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Published 11 Apr 2025, 11:26 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Ordnance Survey Licences 2023

Official notice

Authority: United Utilities Water Limited (Public body)

Direct awardUtilities
Awarded value£510,056published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 Apr 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Landmark Information Group Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Ordnance Survey data is a functional component to UU. Our current agreement, awarded via Direct Award has been in place for 2 years since 2023. United Utilities leverages mapping technology extensively to manage and optimize our vast network of water and wastewater assets included but not limited to:

  1. Geographical Information system (GIS): used to consolidate asset records into a single database. This helps in tracking and managing over 76000km of sewers and 42000 of clean water pipe.
  2. Asset Mapping: Improved the tracking of transferred assets and better maintenance and proactive works
  3. Improved data quality: enhanced data and reduced customer service costs with the mapping technology

Using OS functions:

  • OS MasterMap Topography
  • OS AddressBase Premium
  • OS MasterMap Highways Road
  • Codepoint Polygons
  • Terrain 5 Tiles

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
11 Apr 2025, 11:26 BST
Last source update
11 Apr 2025, 11:32 BST
Authority reference
PRO004614
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-014532
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05013d Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

As well as the OS mapping technology, Landmark are providing an integrated automated service wrapper that if removed it would impact Accenture's support costs as there would be much more manual activity involved -This interoperability is the reason why we must direct award.

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Apr 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    11 Apr 2025, 11:26 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    11 Apr 2025, 11:32 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    11 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £510,0561 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Landmark Information Group LtdPRO004614-Ordnance Survey Licences 202314 Apr 2025 – 1 Apr 2026£510,0561 Apr 2025Awarded

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED

Contracting authorityPrivate utility GB-COH: 02366678 · GB-PPON: PVVB-5589-BWHX Haweswater House, Lingley Green Avenue, Great Sankey, North West, WA5 3LPContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • LANDMARK INFORMATION GROUP LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 02892803GB-PPON: PZNW-5621-CLMJ 5-6 Abbey Court Eagle Way, Exeter, South West, EX2 7HYContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender