Official UK procurement notice
Standpipes Hire · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Southern Water Services Limited (Public body)
Sectors: Industrial machinery (42) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£3,600,000published award · inc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to AQUAM WATER SERVICES LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe services to be provided by the Supplier are:
- The external and internal hire of temporary metered standpipes as detailed in section 1.5.3 (Standpipe Specification), to Southern Water external and internal customers for use on the water distribution network, across the Southern Water region,
- account management of Southern Water temporary metered standpipe hire customers,
- application of service charges and customer invoicing for standpipe hires and water consumption.
The services include the following:
- The planning, supervision and management of all resources necessary to complete the services,
- the procurement, management, storage and delivery of all Plant, Equipment and Materials necessary to complete the services.
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
- 12 Aug 2026, 10:31 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Aug 2026, 10:31 BST
- Authority reference
Prj_8282- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-076563- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e21cFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Aquam is a monopoly supplier in the water utilities market for standpipe hire services
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 12 Aug 2026- Transparency notice published12 Aug 2026, 10:31 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected12 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £3,600,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| AQUAM WATER SERVICES LIMITEDSME12 Aug 2026 – 9 Aug 2030 · up to 11 Aug 2034Extensions: ability to extend up to 4 years | £3,600,000 inc. VAT | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- AQUAM water services LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender