:19 BST
Last source update
31 Jul 2025, 16:19 BST
Latest notice
Procurement termination notice (UK12)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056717
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification
This contract is planned to be awarded direct to Gartner UK Ltd under Schedule 5 Paragraphs 5 and 6 of the Procurement Act 2023. The authority requires uninterrupted access to Gartner's proprietary advisory services and research platform as part of a renewal of an existing contract. Gartner is the exclusive provider of key strategic tools including Magic Quadrants, Peer Insights and analyst inquiry services which more…have become embedded in the authorities process. Other providers do not offer the same breadth or continuity of service.
Review and risk notes
Risks
N/A

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £450,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Gartner31 Jul 2025 — 30 Jun 2028Options: Additional users can be added on a per seat basis.£450,00028 Jul 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · Gartner

    Signed
    date not published
    Value
    —
    Status
    cancelled (31 Jul 2025) — The contracting authority will not enter into the contract referred, no contract has been signed and this procedure has been discontinued.

Notice history

7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Jul 2025
  1. Contract signature expected
    31 Jul 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
  2. Procurement termination notice published
    31 Jul 2025, 16:19 BSTUK12
  3. Status changed
    31 Jul 2025, 16:19 BST
  4. Procurement method changed
    31 Jul 2025, 16:19 BST
  5. Buyer details updated
    31 Jul 2025, 16:19 BST
  6. Contract award notice published
    28 Jul 2025, 16:40 BSTUK6
  7. Transparency notice published
    28 Jul 2025, 13:34 BSTUK5

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 3LP

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Gartner UK LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 2266016GB-PPON: PYCJ-3398-LVDR Tamesis, The Glanty, Egham,, Surrey,, South East, TW20 9AH

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

Notices published for this procedure