Official UK procurement notice
Lifecycle and Welfare · UK public procurement notice
Authority: THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED
What is being bought7 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThames Water wishes to award a number of framework agreements to suppliers capable of project design, building renovations, remedial works and/or the provision and maintenance of welfare cabins.
Due to the varying age of buildings and structures within the Thames Water estate (over 400 sites across the TW supply area), there is need to carry out renovation and remedial works in order to ensure they remain safe and fit for purpose. The Framework Agreements will cover the following works: Consultancy (Project Design), Internal & External Works to operational and corporate buildings (London area), Internal & External Works to operational and corporate buildings (Thames Valley and Home Counties), Roofing, Asbestos Consulting, Asbestos Treatment and Welfare Cabins.
Thames Water reserve the right to issue multiple awards for each lot in this agreement to achieve the most efficient and economical service solution whilst ensuring the security and consistent continuity of supply and delivery. Thames Water reserve the right to enter into a contract or contracts for the provision of all or any number of lots.
In parallel, although on a slightly different timetable, Thames Water is also running a procurement exercise for facilities management services whereby there are some common areas of work with this procurement exercise.
We expect to issue the notice early December 2025 with a response date 6 weeks after issue.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 3 Apr 2033, 23:59 BST.
- How the procedure runs: Suppliers' PSQ submissions will be scored and shortlisted in accordance with the criteria set out within the PSQ documentation, and the suppliers that are shortlisted will be invited to submit a proposal in response to the ITN. After tenders have been submitted, evaluated, and negotiated, the successful supplier will be awarded according to the percentage weightings and criteria set out in the ITN Process document. Full details of the process that will be followed are provided within the PSQ and ITN documents.
CPV: Asbestos removal services · Asbestos-removal work · Building alteration work · Building completion work · Building construction work · Building consultancy services · Building extension work · Building installation work · Building services consultancy services · Building-fabric consultancy services · Cabins · Engineering design services · +1 more
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
- 5 yrs · up to 8 yrs from 1 Apr 2026
Lots and requirements (7)Procurement structure
7 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Consultancy (Project Design)PlannedRenewalPublished value£4,160,000
Designing and planning of complex building and refurbishment works. Between 1-2 suppliers will work closely with Lot 2 (Internal & External Works) suppliers to design and plan their complex works.
The lifecycle programme is diverse and will need project design over multiple disciplines. Required is the provision of design solutions for complex or structurally unstable roof repairs, boundary walls, cladding systems, building engineering services, general building and drainage. Also undertake condition surveys for houses prior to repair on the waste network.
In the case of planning consent for either new or existing buildings, including listed status, the designer will work closely with our planning consultants to obtain the correct consent or planning permission. We will award multiple suppliers for this lot who will be responsible for the required design services with no guaranteed volume. Work packages will generally be awarded under the terms of the agreement via direct award by Thames Water.
Lot #2Welfare CabinsPlannedRenewalPublished value£880,000
Installation and maintenance of temporary welfare units (e.g. operational site offices).
Thames Water requires temporary welfare units of different kinds on many operational sites, for use by site workers.
Thames Water will award between 1-2 suppliers who will be responsible for delivering the welfare cabin works with no guaranteed volume. Work packages will generally be awarded under the terms of the agreement via direct award by Thames Water, with a preferred and a reserve supplier.
Lot #3Internal & External Works (London)PlannedRenewalPublished value£72,800,000
Building/refurbishment works covering construction, electrical and mechanical, in the London area.
The construction works will include but not limited to:
- cladding services
- building engineering services
- general buildings and drainage
- windows
- foundations
- demolitions of buildings to ground level and removal
- waste removal
Projects will vary in size and value: these will be in the most part multi-discipline works that will require interface management with different trades and sub-contractors.
Thames Water will award between 3-6 suppliers who will be responsible for delivering the building and renovation works with no guaranteed volume. Work packages will generally be awarded under the terms of the agreement via mini-competitions directly by Thames Water, with works under £100K being directly awarded to a preferred supplier.
Lot #4Internal & External Works (Thames Valley & Home Counties)PlannedRenewalPublished value£38,000,000
Building/refurbishment works covering construction, electrical and mechanical, in Thames Valley and the Home Counties.
The construction works will include but not limited to:
- cladding services
- building engineering services
- general buildings and drainage
- windows
- foundations
- demolitions of buildings to ground level and removal
- waste removal
Projects will vary in size and value: these will be in the most part multi-discipline works that will require interface management with different trades and sub-contractors.
Thames Water will award between 3-6 suppliers who will be responsible for delivering the building and renovation works with no guaranteed volume. Work packages will generally be awarded under the terms of the agreement via mini-competitions directly by Thames Water, with works under £100K being directly awarded to a preferred supplier.
Lot #5Roofing WorksPlannedRenewalPublished value£57,200,000
Roof installation, repair and maintenance.
Suppliers will work with asbestos consultancy and removal firms to ensure safe refurbishments and works are carried out.
Thames Water will award between 2-4 suppliers who will be responsible for delivering the building and renovation works with no guaranteed volume. Work packages will generally be awarded under the terms of the agreement via mini-competitions directly by Thames Water, with works under £50K being directly awarded to a preferred supplier.
Lot #6Asbestos ConsultingPlannedRenewalPublished value£400,000
Asbestos surveys during building work.
Thames Water estate has buildings of varying ages, and asbestos surveys must be completed before refurbishment and repair works can commence. Suppliers will work in conjunction with asbestos removal firms to ensure a safe and effective process to asbestos works.
Thames Water will award between 1-2 suppliers who will be responsible for delivering the asbestos consulting works with no guaranteed volume. Work packages will generally be awarded under the terms of the agreement via direct award by Thames Water, with a preferred and a reserve supplier.
Lot #7Asbestos RemovalPlannedRenewalPublished value£1,600,000
Treatment and removal of asbestos.
Thames Water estate has buildings of varying ages, and asbestos removal and treatment works must be done during certain refurbishment and repair works. Suppliers will work in conjunction with asbestos removal firms to ensure a safe and effective process to asbestos works.
Thames Water will award between 1-2 suppliers who will be responsible for delivering the asbestos removal and treatment works with no guaranteed volume. Work packages will generally be awarded under the terms of the agreement via direct award by Thames Water, with a preferred and a reserve supplier.
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The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 60%
- Legal: 5%
- Commercial: 35%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical
- Commercial
- Legal
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Lifecycle and Welfare” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED buys Roof works and other special trade construction works (CPV 4526), and who usually turns up
THAMES WATER UTILITIES 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: Roof works and other special trade construction works (CPV 4526) →
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Lot #1Consultancy (Project Design)CPV 45262660Published estimate£4.2m
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Lot #2Welfare CabinsCPV 45262660Published estimate£880k
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Lot #3Internal & External Works (London)CPV 45262660Published estimate£73m
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Lot #4Internal & External Works (Thames Valley & Home Counties)CPV 45262660Published estimate£38m
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Lot #5Roofing WorksCPV 45262660Published estimate£57m
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Lot #6Asbestos ConsultingCPV 45262660Published estimate£400k
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Lot #7Asbestos RemovalCPV 45262660Published estimate£1.6m
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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 3 Apr 2033
- First published
- 26 Nov 2025, 14:40 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Nov 2025, 14:40 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Apr 2026
- Authority reference
FA2303- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-077319- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e961Find a Tender
- How it runs
Suppliers' PSQ submissions will be scored and shortlisted in accordance with the criteria set out within the PSQ documentation, and the suppliers that are shortlisted will be invited to submit a proposal in response to the ITN.
After tenders have been submitted, evaluated, and negotiated, the successful supplier will be awarded according to the percentage weightings and criteria set out in the ITN Process document.
Full details of the process that will be followed are provided within the PSQ and ITN documents.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 9 Jan 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 5 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
26 Nov 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 6 dates- Planning notice published329 days ago26 Nov 2025, 14:40 GMT
- Tender notice expected324 days ago1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification questions by289 days ago5 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period ends285 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown9 Jan 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Contract starts204 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by203 days ago1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Planned procurement notice published26 Nov 2025, 14:40 GMTUK3
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- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender