Official UK procurement notice
Networks Emergency & Resilience Framework
Authority: YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionYorkshire Water Services Limited is undertaking preliminary market engagement ahead of a proposed procurement for the CM3640 Networks Emergency & Resilience Framework.
We are seeking to broaden our supply chain and work collaboratively with suppliers to strengthen wastewater delivery capacity. We would like to understand what would enable suppliers to work with us, provide reliable resources and build additional capacity.
We particularly welcome interest from organisations not currently working directly with Yorkshire Water, including specialist contractors and SMEs. Suppliers may express interest in individual activities or end-to-end delivery. We are open to exploring alternative delivery solutions, including separating activities within end-to-end delivery to enable more specialist suppliers to partner with us.
The proposed framework will supplement existing contractual arrangements, supporting proactive and reactive work, including emergency response, through four proposed activity-based lots. The descriptions below are indicative and non-exhaustive. They outline the activities currently envisaged for each lot and do not represent a finalised scope:
Lot 1 — Civils support: Excavation, sewer repairs and lining, ironworks, manhole refurbishment, backfilling and reinstatement.
Lot 2 — Non-civils support: Sewer jetting and cleansing, recycler services, CCTV surveys and associated operational labour.
Lot 3 — Process and pumping: Rising main repairs and pumping support, repairs after rising main, temporary overpumping, testing, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, control and automation (MEICA) support, and reporting.
Lot 4 — Mitigation and tankering: Wastewater tankering and temporary mitigation measures supporting incident response and operational continuity.
The scope, activities and interfaces between lots will be refined through market engagement and development of the procurement. Activities may be added, amended or allocated differently between lots.
Through this engagement, we wish to explore:
Supplier capability, geographical coverage and additional resource availability alongside existing commitments.
Mobilisation times, emergency response capability and opportunities to develop capacity.
Direct delivery, subcontracting and partnership models.
Commercial arrangements, planned work packages and advance notice that could improve resource availability and pricing.
Barriers to participation, including whether requirements for end-to-end delivery could limit specialist supplier involvement, and how alternative delivery arrangements could enable suppliers to participate and commit resources.
Interested suppliers are invited to help shape the scope and develop a practical delivery approach. Feedback will inform the detailed requirements and procurement approach.
This notice is for preliminary market engagement. Participation does not guarantee an invitation or appointment under any future procurement, and non-participation will not prevent suppliers from responding to a subsequent tender. Yorkshire Water has not committed to proceeding with the procurement. The final scope, estimated value, duration and procurement approach remain subject to confirmation.
CPV: Construction work for sewage pipes · Repair and maintenance services of pumps · Sewage services · Sewerage work
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 3 yrs from 2 Aug 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
- “Networks Emergency & Resilience Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED buys Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523), and who usually turns up
YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES 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: Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in Yorkshire and the Humber.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside Yorkshire and the Humber.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 116 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
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2–36%
4–66%
7+88%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 4523Estimate not published
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 17 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid0%
2–36%
4–66%
7+88%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
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- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Oct 2026, 19:55 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Oct 2026, 19:55 BST
- Authority reference
CM3640- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-099224- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078c54Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
20 Oct 2026 → 2 Aug 2027 · 3 dates- Planning notice publishedearlier today20 Oct 2026, 19:55 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Market engagementin 20 days9 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Yorkshire Water invites prospective suppliers to express interest in preliminary market engagement for the CM3640 Networks Emergency & Resilience Framework.
Engagement will explore supplier capability and interest across the four proposed lots, geographical coverage, additional resource availability, delivery and subcontracting models, mobilisation, emergency response times and commercial arrangements. We also welcome feedback on barriers to participation and alternative delivery solutions, including separating activities within end-to-end delivery to enable specialist suppliers to participate. Feedback will inform the detailed scope and procurement approach.
Interested suppliers should email [email protected] to express their interest. Suppliers will then be sent a questionnaire to complete and return. Please indicate which lots or activities are of interest in your email.
Participation is voluntary and does not guarantee appointment under any future procurement. Suppliers do not need to participate in this engagement to respond to a subsequent tender.
- Contract startsin 285 days2 Aug 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published20 Oct 2026, 19:55 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender