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title: "Plant Protection Services (Line Search)"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/plant-protection-services-line-search-ocds-h6vhtk-05f296"
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# Plant Protection Services (Line Search)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/plant-protection-services-line-search-ocds-h6vhtk-05f296). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Wales & West Utilities Limited: "Plant Protection Services (Line Search)". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Wales & West Utilities Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/wales-west-utilities-limited-coh-05046791)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Direct award
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKK, UKL
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £892,812 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/plant-protection-services-line-search-ocds-h6vhtk-05f296#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05f296`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/plant-protection-services-line-search-ocds-h6vhtk-05f296#tl-md)

## Description
The New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (NRSWA) obligates utility companies to maintain accurate records of their underground assets and share this information with other utilities and highway authorities.  WWU do this in a cost-efficient way by utilising the LinesearchbeforeUdig (LSBUD) service which is used by over 160 Asset owners providing asset location data and safe working advice to over 300,000 registered users.
There is no competitor to LSBUD in the UK at present.  The development of a National Underground Asset Register (NUAR) may change this is future years, but in the interim continued usage of the LSBUD service is required in order for WWU to meet its Legal obligations.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71354100
- **Delivery regions:** UKK, UKL
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (pending)

  - Supplier(s): **LINESEARCHBEFOREUDIG LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-50065`
  - Value: £892,812 (exc. VAT)

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F081397-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-12-10T11:23:32.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T01:56:08.474Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05f296