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Market Engagement for Lone working support

Buyer: ANGLIAN WATER SERVICES LIMITED →

BuyerANGLIAN WATER SERVICES LIMITED
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£311,573
Published2 Jun 2026

What is being bought

Anglian Water operates over 6000 sites, spread over a large geographic area, from the Humber to the Thames estuary. Over the years, significant efficiencies have been made to the operational running through advances in technology and automation. An outcome of these advancements has seen the need for fewer operational staff to maintain expected levels of service. As a consequence of these advancements, it is now a fairly common occurrence for operational employees to be sent to site working on their own - and become a 'Lone Worker' (LW). There is a risk that an incident or accident may occur impacting the LW's health and safety that requires help and assistance. As part of its duty of care Anglian Water has a Mobile Phone Lone Worker System that is used by its 3,000 (approx.) workers that have the potential to be a LW. Before starting a job and once on site the system is activated by the LW using his company mobile phone to record his location and to set an alert time period that is then monitored centrally by the Operational Management Centre (OMC) team in Lincoln. An alert is raised by the system if the LW doesn't update using his mobile before the end of the set period or if a panic button is pressed - an escalation procedure is then followed by the OMC to make contact and if necessary find the LW. Link to access the documents: https://portal.eu.bn.cloud.ariba.com/dashboard/appext/comsapsbncdiscoveryui#/RfxEvent/preview/1110014412

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Control, safety, signalling and light equipment 34990000Safety equipment 35113000

Lot details

Lot LOT-0001

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 4 Aug 2027 to 4 Aug 2030
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
LOT-0001Control, safety, signalling and light equipment, Safety equipmentNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 34. The category anchor is Control, safety, signalling and light equipment (34990000); 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 342,0873 median · 20.6 average (647 of 2,087 with a bid count)3.5 average (711 of 2,087 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer1Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK4564 median · 63.5 average (120 of 456 with a bid count)6.4 average (138 of 456 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)1521 median · 2 average (5 of 152 with a bid count)1 average (6 of 152 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 policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
Anglian Water operates over 6000 sites, spread over a large geographic area, from the Humber to the Thames estuary. Over the years, significant efficiencies have been made to the operational running through advances in technology and automation. An outcome of these advancements has seen the need for fewer operational staff to maintain expected levels of service. As a consequence of these advancements, it is now a fairly common occurrence for operational employees to be sent to site working on their own - and become a 'Lone Worker' (LW). There is a risk that an incident or accident may occur impacting the LW's health and safety that requires help and assistance. As part of its duty of care Anglian Water has a Mobile Phone Lone Worker System that is used by its 3,000 (approx.) workers that have the potential to be a LW. Before starting a job and once on site the system is activated by the LW using his company mobile phone to record his location and to set an alert time period that is then monitored centrally by the Operational Management Centre (OMC) team in Lincoln. An alert is raised by the system if the LW doesn't update using his mobile before the end of the set period or if a panic button is pressed - an escalation procedure is then followed by the OMC to make contact and if necessary find the LW. The following business areas are in scope for this project • Water Recycling - field workers and managers • Water Services - field workers and managers • Telemetry team - field workers and managers • Customer Services - meter reading, debt collection and management team • Wholesale Services/ Operational Management Centre (OMC) - monitoring lone workers and escalation • Occupational Health & Safety - AWS duty of care • Recreation - field workers and managers • Labs and samplers- field workers and managers • Asset Management and Alliance - field workers and managers   We would like to invite participation in the pre-market engagement exercise by completing the Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaireengagement30 Jun 2026scheduled

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-06a692
Latest release ID052039-2026
Latest release timestampTue Jun 02 2026 15:16:34 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£311,573
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
2 Jun 2026planningUpdate052039-2026
27 May 2026planningUpdate049851-2026
27 May 2026planning049786-2026

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 (3 releases)
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        "description": "Anglian Water operates over 6000 sites, spread over a large geographic area, from the Humber to the Thames estuary. Over the years, significant efficiencies have been made to the operational running through advances in technology and automation. An outcome of these advancements has seen the need for fewer operational staff to maintain expected levels of service. As a consequence of these advancements, it is now a fairly common occurrence for operational employees to be sent to site working on their own - and become a 'Lone Worker' (LW). There is a risk that an incident or accident may occur impacting the LW's health and safety that requires help and assistance.\nAs part of its duty of care Anglian Water has a Mobile Phone Lone Worker System that is used by its 3,000 (approx.) workers that have the potential to be a LW. Before starting a job and once on site the system is activated by the LW using his company mobile phone to record his location and to set an alert time period that is then monitored centrally by the Operational Management Centre (OMC) team in Lincoln. An alert is raised by the system if the LW doesn't update using his mobile before the end of the set period or if a panic button is pressed - an escalation procedure is then followed by the OMC to make contact and if necessary find the LW.\nThe following business areas are in scope for this project\n•\tWater Recycling - field workers and managers\n•\tWater Services - field workers and managers\n•\tTelemetry team - field workers and managers\n•\tCustomer Services - meter reading, debt collection and management team\n•\tWholesale Services/ Operational Management Centre (OMC) - monitoring lone workers and escalation\n•\tOccupational Health & Safety - AWS duty of care\n•\tRecreation - field workers and managers\n•\tLabs and samplers- field workers and managers\n•\tAsset Management and Alliance - field workers and managers\n \nWe would like to invite participation in the pre-market engagement exercise by completing the Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire"
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27 May 2026 · 049786-2026 · planning
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