Water distribution and related services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 65100000·Services · class·in Public utilities
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 11 lots from 9 competitions run by 9 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 6 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 5 from older notices (bids received, middle 8).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 38 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
Newest open tenders
1 of 2 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Water and Wastewater Retail Services Dynamic Purchasing System | Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 23 Feb 2029 | 850d | £200,000,000 ceiling |
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
65100000 Water distribution and related services108 notices · 89%- Electricity distribution and related services 15 · 12m
- Meter reading service 15 · 12m
- Operation of water supplies 8 · 12m
- Water distribution 7 · 12m
- Electricity distribution 4 · 12m
- Gas distribution and related services 4 · 12m
- Operation of electrical installations 3 · 12m
- Operation of a water-purification plant 3 · 12m
- Gas distribution 1 · 12m
- Other sources of energy supplies and distribution 1 · 12m
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Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Local authorities33%(39 notices)
39 of 119 notices are Local authorities (33%).Other public bodies26%(31 notices)
31 of 119 notices are Other public bodies (26%).Central government24%(29 notices)
29 of 119 notices are Central government (24%).Education & universities5%(6 notices)
6 of 119 notices are Education & universities (5%).Police, fire & emergency4%(5 notices)
5 of 119 notices are Police, fire & emergency (4%).Not classified8%(9 notices)
9 of 119 notices are Not classified (8%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED | Other public bodies | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency | Central government | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| NORTHERN IRELAND WATER LIMITED | Central government | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Southern Water Services Limited | Other public bodies | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Swindon Borough Council | Local authorities | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Water | not classified | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED | Other public bodies | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Central government | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Anglian Water Services | Other public bodies | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| HM Land Registry | Central government | 2 | 1 | 0 |
79 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 81 of 122 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| South East England | — | — | — | |
| East Midlands | — | — | — | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | — | — | |
| Greater London | — | — | — | |
| North West England | — | — | — | |
| West Midlands | — | — | — | |
| South West England | — | — | — | |
| East of England | — | — | — | |
| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | — | — | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | — | |
| Northern Ireland | — | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract80%(97 notices)
97 of 122 notices are Contract (80%).Framework18%(22 notices)
22 of 122 notices are Framework (18%).Dynamic purchasing system2%(3 notices)
3 of 122 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (2%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Selective27%(33 notices)
33 of 122 notices are Selective (27%).Open24%(29 notices)
29 of 122 notices are Open (24%).Route not published23%(28 notices)
28 of 122 notices are Route not published (23%).Limited / restricted20%(25 notices)
25 of 122 notices are Limited / restricted (20%).Direct award6%(7 notices)
7 of 122 notices are Direct award (6%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold96%(22 notices)
22 of 23 notices are Above threshold (96%).Below threshold4%(1 notice)
1 of 23 notices is Below threshold (4%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (53) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid27%(3)
3 of 11 lots fall in 1 bid (27%).2–39%(1)
1 of 11 lots falls in 2–3 (9%).4–627%(3)
3 of 11 lots fall in 4–6 (27%).7 or more36%(4)
4 of 11 lots fall in 7 or more (36%).
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 11 lots from 9 competitions run by 9 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 6 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 5 from older notices (bids received, middle 8).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
23 of 49 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 4 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
29 SME bids out of 40, on 8 lots where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
4 of 33 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
2 of 53 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 6 lots from 6 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 85 awards to 40 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 53% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Water Plus Limited | 10 | 11 | 3 | 9 |
| Anglian Water Business (National) Limited (trading as Wave Utilities) | 8 | 10 | 3 | 7 |
| Business Stream | 6 | 10 | 2 | 6 |
| Scottish Water Business Stream | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| Castle Water Limited | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Advanced Demand Side Management Limited | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| ANGLIAN WATER BUSINESS (NATIONAL) LIMITED | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Northumbrian Water Limited | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 33 of 122 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in water distribution and related services
2 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Water and Wastewater Retail Services Dynamic Purchasing System | Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 23 Feb 2029 | 850d | £200,000,000 ceiling |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 6510. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 26 Oct 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.