Official UK procurement notice
Ordnance Survey Licences 2023
Authority: United Utilities Water Limited (Public body)
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Awarded value£510,056published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 Apr 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Landmark Information Group Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOrdnance Survey data is a functional component to UU. Our current agreement, awarded via Direct Award has been in place for 2 years since 2023. United Utilities leverages mapping technology extensively to manage and optimize our vast network of water and wastewater assets included but not limited to:
- Geographical Information system (GIS): used to consolidate asset records into a single database. This helps in tracking and managing over 76000km of sewers and 42000 of clean water pipe.
- Asset Mapping: Improved the tracking of transferred assets and better maintenance and proactive works
- Improved data quality: enhanced data and reduced customer service costs with the mapping technology
Using OS functions:
- OS MasterMap Topography
- OS AddressBase Premium
- OS MasterMap Highways Road
- Codepoint Polygons
- Terrain 5 Tiles
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- 11 Apr 2025, 11:26 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Apr 2025, 11:32 BST
- Authority reference
PRO004614- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-014532- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05013dFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
As well as the OS mapping technology, Landmark are providing an integrated automated service wrapper that if removed it would impact Accenture's support costs as there would be much more manual activity involved -This interoperability is the reason why we must direct award.
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Apr 2025- Transparency notice published11 Apr 2025, 11:26 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published11 Apr 2025, 11:32 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected11 Apr 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £510,0561 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landmark Information Group LtdPRO004614-Ordnance Survey Licences 202314 Apr 2025 – 1 Apr 2026 | £510,056 | 1 Apr 2025 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- LANDMARK INFORMATION GROUP LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender