Official UK procurement notice
Framework for Reedbed Refurbishment Services Pre Market Engagement
Authority: SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSevern Trent Water Limited (STW) intends to establish a multi-supplier framework agreement for the refurbishment of reedbed assets across its wastewater treatment portfolio.
The framework will support both planned and reactive interventions to restore treatment performance, extend asset life, and contribute to environmental and regulatory objectives.
STW is seeking to understand market appetite and capability in advance of finalising the procurement strategy. The scope and structure of the framework may therefore be refined following this engagement.
STW intends to establish a framework agreement for the delivery of reedbed refurbishment works.
The scope of services is expected to include, but is not limited to:
Reedbed refurbishment works, including desludging, media replacement, and replanting
Associated civil, mechanical, and hydraulic works
Site-specific technical assessment and development where required to support delivery
Adaptation of standardised designs to suit site conditions
Provision of efficient and repeatable delivery solutions across multiple sites
Optional maintenance and performance optimisation services (subject to confirmation)
STW will typically provide standardised designs and technical specifications. Suppliers will be expected to adapt these designs where necessary and ensure successful delivery and performance outcomes.
Approximately 60 reedbeds are anticipated to require refurbishment within the first two years, with a wider asset base of approximately 700 reedbeds across the portfolio.
The framework will support both planned programmes and reactive requirements.
STW is undertaking this procurement to establish a flexible, multi-supplier framework capable of delivering reedbed refurbishment works at scale across its asset base.
STW is particularly interested in understanding how suppliers can support efficient, repeatable delivery and consistent performance outcomes.
The scope and structure of the framework may be refined following this notice and subsequent market engagement.
Call-off contracts under the framework may be awarded via direct award and/or mini-competition.
CPV: Sewage-treatment plant construction work
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- “Framework for Reedbed Refurbishment Services Pre Market Engagement” 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 Construction works for plants, mining and manufacturing and for buildings relating to the oil and gas industry (CPV 4525), 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: Construction works for plants, mining and manufacturing and for buildings relating to the oil and gas industry (CPV 4525) →
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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.
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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
- 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
- 19 Jun 2026, 14:38 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Jun 2026, 14:38 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-058148- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b946Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
19 Jun 2026 → 4 Jan 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published130 days ago19 Jun 2026, 14:38 BST
- Market engagement88 days ago31 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
This Preliminary Market Engagement is for information gathering purposes only and does not constitute a commitment to undertake a procurement process. Participation in this exercise is entirely optional and will not be taken into account in any future procurement evaluation process.
Information gathered through this exercise will be used to inform STW's understanding of the market and to support the development of a potential future procurement approach and specification.
STW reserves the right to contact respondents to seek clarification or further information in relation to their responses and may invite selected suppliers to participate in follow-up discussions.
Organisations interested in participating are invited to complete the questionnaire available at the link below:
forms.cloud.microsoft/e/0MYZw5yzh4 ↗
The initial market engagement period will run until 31st July 2026. However, early responses are encouraged.
STW reserves the right to amend or withdraw this exercise at any time. The estimated contract dates are indicative only and may change when the tender notice will be released.
- Tender notice expected56 days ago1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 67 days4 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published19 Jun 2026, 14:38 BSTUK2
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender