Official UK procurement notice
PRO005130: BioSolids Recycling Digital Solution
Authority: United Utilities Water Limited (Public body)
Bio solids Recycling Digital Solution software and associated services.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBio solids Recycling Digital Solution software and associated services
CPV: Environmental issues consultancy services · Industry specific software package · Sludge disposal services · Software implementation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat it takes to wini
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
- Technical capability and functionality of the biosolids management solution
- Regulatory, compliance and industry advisory capability
- whole-life cost
- Implementation, customer support and service delivery arrangements
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How United Utilities buys Software-related services (CPV 7226), and who usually turns up
United Utilities’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: Software-related services (CPV 7226) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in North West England.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 54 days of the bid deadline.
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The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
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?
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1 bid0%
2–320%
4–640%
7+40%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Below estimate55%
Within ±2%24%
Above estimate20%
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 9051Estimate not published
This lot is listed as CPV 9051. The table above uses the notice category.
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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 15 past lots.
1 bid33%
2–333%
4–620%
7+13%
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
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Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
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
- 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
- 29 Sept 2026, 12:11 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Sept 2026, 12:11 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 15 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
PRO005130- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-091810- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077c54Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 9 Oct 2026, 13:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 9 Oct 2026, 13:00 BST
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
29 Sept 2026 → 1 Jul 2027 · 5 dates- Planning notice published45 days ago29 Sept 2026, 12:11 BST
- Tender notice expected35 days ago9 Oct 2026, 00:59 BST
- Submission deadline35 days ago9 Oct 2026, 13:00 BST
- Today13 Nov 2026
- Award decision expected byin 63 days15 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 229 days1 Jul 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Planned procurement notice published29 Sept 2026, 12:11 BSTUK3
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender