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Published 19 Dec 2025, 09:22 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

GIS Platform Upgrade - Detailed Design Phase

Official notice

Authority: United Utilities Water Limited (Public body)

Direct awardUtilities
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
+6 moreEast Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Awarded value£3,200,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 19 Dec 2025no call for competition
Award (standstill) to ESRI (UK) Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The authority currently operates a Geographic Information System (GIS) based on ESRI software which is a mission critical system.

The authority intends to undertake an upgrade of it's ESRI GIS platform. ESRI retains exclusive intellectual property rights over ArcGIS Software.

Due to the scale, complexity and business criticality of the environment, specialist vendor level design and planning services are required in advance of implementation.

The scope of this contract is limited to the design and planning services to support the upgrade of the existing ESRI system.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West
72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
19 Dec 2025, 09:22 GMT
Last source update
9 Mar 2026, 17:44 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-021086
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f9dd Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

Single supplier - technical reasons

This authority intends to award this contract on a direct basis for the reasons of Single

Supplier - Schedule 5, paragraph 6.

c) Due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can

supply the goods, services or works required and

d) There are no reasonable alternatives

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

9 Mar 2026 → 19 Mar 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published231 days ago
    9 Mar 2026, 17:44 GMT
  2. Standstill ends221 days ago
    19 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Dec 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    19 Dec 2025, 09:22 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    9 Mar 2026, 17:44 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    20 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £3,200,0001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ESRI (UK) Limited6 Apr 2026 – 1 Jun 2027Options: Additional services if required to support the programme. The option to use change control if needed£3,200,00019 Dec 2025standstill to 19 Mar 2026Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED

Contracting authorityPrivate utility GB-COH: 02366678 · GB-PPON: PVVB-5589-BWHX Haweswater House, Lingley Green Avenue, Great Sankey, North West, WA5 3LPContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • ESRI (UK) LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 01288342GB-PPON: PMLQ-6842-CHYG Millennium House, 65 Walton Street, Aylesbury, South East, HP21 7QGContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender