Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 23 Apr 2026, 11:17 BST

Official UK procurement notice

prj_7508 - Filtration · UK public procurement notice

Authority: Southern Water Services Limited (Public body)

GoodsAbove thresholdUtilitiesSME suitable
Sectors: Industrial machinery (42) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£4,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Sept 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrsends 2 Jan 2031 · up to 2 Jan 2035 with extensions · starts 2 Jan 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

SWS requires a supplier (or suppliers) capable of delivering supply & installation, full inspection, servicing, and overhaul of our complete filtration asset base across all supported manufacturers. The supplier must provide OEM‑standard maintenance, guaranteed access to genuine OEM parts, and 24/7/365 breakdown and technical support.

A further requirement is the capability to implement condition‑based remote monitoring, including real‑time performance tracking, fault detection, vibration and temperature monitoring, remote diagnostics, and automated alerts. This is needed to improve asset reliability, support predictive maintenance, reduce unplanned downtime, and strengthen operational continuity across the asset base.

CPV: Filtration plant equipment · Machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying water · Parts of filtering machinery · Water filtration apparatus

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 4 yrsSME
Contract period: 2 Jan 2027 – 2 Jan 2031 (4 yrs) · up to 2 Jan 2035 with extensions
Eligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Southern Water Services Limited buys Distilling, filtering or rectifying apparatus (CPV 4291), and who usually turns up

Southern Water Services Limited’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Distilling, filtering or rectifying apparatus (CPV 4291) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerSouthern Water Services Limited · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 2 of 7 known-size awards · market: CPV 4291 · South East England (authority’s region), n=5
29%80%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in South East England (authority’s region).

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 2 of 5 known-location awards · market: CPV 4291 · South East England (authority’s region), n=7
40%29%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 4 decided notices · market: division 42 · South East England (authority’s region), n=17
79 days26 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 79 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 11 of 16 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4291 · South East England (authority’s region), n=9
69%67%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyerToo few to chart: 1 lot with bid counts, 5 needed · all categories
The market8 lots with bid counts · CPV 4291 · UK-wide
0% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid0%
Market: 0 of 8 lots with published bid counts.
2–325%
Market: 2 of 8 lots with published bid counts.
4–663%
Market: 5 of 8 lots with published bid counts.
7+13%
Market: 1 of 8 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyerToo few to chart: 3 lots with estimate and award, 5 needed · all categories
The market22 lots with estimate and award · division 42 · South East England (authority’s region)
45% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate45%
Market: 10 of 22 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%18%
Market: 4 of 22 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate36%
Market: 8 of 22 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 4248 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£4.0m

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 42. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 32 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet28% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 32 similar lots
1 bid28%
9 of 32 similar past lots received 1 bid (28%).
2–334%
11 of 32 similar past lots received 2–3 (34%).
4–631%
10 of 32 similar past lots received 4–6 (31%).
7+6%
2 of 32 similar past lots received 7+ (6%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 2 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £4.0m, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Planned procurement
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
23 Apr 2026, 11:17 BST
Last source update
23 Apr 2026, 11:17 BST
Authority reference
Prj_7508
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-036979
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Filtration plant equipmentMachinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying waterParts of filtering machineryWater filtration apparatus
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068961 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

23 Apr 2026 → 2 Jan 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published184 days ago
    23 Apr 2026, 11:17 BST
  2. Market engagement155 days ago
    21 May 2026, 23:59 BST

    Engagement process description

    Please not this is not a call for competition

    Note: If you are already registered on Southern Water's sourcing portal please go straight to Step 2 below

    If you are unregistered please follow the instructions below to register

    1. Register your company on the Jaggaer sourcing portal (this is required only once)

    To register or log in please go to - southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html ↗

    Select the "Login or register to participate" link above and click the "Register Now" link on the home page

    Accept the terms and conditions and click "Next"

    Enter your correct business and user details

    Note the username you chose and click "Save" when complete

    You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure)

    1. Respond to the PQQ/ITT

    Login to the portal with your username/password

    Click the PQQs open to all suppliers or ITTs open to all suppliers' link.

    Click on the relevant PQQ/ITT

  3. Tender notice expected52 days ago
    1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Today
    24 Oct 2026
  5. Contract startsin 70 days
    2 Jan 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    23 Apr 2026, 11:17 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

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 email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure