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BuyerTHAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED
StatusClosed
Deadline19 Sept 2025
Value£120,000,000
Published15 Aug 2025

What is being bought

This programme of the works includes, but is not limited to the following packages of work: Renewal of the water mains network shall include but not be limited to: · Optimisation, structural replacement or relining of distribution water mains within DMAs and bounded by district meters and the District Boundary Valves. · Structural replacement of all service connections from the distribution mains to customer boundaries, including installation of a suitable boundary box. · Replacement of all apparatus connected to the network including valves, hydrants, disinfection points, air valves, etc. · Securing abandoned mains by cutting and capping. Removing surface covers, marker posts and plates of abandoned washouts, hydrants and valves etc. so that only covers relating to live apparatus remain.

Delivery location

UKI, GB · UKJ, GB

Categories

Water-main refurbishment construction work 45232151

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£120,000,000
Contract periodFrom 8 Dec 2025 to 7 Dec 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Technical (60%)
Commercial (40%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Water-main refurbishment construction workNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 45. The category anchor is Water-main refurbishment construction work (45232151); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 4517,1314 median · 30.2 average (5,652 of 17,131 with a bid count)3.8 average (6,249 of 17,131 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer359 median · 11.7 average (3 of 35 with a bid count)6.6 average (7 of 35 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UKI1,8894 median · 30.3 average (770 of 1,889 with a bid count)3.6 average (810 of 1,889 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)5083 median · 119.4 average (5 of 508 with a bid count)11.6 average (5 of 508 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeutilities
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05893e
Latest release ID049265-2025
Latest release timestampFri Aug 15 2025 15:24:32 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/049265-2025
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodselective
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryworks
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadline2025-09-19T10:00:00+01:00
Enquiry deadline2025-09-08T17:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2025-11-28T23:59:59Z
Submission method detailsPlease use the link below to gain access to the full PSQ documentation details; https://forms.office.com/e/BqevtZrRaC
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£120,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
15 Aug 2025tender049265-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
15 Aug 2025 · 049265-2025 · tender
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