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Published 2 Oct 2025, 14:39 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Habitat Restoration Framework · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Southern Water Services Limited (Public body)

Framework agreementServicesAbove thresholdUtilitiesSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£120,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Dec 2025from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 4 yrsends 31 Mar 2030 · up to 31 Mar 2034 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Southern Water have an upcoming tender requirement for a Framework for Habitat Restoration. The Framework will support Southern Waters AMP8 commitments to improve environmental and water quality in partnership with environmental Non-Governmental Organisations and commercial organisations across the Region.

CPV: Environmental services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
4 yrs · up to 8 yrs from 1 Apr 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 4 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2030 (4 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2034 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

What it takes to win
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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 more
What this means for your bid
  • “Habitat Restoration Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
2 Oct 2025, 14:39 BST
Last source update
2 Oct 2025, 14:39 BST
Authority reference
Prj_
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-061779
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Environmental services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a6f6 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

2 Oct 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published391 days ago
    2 Oct 2025, 14:39 BST
  2. Market engagement369 days ago
    24 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST

    SWS are running a request for information relating to this project. To take part in this engagement please follow this link:

    southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/esop/guest/go/opport… ↗

    and if not registered, register for SWS sourcing portal to access the Pre-Market Engagement.

    For the avoidance of doubt, the purpose of the market engagement notice and Pre-Market Engagement (PME) is to conduct a market testing exercise only, and will not formally begin the procurement nor constitute any commitment by Southern Water to undertake any procurement exercise nor form a commercial strategy in a particular form. Any follow-up discussions are solely for information and planning purposes.

    The answers you provide will be invaluable to informing Southern Water’s understanding of the market and provide insight as to how we best deliver value for money to our customers.

    The PME will run from Thursday 2nd October to Friday 24th October, this period may be extended if SWS feel it beneficial to do so. Any changes to the timings will be communicated via our portal to parties who have expressed an interest and on our opportunity board.

    Note that the deadline for the return of questionnaire is the 10th October. This is to allow us time to pull together a summary to present at the Pre-Market Engagement Session on the 17th October. We will of course accept questionnaire returns up until the close on the 24th Oct.

    Note also that the deadline for returning the Session Attendance Form will be the 10th October. This is to allow us time to finalise meeting space.

    To return the completed documents to Southern Water, please send them through the messaging function built into the Jaggaer Portal.

    We may undertake more targeted engagement with interested suppliers by interview.

    We may run subsequent market engagement events as required.

    This notice supercedes notice 2025/S 000-061482.

  3. Tender notice expected331 days ago
    1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts211 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    2 Oct 2025, 14:39 BST
    UK2

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

Southern Water Services Limited

Contracting authorityPrivate utility GB-PPON: PBJQ-2231-ZRPG Southern Water, Southern House, Worthing, South East, Bn13 3NXContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure