Official UK procurement notice
Water Supply and Services Framework
Authority: Surrey County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 4 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Contracting Authority wishes to establish a Framework Agreement to meet the water supply and services needs of public sector organisations.
The framework will address the provision of services that facilitate the supply of metered and unmetered water, metered and unmetered wastewater, trade effluent services and ancillary services.
The framework will be open for use by all contracting authorities across the UK public sector (and any future successors to these organisations). These include (but not limited to) central government departments and agencies, Non Departmental Public Bodies, NHS bodies, Local Authorities, Police Authorities, Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Hospices, Registered Charities, National Parks and Registered Social Landlords.
Full details of the classification of eligible end user establishments and geographical areas is available at:
www.dukefieldenergy.co.uk/fts-eligible-users ↗
There will be a single framework Lot. There will be a maximum of 6 suppliers awarded a place on the framework.
CPV: Consulting services for water-supply and waste consultancy · Consulting services for water-supply and waste-water other than for construction · Energy and related services · Leak-testing services · Repair and maintenance services of water meters · Water distribution and related services · Water installations · Water meters · Water pumps · Water transport services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 6 suppliers · 2 bids received (0.3 per place) · 2 appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Contracting Authority wishes to establish a Framework Agreement to meet the water…AwardedPublished value£400,000,000
The Contracting Authority wishes to establish a Framework Agreement to meet the water supply and services needs of public sector organisations.
The framework will address the provision of the supply of metered and unmetered water, metered and unmetered wastewater, trade effluent services and ancillary services.
The framework will be open for use by all contracting authorities across the UK public sector (and any future successors to these organisations). These include (but not limited to) central government departments and agencies, Non Departmental Public Bodies, NHS bodies, Local Authorities, Police Authorities, Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Hospices, Registered Charities, National Parks and Registered Social Landlords.
Full details of the classification of eligible end user establishments and geographical areas is available at:
www.dukefieldenergy.co.uk/fts-eligible-users ↗
There will be a single framework Lot. There will be a maximum of 6 suppliers awarded a place on the framework.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
- Price
- “Water Supply and Services Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 6 suppliers, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 19 Feb 2025, 15:24 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Jun 2025, 09:56 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 24 Mar 2025 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-030815- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e42dFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
Surrey County Council will incorporate a minimum 10-day standstill period at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers.
Bidders who are unsuccessful shall be informed by the Contracting Authority as soon as possible after the decision is made as to the reasons why the bidder was unsuccessful.
If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Procurement Regulations provide for the aggrieved parties who have been harmed or who are at risk of harm by the breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
Any action must be generally brought within 3 months. If a declaration of ineffectiveness is sought, any such action must be brought within 30 days where the Contracting Authority has communicated the award of the contract and a summary of reasons to tenderers, or otherwise within 6 months of the contract being entered into.
Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the Contracting Authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the Contract has been entered into the Court may, depending on the circumstances, award damages, make a declaration of ineffectiveness, order the Contracting Authority to pay a fine, and/or order that the duration of the contract the shortened.
The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow the parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into.
Publisher note: Surrey County Council’s Internal Reference Number is SCC/DE/WATER/01. The framework is being delivered by Surrey County Council and its partners Dukefield Energy Ltd (who are a subsidiary of Dukefield Ltd). Dukefield Energy Ltd are acting as agents of Surrey County Council in the development and ongoing contract management of this framework. The contracting authority will be using an eTendering system to conduct the procurement exercise. To access the procurement documentation suppliers must register their company details on the ProActis system at: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login The tender is available from the opportunities menu on the login page of the site. The contracting authority shall not be under any obligation to accept the lowest tender or indeed any tender. Surrey County Council expressly reserves the rights: (a) to terminate the procurement process and not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process at any time; (b) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the procurement as detailed within the tender documentation; (c) to award a contract covering only part of the it's requirements if explicitly detailed within the tender documentation; (d) to disqualify any organisation from the process that canvasses any employee of the Contracting Authority during the procurement process or standstill period if applicable; (e) seek clarifications to tender responses on the basis that any clarification sought will not confer any undue competitive advantage in the favour of any supplier from whom such clarifications are being sought; (f) where the contracting authority can evidence that there is a conflict of interest, either personal or in consideration of any organisation bidding for the contract, the contracting authority shall have the explicit right to immediately exclude that person or organisation from the tender process entirely; (g) where the contracting authority has engaged in any pre-market soft testing prior to the commencement of the procurement process, the contracting authority reserves the right to name any organisation that has been involved in these discussions and release any and all specifications/ discussion documents to the market where appropriate to the subject matter of this procurement; (h) the contracting authority will not be liable for any costs incurred by tenderers; (i) the value of the framework provided in section II.1.5) is only an estimate and the contracting authority will not guarantee any business through this framework agreement; and (j) the contracting authority wishes to establish a framework agreement open for use by all Public Sector Bodies as stated in II.1.4). Tenderers should note, in reference to section IV.1.3), envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework: Where, following the evaluation of bids, more than one tenderer is tied with the same final evaluation score and are ranked in the last supplier award position, each of these tenderers shall be deemed to occupy the last framework agreement contract award position for the framework for the purpose of calculating the maximum number of suppliers under the framework. The contracting authority will award a framework agreement to additional tenderers beyond the stated maximum number, where their final evaluation score (s) is within 0.5% of the last placed position. For the avoidance of doubt, the last placed position in respect of this framework is sixth place. Therefore, tenderers within 0.5%, along with the tenderer in last placed position, shall be deemed to occupy the last framework agreement contract award position for the framework.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 24 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 24 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
24 Mar 2025 → 9 Jun 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown24 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened24 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published9 Jun 2025, 09:56 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Jun 2025- Status changed to complete9 Jun 2025, 09:56 BST
- Buyer details updated9 Jun 2025, 09:56 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £400,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Contract 030815-2025-1
- Signed
- 15 Apr 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 030815-2025-2
- Signed
- 15 Apr 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Dukefield Energy LimitedContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Court of JusticeReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
2 commercial parties on the notice- Castle Water LimitedFramework contractor
- Water Plus LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria