Official UK procurement notice
Goods-DPS-Alternative Fuel HGV and Commercial Vehicles
Authority: United Utilities Water Limited (Public body)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Company is carrying out the transition to alternative fuel vehicles for both HGV Vehicles and Commercial Vehicles including but not limited to; CNG, LNG and Electric HGV and Commercial Vehicles. This transition is playing an integral role in our strategic priority of becoming carbon net zero by 2030. The list of requirements include and are not limited to; Tankers, Tippers, Articulated Units, Cranes, Trailers, Small, Medium, Large vans, Off Road and Car Derived Vans.
CPV: Articulated trucks · Chassis bodies · Electric vehicles · Motor vehicles · Pick-ups · Specialist vehicles · Tankers · Tipper trailers · Trailers · Utility vehicles · Vans
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published valueLot #1Goods - Alternative Fuel HGV and specialist utility vehiclesPublished value€45,000,000
Supply of Alternative Fuelled HGV and Speciality Vehicles such as:-
Vacuum waste tanker
Potable water tanker
Heavy duty industrial vacuum machine
Bulk Tipper Bodies
Tractor unit
Cranes
Trailers
Tanker remounting
Lot #2Goods - Alternative Fuelled Commercial VehiclesPublished value£45,000,000
Supply of Alternative Fuelled Commercial Vehicles such as
Long wheel based commercial vans
Medium wheel based commercial vans
Small wheel based commercial vans
Car derived vans
Off road 4x4 vehicles
Site vehicles
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).
- Suitability
Please refer to procurement documents
- “Goods-DPS-Alternative Fuel HGV and Commercial Vehicles” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How United Utilities Water Limited buys Motor vehicles (CPV 3410), and who usually turns up
United Utilities 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: Motor vehicles (CPV 3410) →
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.
No supplier sizes published for this authority.
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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 the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside North West England.
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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 89 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.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.
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%
2–30% / 0%
4–678% / 0%
7+22% / 100%
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.
Assess each lot i
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 #1Goods - Alternative Fuel HGV and specialist utility vehiclesCPV 34100000Estimate in EUR
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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.
The published estimate is in EUR, so this lot carries no forecast: the model is trained on sterling estimates.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid13%
2–338%
4–621%
7+29%
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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 |
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| £40m45 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 16 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. | 4% above n=3 | |
| £60m17 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 3 live · £4.6m 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=6 | |
Lookers Group FleetLarge | £1.9m12 awards in 36m · last this month | 2 live · £64k 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. | no comparable pairs |
| £5.8m11 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| £9.0m10 awards in 36m · last 8 months ago | 1 live · £5.2m 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. | 12% above n=1 |
Lot #2Goods - Alternative Fuelled Commercial VehiclesCPV 34100000Published estimate£45m
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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 bid1%
2–35%
4–677%
7+17%
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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 |
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| £40m45 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 16 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. | 4% above n=3 | |
| £60m17 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 3 live · £4.6m 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=6 | |
Lookers Group FleetLarge | £1.9m12 awards in 36m · last this month | 2 live · £64k 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. | no comparable pairs |
| £5.8m11 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| £9.0m10 awards in 36m · last 8 months ago | 1 live · £5.2m 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. | 12% above n=1 |
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
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 13 Feb 2023, 16:24 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Aug 2026, 14:17 BST
- Authority reference
PRO006410- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-075767- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a550Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via EU-Supply (CTM)- Requests to participate (first stage)
- —
- Admission period ends
- 23 Feb 2029, 15:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
4 Apr 2023 → 23 Feb 2029 · 3 dates- Bids must remain valid until4 Apr 2023, 23:59 BST
- Notice published73 days ago10 Aug 2026, 14:17 BST
- Today23 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown23 Feb 2029, 15:00 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Deadline moved to 23 Feb 2029, 15:00 GMT10 Aug 2026, 14:17 BST+2173 days · was 14 Mar 2023, 15:00 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate · IV.2.2) | 14 Mar 2023 | 23 Feb 2029 | +2173 d |
The original notice contained an administrative error in respect of the receipt of tender date.
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
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England & WalesReview body
- United Utilities Review contact point
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria