Official UK procurement notice
Capital Programme Delivery Framework(s)
Authority: SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe intention of this procurement is to place several Framework(s), that will cover Capital Works across the geographical areas in which STW and HD operate, in England and Wales, for Lots covering Managed Service, Design & Build, and Directed Delivery.
See the following link for details on the forthcoming procurement issued by Severn Trent (copy and paste into your browser):
www.severntrent.com/media/news-releases/… ↗
Should the above link not work for any given applicant then please visit the Linked-In pages of Severn Trent Water Limited where the news release is also available.
As part of one or more of the lotting requirements, suppliers may be required to provide earlier design stages, in addition to detailed designs which are envisaged to form part of the lotting requirements. Further information will be provided at the PME day or at later stages of the process.
The contract start and end dates are as per those stated in this notice, and may be for up to 12 years.
All of the above is subject to change by STW and / or HD as required.
CPV: Building completion work · Building construction work · Construction machinery and equipment · Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork · Construction work for water projects · Cooling and ventilation equipment · Electrical installation work · Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting · Engineering works and construction works · Fencing, railing and safety equipment installation work · Hire of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment with operator · Installation services of communications equipment · +15 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 8 yrs · up to 12 yrs from 1 Apr 2028
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
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).
- “Capital Programme Delivery Framework(s)” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED buys Building construction work (CPV 4521), and who usually turns up
SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Building construction work (CPV 4521) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 146 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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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 bid0% / 3%
2–333% / 16%
4–644% / 27%
7+22% / 53%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 4521Published estimate£25bn
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 212 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid3%
2–316%
4–627%
7+53%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
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.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- 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.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Jul 2026, 17:42 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Jul 2026, 11:47 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-072107- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d705Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
29 Jul 2026 → 1 Apr 2028 · 4 dates- Planning notice published89 days ago29 Jul 2026, 17:42 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Market engagementin 34 days30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
(a) A supplier engagement is to be carried out, anticipated to be via a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) day, potentially supplemented through the use of questionnaires.
(b) The PME day is envisaged to be held in a UK central area (to be notified) on 29 September 2026, with the details being provided by separate communication to those registering an interest.
(c) Registration for the PME day shall be via the SAP Ariba portal. Please use the Microsoft Forms link in the documents section in the SAP Ariba portal. Link to SAP Ariba portal: portal.us.bn.cloud.ariba.com/dashboard/public/app… ↗
(d) Please note that the SAP Ariba portal will be utilised to publish any communications after the PME day for the remainder of the engagement period.
(e) The value of the Framework(s), although stated at £25bn is an estimation only, and subject to change as per the statement above.
(f) Any of the above is subject to change as required by STW and / or HD.
(1) All description, values, dates and timelines are indicative at this stage.
(2) This Notice is NOT a Call for Competition. Any further requirements for competition will be published on findatender.gov.
(3) No party will be prejudiced in the later stages of this procurement by their response or lack thereof to this Notice and response to this Notice is not a pre-requisite of the tender.
(4) STW and HD shall have no liability, in particular liability for costs, or responsibilities arising out of the Notice.
(5) The Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes chosen are those we consider to be most applicable, but these include sub-sets within that code and the codes specified are not exclusive.
- Tender notice expectedin 97 days1 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts1 Apr 2028, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Jul 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published29 Jul 2026, 17:42 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published30 Jul 2026, 11:47 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)
Email Address changed. All Communications to go via SAP Ariba Portal.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- HAFREN DYFRDWY CYFYNGEDIG ('HD')Contracting authorityPrivate utilityWelsh devolved regulations apply
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender