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Published 2 Jun 2025, 11:37 BST

Official UK procurement notice

PA23 - UK6 - Contract Award Notice

Official notice

Authority: Southern Water Services Limited (Public body)

Direct awardUtilities
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£1,028,846published award · inc. VAT
Awarded 2 Jun 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Portsmouth University

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Assessment of New Wastewater Technologies, Processes & Associated Mechanisms

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
2 Jun 2025, 11:37 BST
Last source update
2 Jun 2025, 12:03 BST
Authority reference
prj_7254
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-029109
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052a81 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Prototypes Development
Published justification

The Direct Award contract will focus technology trials on the challenges facing small rural sites. A collaborative “Innovation Hub” is being established between the University of Portsmouth and Southern Water at the University Environmental Technology Field Station (ETFS) on land rented from Southern water at Petersfield Wastewater Treatment Works.

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Jun 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    2 Jun 2025, 11:37 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    2 Jun 2025, 12:03 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    2 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £1,028,8461 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Portsmouth UniversityAssessment of New Wastewater Technologies, Processes & Associated Mechanisms3 Jun 2025 – 31 Mar 2030£1,028,846 inc. VAT2 Jun 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

1 commercial party on the notice
  • University of PortsmouthAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PWYV-2655-NPMQ University House, Winston Churchill Avenue, Portsmouth, South East, PO1 2UPContact 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