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# Sewer Mapping

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sewer-mapping-ocds-h6vhtk-0597b6). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED: "Sewer Mapping". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £5,996,000. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 3 Oct 2025, 10:00 BST. Published submission portal: forms.office.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/thames-water-utilities-limited-coh-02366661)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £5,996,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 3 October 2025 at 10:00 BST
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Sewer survey services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI, UKJ
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sewer-mapping-ocds-h6vhtk-0597b6#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0597b6`

## 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/sewer-mapping-ocds-h6vhtk-0597b6#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [forms.office.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2Fe%2Fy3Wn3Lya8i)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sewer-mapping-ocds-h6vhtk-0597b6#participate

## Description
Thames Water is seeking to develop the mapped sewer network throughout Greater London and the Thames Valley area, in order to reduce blockages, internal and external floods and pollution.
Unmapped sewers lead to a delay in Thames Water locating and attending blockages, floods and pollution, affecting local communities and the environment.
The objective of FA2241 is to map any unmapped sewer networks at scale, speed and accuracy, directly supporting the Pollution Incident Reduction Plan (PIRP) that Thames Water is working towards during AMP8.
Lot 1 - Aerial Mapping: Capture of 2,484 km² across 71 Sewer Drainage Area Catchments (SDACs) using manned aircraft, delivering georeferenced 2D, oblique 2D, and 3D imagery.
Lot 2 - Asset Detection: Detection of manholes, gullies, rainwater downpipes, soil stacks, misconnections, and outfalls with confidence grading.
Lot 3 - Sewer Inferencing: Semi-/automated inferencing of unmapped sewers, laterals, drains, rising mains, and selected SPSs, achieving ?80% accuracy.

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Aerial Mapping
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 90491000

- **Estimated Value:** £3,511,323
- **Description:** Capture of 2D, oblique 2D, and 3D georeferenced imagery for 2,484 km² across 71 Sewer Drainage Area Catchments (SDACs), phased delivery by 2028, conducted by manned aircraft.
- **Contract Period:** 02/03/2026 to 28/02/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: Asset Detection
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 90491000

- **Estimated Value:** £1,357,161
- **Description:** Detection of manholes, rainwater downpipes, surface water outfalls, gullies, soil stacks, and misconnections, with confidence grading.
£5m Product Liability will also be required,
- **Contract Period:** 02/03/2026 to 28/02/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 3: Sewer Inferencing
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 90491000

- **Estimated Value:** £1,127,516
- **Description:** Lot 3 - Sewer Inferencing: Semi-/automated inferencing of unmapped sewers, laterals, drains, rising mains, and selected SPSs, achieving ≥80% accuracy.
£5m Product Liability will also be required,
- **Contract Period:** 02/03/2026 to 28/02/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Sewer Mapping (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **1Spatial Group Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-56182`
  - Value: £5,996,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 06/03/2026

- **Award:** Sewer Mapping (pending)
  - Award id: `2`
  - Supplier(s): **APEM LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-161448`
  - Value: £5,996,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 06/03/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F055461-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-03-06T10:21:08.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T05:39:41.873Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0597b6