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title: "NEPO311 Water Retail Services"
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# NEPO311 Water Retail Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nepo311-water-retail-services-ocds-h6vhtk-045a16). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Association of North East Councils Limited: "NEPO311 Water Retail Services". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £120,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 23 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: open-uk.org.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The Association of North East Councils Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-association-of-north-east-councils-limited-coh-05014821)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £120,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 23 October 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Consulting services for water-supply and waste consultancy, Public utilities, Water distribution and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nepo311-water-retail-services-ocds-h6vhtk-045a16#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-045a16`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nepo311-water-retail-services-ocds-h6vhtk-045a16#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [open-uk.org](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fopen-uk.org)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nepo311-water-retail-services-ocds-h6vhtk-045a16#participate

## Description
The Association of North East Councils Trading as the North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) Is seeking tenders for water retail services. At the time of submitting an SQ, and throughout the life of the Framework Agreement, tenderers must hold a valid Water Supply and Sewerage Licence with the appropriate retail authorisation, as issued by Ofwat. Also included within the scope of the Framework Agreement is the provision of Automatic Meter Reading and associated services and systems. The Framework Agreement will also include provisions for assisting in the reduction of consumption and supporting users efficiency schemes.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 65000000, 71800000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** NEPO are using a two-stage, restricted procedure for this Framework Agreement. The first is a Selection Questionnaire which will be used to shortlist organisations. It should be noted that one of the key mandatory criteria at Selection Questionnaire ...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 012712-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **ANGLIAN WATER BUSINESS**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-181588`
  - Value: £120,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 012712-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £120,000,000
  - Signed Date: 19/02/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F012712-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-04-03T09:43:49.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T22:01:01.116Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-045a16