Find a TenderOpen admissionDynamic market intention notice
Published 30 Sept 2026, 14:33 BST

Official UK procurement notice

PRO005124 – Works – Dynamic Market – Building, Operations, Labour & Trade Services

Authority: United Utilities Water Limited (Public body)

Dynamic market7 lotsWorksUtilitiesSME suitable
Framework ceiling (notional)Value not publishedframework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Admission open until 13 Dec 203423:59 GMT · period end, not a bid countdown
Lots 7see the lot list below
Bids per lot · this authority 5all categories · n=12 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought7 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

UUWL operates diverse portfolio of operational assets and infrastructure that requires ongoing maintenance, repair, and compliance-driven servicing. The scope of the Dynamic Market will include: • Rural Works • Building Fabric & Building Services • Site Services, Resource & Personnel • Operational Technology & Electrical Services • Environmental Works & Services • Access & Recreation • Maintenance Managed Service Support Refer to the tender documentation for further information on the Dynamic Market, Specification, and Assessment Criteria.

CPV: Carriageway resurfacing works · Certification services · Dam-reinforcement works · Electrical equipment and apparatus · Electrical installation work · Electrical services · Electrical supplies and accessories · Electrical wiring and fitting work · Erection of fencing · Fencing, railing and safety equipment installation work · Flood-defences maintenance works · Flood-prevention works

How this dynamic market works

From the published notice
Type
Dynamic market · pending
Market period
14 Dec 2026 — 13 Dec 2034
Buyer types
utilities

Lots and requirements (7)Procurement structure

7 lots · no lot values published · same conditions of participation on every lot
Lot #1Lot 1 - Rural WorksSME
Refer to scopebook and specification for detailed information. Scope includes provision for: Groundworks Fencing Drystone Walling
Eligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: North West
31600000 Electrical equipment and apparatus31680000 Electrical supplies and accessories34928310 Safety fencing39350000 Sewerage works equipment43325100 Grounds-maintenance equipment44313100 Wire-mesh fencing

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #2Lot 2 - Building Fabric & ServicesSME
Refer to scopebook and specification for detailed information. Scope includes provision for: Roofing & Access Painting & Finishes Windows & Doors General Fabric & Minor Works Plumbing & Heating Specialist Work
Eligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: North West
31600000 Electrical equipment and apparatus31680000 Electrical supplies and accessories34928310 Safety fencing39350000 Sewerage works equipment43325100 Grounds-maintenance equipment44313100 Wire-mesh fencing

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #3Lot 3 - Site Services, Resource & PersonnelSME
Refer to scopebook and specification for detailed information. Scope includes provision for: Temp Drivers & Vehicles Site Maintenance Security Grounds Maintenance
Eligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: North West
31600000 Electrical equipment and apparatus31680000 Electrical supplies and accessories34928310 Safety fencing39350000 Sewerage works equipment43325100 Grounds-maintenance equipment44313100 Wire-mesh fencing

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #4Lot 4 - OT & Electrical ServicesSME
Refer to scopebook and specification for detailed information. Scope includes provision for: Electrical Installation & Maintenance Resource & People Certification & Testing
Eligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: North West
31600000 Electrical equipment and apparatus31680000 Electrical supplies and accessories34928310 Safety fencing39350000 Sewerage works equipment43325100 Grounds-maintenance equipment44313100 Wire-mesh fencing

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #5Lot 5 - Environmental Works & ServicesSME
Refer to scopebook and specification for detailed information. Scope includes provision for: Environmental Restoration Land Management Habitat Creation
Eligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: North West
31600000 Electrical equipment and apparatus31680000 Electrical supplies and accessories34928310 Safety fencing39350000 Sewerage works equipment43325100 Grounds-maintenance equipment44313100 Wire-mesh fencing

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #6Lot 6 - Access & RecreationSME
Refer to scopebook and specification for detailed information. Scope includes provision for: A&R Services Real Estate & Land Management
Eligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: North West
31600000 Electrical equipment and apparatus31680000 Electrical supplies and accessories34928310 Safety fencing39350000 Sewerage works equipment43325100 Grounds-maintenance equipment44313100 Wire-mesh fencing

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #7Lot 7 - Maintenance Managed ServicesSME
Refer to scopebook and specification for detailed information. Scope includes provision for: Industrial M&E Industrial Statutory Maintenance Maintenance Minor Works
Eligibility: SME eligible
31600000 Electrical equipment and apparatus31680000 Electrical supplies and accessories34928310 Safety fencing39350000 Sewerage works equipment43325100 Grounds-maintenance equipment44313100 Wire-mesh fencing

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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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 more
Conditions of participation · identical on every lot2
  • Economic & financial standing
    Please refer to tender documents
    Verified by: Please refer to tender documents
  • Technical & professional ability
    Please refer to tender documents
    Verified by: Please refer to tender documents

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How United Utilities Water Limited buys Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523) — and who usually turns up

United Utilities Water Limited’s own published record, next to the North West England market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523) →

1

How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested frameworks and DPS only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

United Utilities Water Limited

framework/DPS notices in 36 months: 3 in CPV 4523 (1 route not published) · 16 in division 45 (5 route not published) · 97 in all categories (20 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 12 lots. All 12 lots are from older notices, which count bids received.

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

5all categories · 36m · n=12 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 12 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

0%all categories · 36m · n=12 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 1 pairs. Small sample.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

39% aboveall categories · 24m · n=1 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 10 notices.

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

Last 36 months.

116dall categories · 36m · n=10 notices
Notice updates
i

How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.

Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 164 notices.

Last 24 months.

0all categories · 24m · n=164 notices
Awarded without competition
i

How often this buyer awards without a competition.

Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 11 notices.

Last 36 months.

0%division 45 · 36m · n=11 notices
Bids per lot · history, not this notice’s lots robust · n=12
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 12 lots on 6 contested notices · all categories, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 0%
  • 2–3 17%
  • 4–6 58%
  • 7+ 25%

Middle value 5 · 12 lots on 6 contested notices · all categories.

How procedures are run robust · n=11
i

Which procedures buyers here use.

Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.

Based on 16 notices · division 45, last 36 months.

  • Open 55%
  • Selective 45%
  • Limited 0%
  • Direct 0%

16 notices · division 45. Open and selective are competed (they feed the bid and price figures above); limited and direct are not; notices publishing no route are outside all four.

The market · delivery region

North West England · Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523)

framework/DPS notices delivered in North West England in 36 months: 115 in CPV 4523 (97 competed, 17 route not published) · 439 in division 45 (368 competed, 66 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 86 lots. 36 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 17) and 50 from older notices (bids received, middle 8).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

10CPV 4523 · 36m · n=86 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 86 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

6%CPV 4523 · 36m · n=86 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Nothing published for this region in this sector: not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

—not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price
Deadline → award date
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 17 notices.

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

Last 36 months.

121dCPV 4523 · 36m · n=17 notices
SME bidders
i

How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.

SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 68 lots.

Last 36 months.

59%CPV 4523 · 36m · n=68 lots
Winners based in the region
i

How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.

Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 341 awards.

Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.

Last 36 months.

88%CPV 4523 · 36m · n=341 awards
Bids per lot · history, not this notice’s lots robust · n=86
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 86 lots on 42 contested notices · CPV 4523, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 6%
  • 2–3 13%
  • 4–6 9%
  • 7+ 72%

Middle value 10 · 86 lots on 42 contested notices · CPV 4523.

How procedures are run robust · n=98
i

Which procedures buyers here use.

Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.

Based on 115 notices · CPV 4523, last 36 months.

  • Open 61%
  • Selective 38%
  • Limited 1%
  • Direct 0%

115 notices · CPV 4523. Open and selective are competed (they feed the bid and price figures above); limited and direct are not; notices publishing no route are outside all four.

Coverage and what to read with care
  • Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Dynamic market
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Open admission
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Dynamic market
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
30 Sept 2026, 14:33 BST
Last source update
30 Sept 2026, 14:33 BST
Authority reference
PRO005124
Latest notice
Dynamic market intention notice (UK13)
Classification (CPV)
Carriageway resurfacing worksCertification servicesDam-reinforcement worksElectrical equipment and apparatusElectrical installation workElectrical servicesElectrical supplies and accessoriesElectrical wiring and fitting workErection of fencingFencing, railing and safety equipment installation work+2 more
Delivery area
North West (UKD)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077db5 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Apply via EU-Supply (CTM)
Submission portal named on this notice: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Admission period ends
13 Dec 2034, 23:59 GMT
Clarification deadline
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Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Participation fee
submission fee · Please refer to tender documents
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

2 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    30 Sept 2026, 14:33 BST
  2. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    13 Dec 2034, 23:59 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Dynamic market intention notice published
    30 Sept 2026, 14:33 BSTUK13

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

United Utilities Water Limited

Contracting authorityPrivate utility GB-PPON: PVVB-5589-BWHX Lingley Mere Business Park, Warrington, North West, WA5 3LP

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

Notices published for this procedure