Provision of Water and Wastewater Services

Official notice

Authority: Lancashire County Council (Local council)·On behalf of: SOCIAL VALUE PORTAL LTD

Services

Sectors: Public utilities (65) Delivery: North West (UKD4)

Planned pipeline value£24,520,000pipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 1 Nov 2025from the planned procurement notice

Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of water retail services for Lancashire County Council and Lancashire schools. The services cover all the customer facing services and act as a link to the regions water wholesaler. Services include billing, handling payments, reading meters, and customer services.

CPV: Water distribution and related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrs

Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2030 with extensions

Delivery: North West

Extensions: Extension options published

65100000 Water distribution and related services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 14 May 2025, 09:24 BST
Last source update: 14 May 2025, 09:24 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-021069
Latest notice: Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV): Water distribution and related services
Delivery area: North West (UKD4)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05129f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

14 May 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 3 dates

Planning notice published
14 May 2025, 09:24 BST
Tender notice expected361 days ago
1 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
Contract starts211 days ago
1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Pipeline notice published
14 May 2025, 09:24 BST
UK1

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 notice

Lancashire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PBBJ-2179-TNXM PO Box 100, County Hall, Preston, North West, PR1 0LDContact email

Other public bodies

SOCIAL VALUE PORTAL LTDProcuring entityEvaluation and ongoing contract management support for the social value deliverables under the future contract.GB-COH: 09197997GB-PPON: PQHH-4489-TLZM London, LondonContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender14 May 2025, 09:24 BST