Official UK procurement notice
Purchase of Biodiversity Performance Commitment (BPC) Units
Authority: Southern Water Services Limited (Public body)
Sectors: Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£494,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to Aspect Nature Reserve Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe purchase of 19 Biodiversity Performance Commitment (BPC) Units.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Aug 2026, 10:01 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Aug 2026, 10:01 BST
- Authority reference
Prj_8522- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-073998- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06dbf5Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Urgency
- Published justification
Ofwat has placed a requirement on water companies to have 115 BPC units per company purchased. Due to the complexity and timeline of this procurement, we have had to Direct Award to guarantee meeting timescales.
We have a Framework currently out to tender which will allow us to purchase BPC units through a PA23 compliant process from December 2026.
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 5 Aug 2026- Transparency notice published5 Aug 2026, 10:01 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected18 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £494,0001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspect Nature Reserve Limited18 Aug 2026 – 17 Aug 2056 | £494,000 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Aspect Nature Reserve LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender