Official UK procurement notice
CM3842 Technical Services and Assurance Framework
Authority: YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED (Public body)
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What is being bought7 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionYorkshire Water intends to establish a multi-supplier Framework Agreement for the provision of technical consultancy, engineering design, technical assurance, and specialist support services required to deliver its AMP8 investment programme (2025-2030).
The framework will provide a single commercial route to access a broad range of technical capabilities, supporting Yorkshire Water's Engineering, Asset Management and Commercial functions. It will replace existing Technical Services and Technical Assurance frameworks and ensure continuity, resilience and flexibility in securing specialist expertise.
The framework will include multiple Lots reflecting different categories of technical need, including project-level engineering support, independent technical assurance, complex multi-disciplinary design services, and strategic design capability development. Further detail on each Lot is provided in later sections of this notice and in the procurement documents.
- How the procedure runs: Yorkshire Water will run a multi-stage procurement using the competitive flexible procedure in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023. Stage 1 - Selection (SQ): Interested suppliers submit a Selection Questionnaire. Responses are assessed against defined pass/fail Selection Criteria to determine whether suppliers meet Yorkshire Water's minimum requirements. Yorkshire Water may conduct one or more rounds of Selection and reserves the right to shortlist suppliers progressing to subsequent stages. Stage 2 - Contractual Compliance: Shortlisted suppliers will be invited to review and, where permitted, comment on the Proposed Contract. Yorkshire Water will refine and finalise the contract terms during this stage. Only suppliers who accept the final contract terms will progress to the ITT stage. Stage 3 - Invitation to Tender (Quality & Commercial): Suppliers will submit detailed quality and commercial tenders, which will be evaluated in accordance with the award criteria set out in the ITT documentation. Following evaluation, Yorkshire Water will identify the most economically advantageous tenders and award places on the Technical Services and Assurance Framework. The procedure structure and indicative timelines are set out in the procurement documents.
CPV: Engineering services · Environmental services · Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Framework period
- 4 yrs · up to 6 yrs from 1 Jul 2026
Published description of the framework
The framework will operate on a multi-supplier basis, with Yorkshire Water awarding call-off contracts in accordance with the procedures set out in the Framework Agreement. Prices for call-offs will be determined using the rate cards and pricing schedules established at tender, with the ability to confirm or adjust pricing where permitted by the call-off process.
Call-off contracts may be awarded either directly, where the framework provides an objective method to identify the most suitable supplier for a defined requirement, or following a further competition among the suppliers appointed to the relevant Lot. Different Lots may use different allocation routes, including direct award, nomination routes or mini-competitions, depending on the nature of the work.
Yorkshire Water will apply the framework rules consistently to ensure transparency, fairness and proportionality in allocating work, while enabling flexibility to meet programme needs. The operation of the framework will be governed by the terms of the Framework Agreement and the procedures communicated during the procurement process.
Lots and requirements (7)Procurement structure
7 lots · 4 with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Technical Services (Minor Packages of Work)AwardedRenewalPublished value£12,700,000
This Lot covers the provision of project-level technical services to support Yorkshire Water's AMP8 investment programme. Services include engineering support, feasibility studies, options development, detailed design, and associated technical advisory tasks. Suppliers may also be required to provide CDM Principal Designer duties and other discipline-specific engineering support.
Work under this Lot will typically be delivered as small to medium-sized task orders. Multiple suppliers will be appointed to ensure flexibility and access to specialist capabilities across a range of engineering disciplines. The scope is intended to support both standalone tasks and short-duration assignments in line with Yorkshire Water's project requirements.
Lot #2Technical AssuranceAwardedRenewalPublished value£4,000,000
This Lot covers the provision of independent technical assurance services to support Yorkshire Water's engineering, programme and project governance needs. Services include independent design reviews, technical audits, readiness assessments, and other assurance activities required to confirm compliance with applicable standards, specifications, and regulatory expectations.
The Lot is structured to appoint a primary assurance provider, with a secondary supplier to provide resilience and surge capacity. The scope supports assurance across a range of asset types and project delivery stages.
Lot #3Health & Safety AssuranceCancelledRenewalLot estimate not published
H&S consultancy and assurance covering CDM compliance, site and system audits, HAZOP/HAZID and behavioural safety support. Suppliers will assess risk, advise on controls, and help drive continuous improvement in H&S performance.
Lot #4Environmental AssuranceCancelledRenewalLot estimate not published
Environmental consultancy and assurance services, including regulatory advice, permitting support, audits/monitoring, impact assessments and net-zero/sustainability guidance. Suppliers will help ensure compliance and improve environmental outcomes.
Lot #5Design Partner (Complex Project Delivery)AwardedRenewalPublished value£13,300,000
This Lot covers the delivery of multi-disciplinary design services for Yorkshire Water's larger or more complex projects. Suppliers will take responsibility for providing end-to-end design capability, from feasibility and option development through to detailed design and support to construction delivery.
Work is expected to be allocated through mini-competitions for defined programmes or significant design packages. The Lot is intended to secure design partners with the capability and capacity to support long-term strategic programmes and to ensure consistency, quality, and delivery performance across Yorkshire Water's major investment activities.
Lot #6Strategic Solutions PartnerCancelledRenewalLot estimate not published
Strategic Solutions Partner is needed to help address the varied delivery risks within Yorkshire Water's asset programme by providing strategic engineering consultancy, solution definition, and front end engineering design support. Example Services:
- Strategic design and programme planning
- Feasibility and optioneering studies
- Business case development (Gateways 0-3)
- Risk and value management support
- Rapid mobilisation for urgent or reactive works
Lot #7Technical Design PartnerAwardedRenewalPublished value£50,000,000
This Lot covers strategic technical design capability to support Yorkshire Water's long-term planning and programme development. Services include full design development, digital engineering support, maturity development for PR29 solutions, collaborative capability building, and provision of ongoing strategic design expertise.
The Lot is expected to appoint a single supplier (or consortium) able to supplement Yorkshire Water's internal capability and provide continuity, innovation, and technical leadership across multi-year programmes.
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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).
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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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 70%
- Commercial: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Commercial
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “CM3842 Technical Services and Assurance Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- 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
- 3 Oct 2025, 17:36 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Jun 2026, 15:51 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 31 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
CM3842- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-081698- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- How it runs
Yorkshire Water will run a multi-stage procurement using the competitive flexible procedure in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.
Stage 1 - Selection (SQ):
Interested suppliers submit a Selection Questionnaire. Responses are assessed against defined pass/fail Selection Criteria to determine whether suppliers meet Yorkshire Water's minimum requirements. Yorkshire Water may conduct one or more rounds of Selection and reserves the right to shortlist suppliers progressing to subsequent stages.
Stage 2 - Contractual Compliance:
Shortlisted suppliers will be invited to review and, where permitted, comment on the Proposed Contract. Yorkshire Water will refine and finalise the contract terms during this stage. Only suppliers who accept the final contract terms will progress to the ITT stage.
Stage 3 - Invitation to Tender (Quality & Commercial):
Suppliers will submit detailed quality and commercial tenders, which will be evaluated in accordance with the award criteria set out in the ITT documentation.
Following evaluation, Yorkshire Water will identify the most economically advantageous tenders and award places on the Technical Services and Assurance Framework.
The procedure structure and indicative timelines are set out in the procurement documents.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 12 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Appointment period ends
- 12 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders must be submitted electronically via SAP Ariba, Yorkshire Water's e-procurement portal s1-eu.ariba.com/Sourcing/Main/aw ↗... Suppliers will not be able to view or access the tender in SAP Ariba unless they have been invited by Yorkshire Water through the portal. Those who expressed interest through the UK3 Planned Procurement Notice have been invited to participate.
If you wish to participate but are not yet registered as a Yorkshire Water supplier, please email: ProfessionalServiceContracts@yorkshirewater.co.uk and include the full legal company name, and the email address you wish to register. You will then be issued with a registration request and an invitation to the tender via SAP Ariba.
If you are already registered as a Yorkshire Water supplier but have not received an invitation, please email ProfessionalServiceContracts@yorkshirewater.co.uk and include your ANID number, your full company name, and your registered Ariba email address, so that an invitation to the tender can be issued.
Tender submissions by email or post will not be accepted.
Timeline
3 Oct 2025 → 1 Jul 2026 · 9 dates- Planning notice published388 days ago3 Oct 2025, 17:36 BST
- Next notice expected339 days ago21 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published320 days ago10 Dec 2025, 17:02 GMT
- Admission / appointment period ends318 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown12 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected by209 days ago31 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent137 days ago12 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published136 days ago12 Jun 2026, 15:51 BST
- Standstill ends124 days ago24 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts118 days ago1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
8 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Oct 2025- Planned procurement notice published3 Oct 2025, 17:36 BSTUK3
- Planned procurement notice published31 Oct 2025, 14:33 GMTUK3
- Planned procurement notice published20 Nov 2025, 14:41 GMTUK3
- Tender notice published10 Dec 2025, 17:02 GMTUK4
- Published value published: £80,000,00010 Dec 2025, 17:02 GMT
- Status changed to active10 Dec 2025, 17:02 GMT
- Contract award notice published12 Jun 2026, 15:51 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected25 Jun 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-10: 1 release · 3 Oct 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 · Technical Services (Minor Packages of Work)1 award | |||
| AECOM LIMITED, ARCADIS CONSULTING (UK) LIMITED, Binnies UK Ltd, Egis Projects UK Ltd, Jeremy Benn Associates Ltd, OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED +3 more1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2030 · up to 30 Jun 2032Extensions: 1 year + 1 year extension possible | £12,700,000 | 12 Jun 2026standstill to 24 Jun 2026 | Standstill |
| Lot 2 · Technical Assurance1 award | |||
| Costain Limited, TUV Rheinland Industrial Services Limited1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2030 · up to 30 Jun 2032Extensions: 1 year + 1 year extension possible | £4,000,000 | 12 Jun 2026standstill to 24 Jun 2026 | Standstill |
| Lot 5 · Design Partner (Complex Project Delivery)1 award | |||
| AECOM LIMITED, Atkins Limited, Jacobs UK Ltd, Mott MacDonald, OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED, WSP UK Limited1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2030 · up to 30 Jun 2032Extensions: 1 year + 1 year extension possible | £13,300,000 | 12 Jun 2026standstill to 24 Jun 2026 | Standstill |
| Lot 7 · Technical Design Partner1 award | |||
| OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2030 · up to 30 Jun 2032Extensions: 1 year + 1 year extension possible | £50,000,000 | 12 Jun 2026standstill to 24 Jun 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
15 commercial parties on the notice- AECOM LIMITEDFramework contractor
- ARCADIS CONSULTING (UK) LIMITEDFramework contractor
- ATKINSRÉALIS UK LIMITEDFramework contractor
- BINNIES UK LIMITEDFramework contractor
- COSTAIN LIMITEDFramework contractor
- EGIS PROJECTS UK LTDFramework contractor
- JACOBS U.K. LIMITEDFramework contractor
- JEREMY BENN ASSOCIATES LIMITEDFramework contractor
- MOTT MACDONALD LIMITEDFramework contractor
- OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITEDFramework contractor
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- PELL FRISCHMANN CONSULTANTS LIMITEDFramework contractor
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- SWECO UK LIMITEDFramework contractor
- TUV RHEINLAND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LIMITEDFramework contractor
- WSP UK LIMITEDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (8)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
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- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
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- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender