Official UK procurement notice
PA23 - UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Authority: Southern Water Services Limited (Public body)
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 descriptionAssessment of New Wastewater Technologies, Processes & Associated Mechanisms
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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-052a81Find 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- Transparency notice published2 Jun 2025, 11:37 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published2 Jun 2025, 12:03 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected2 Jun 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £1,028,8461 award inc. VAT; no net value published
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth UniversityAssessment of New Wastewater Technologies, Processes & Associated Mechanisms3 Jun 2025 – 31 Mar 2030 | £1,028,846 inc. VAT | 2 Jun 2025 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- University of PortsmouthAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender