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Published 22 Dec 2025, 11:09 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

PA23 - UK5 - Transparency Notice Emerging Contaminants

Official notice

Authority: Southern Water Services Limited (Public body)

Direct awardUtilities
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£1,682,125published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 22 Dec 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Fera Science Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Supply of Chem catcher technology, Prep/deployment, Lab Analysis of Membranes, reporting.​ To perform an extensive sampling exercise, using passive sampling to determine micropollutants at very low concentrations over an extended period.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
71900000 Laboratory services

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
22 Dec 2025, 11:09 GMT
Last source update
22 Dec 2025, 12:30 GMT
Authority reference
Prj_7873
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-085364
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05fb4b Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

Direct award due to an absence of competition for technical reasons. Uniquely the range of contaminants, volumes and frequency of analysis supplier was identified to delivery project, within the necessary timeline and use of Chemcatcher technology.

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Dec 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    22 Dec 2025, 11:09 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    22 Dec 2025, 12:30 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    23 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,682,1251 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Fera Science LtdPASSIVE SAMPLING ANALYSIS OF INLETS/OUTLETS23 Dec 2025 – 22 Dec 2026£1,682,12522 Dec 2025Awarded

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Southern Water Services Limited

Contracting authorityPrivate utility GB-PPON: PBJQ-2231-ZRPG Southern Water, Southern House, Worthing, South East, Bn13 3NXContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice
  • FERA Science LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 09413107 YORK BIOTECH CAMPUS SAND HUTTON, YORK, Yorkshire & Humber, YO41 1LZContact email
  • FERA Science LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 09413107GB-PPON: PDGX-4332-VPXR YORK BIOTECH CAMPUS SAND HUTTON, YORK, Yorkshire & Humber, YO41 1LZContact 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