Official UK procurement notice
Pest Control Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: AFFINITY WATER LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAffinity Water has a requirement for the provision of a specialist provider to deliver integrated pest management, wildlife management, environmental monitoring and estate protection services across its estate.
The scope is expected to include (but not limited too):
Environmental and Site Monitoring
- Planned inspections of lakes, reservoirs, biodiversity sites and public access routes.
- Habitat, vegetation and environmental condition monitoring.
- Identification and reporting of environmental, ecological and public safety risks.
Pest and Wildlife Management
- Management and treatment of rodents, rabbits, foxes, wasps, hornets and other relevant pests.
- Protected species surveys, monitoring, licensing support and habitat assessments.
- Specialist advice and emergency response for wildlife-related incidents.
Reservoir and Asset Protection
- Investigation and monitoring of burrowing animals and wildlife-related structural damage.
- Identification of wildlife-related water quality and operational risks.
- Prevention and mitigation of wildlife access to operational assets.
Estate Security and Site Protection
- Trespass and boundary investigations.
- Deployment of covert and cellular monitoring equipment and evidence gathering.
- Liaison with Rural Police, tenants and lessees where required.
Incident Response
- Emergency attendance for pest, wildlife, environmental and public safety incidents.
- Investigation, corrective recommendations and incident reporting.
Social / Environmental Value
- Responsible reuse of suitable pest control by-products, including existing arrangements for use as animal feed by zoos and farms, where legally and operationally appropriate.
Reporting
- Monthly performance, inspection and incident reporting.
- Risk registers, photographic evidence and location references.
- Findings, recommendations and compliance advice.
- How the procedure runs: Selection questionnaire (SQ) submissions will be scored in accordance with the criteria defined in the SQ documentation. Tenderer's will be provided with a minimum period of three weeks to prepare and submit their Selection Questionnaire (SQ) response. Suppliers that are shortlisted will be invited to submit a proposal in response to the invitation to tender (ITT). Tender submissions will be evaluated and clarification meetings conducted (virtually or in person). Affinity Water may negotiate with tenderer's and/or request best and final offers The successful tenderer(s) will be awarded the agreement according to the percentage weightings and criteria set out in the ITT.
CPV: Pest-control services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£2,000,000
What 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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 50%
- Commercial: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
- Commercial
- Technical
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 Sept 2026, 11:59 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Sept 2026, 11:59 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Feb 2027
- Authority reference
C-04502- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-083416- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f127Find a Tender
- How it runs
Selection questionnaire (SQ) submissions will be scored in accordance with the criteria defined in the SQ documentation.
Tenderer's will be provided with a minimum period of three weeks to prepare and submit their Selection Questionnaire (SQ) response.
Suppliers that are shortlisted will be invited to submit a proposal in response to the invitation to tender (ITT).
Tender submissions will be evaluated and clarification meetings conducted (virtually or in person).
Affinity Water may negotiate with tenderer's and/or request best and final offers
The successful tenderer(s) will be awarded the agreement according to the percentage weightings and criteria set out in the ITT.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 24 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 24 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Selection questionnaire (SQ) documents will be issued after the registration closing date.
Please note that this procurement process will be conducted electronically.
All documents and communications will be managed through the Affinity Water etendering portal called 'In-tend'.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please Register on our e-procurement portal In-tend (located here: intendhost.co.uk/affinitywater ↗).
Please note: If you wish to submit a bid for this requirement, you must register on Intend via the website above. Suppliers who are not registered will be unable to participate in the procurement process. The Selection Questionnaire (SQ) documentation will be issued after the closing date of this notice.
Timeline
3 Sept 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published49 days ago3 Sept 2026, 11:59 BST
- Submission deadline28 days ago24 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 102 days1 Feb 2027
- Award decision expected byin 103 days1 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published3 Sept 2026, 11:59 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications Please note that this procurement process will be conducted electronically. All documents and communications will be managed through the Affinity Water etendering portal called 'In-tend'. If you are interested in this opportunity, please follow the steps below: 1 - Register on ou…
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender