Official UK procurement notice
Supply of Wastewater Sample Systems
Authority: United Utilities Water Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUnited Utilities require the standardisation of the final effluent monitoring stations as part of UU's Project Blueprint programme. Project Blueprint is UU's strategic standardisation programme, focused on creating and deploying standardised assets, systems and solutions across the business. By adopting an industrialised approach to the design, procurement and delivery of assets, Blueprint aims to reduce engineering and commercial effort, improve delivery efficiency, lower whole-life costs and carbon emissions, and enhance operational consistency. All wastewater treatment works require final effluent monitoring. As part of AMP8 we have a large number of sites picking up numeric and phosphorous consents for the first time. Due to these 'first time' and additional consent projects are also coupled with a need to replace/update existing sites monitoring equipment sample systems are required for wastewater. Scope; To provide packaged final effluent monitoring stations using UU Framework Instruments. Instruments/displays are required to be mounted within a GRP kiosk on a suitable backboard arrangement. Variants include but are not limited to; To cover 'standard' sanitary determinants using turbidity (BOD, COD, Suspended Solids) To cover Ammonia & pH To cover p-removal - phosphorous (P and Fe), with space to add pH as an option
CPV: Analysers · Analysis apparatus · Industrial process control equipment and remote-control equipment · Measuring instruments
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Open framework
- Call-offs
- every call-off is a further competition among the appointed suppliers
- Framework period
- 5 yrs · up to 10 yrs from 1 Aug 2027
Who may buy through it
The framework agreement may be available for use by United Utilities Water Limited and other affiliated entities. Details of eligible contracting authorities will be confirmed in the procurement documentation.
Published description of the framework
Details of the framework operation are currently being finalised however is likely to be a framework agreement. The procurement documents will provide further information on the proposed framework structure, duration, supplier appointment arrangements, and call-off procedures.
The lotProcurement structure
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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).
- “Supply of Wastewater Sample Systems” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: each call-off is a further competition, so the pricing contest starts after appointment.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How United Utilities Water Limited buys Detection and analysis apparatus (CPV 3843), and who usually turns up
United Utilities Water Limited’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Detection and analysis apparatus (CPV 3843) →
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1 bid0% / 6%
2–30% / 69%
4–678% / 25%
7+22% / 0%
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Lot #1CPV 38No real estimate
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1 bid8%
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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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- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- The framework agreement may be available for use by United Utilities Water Limited and other affiliated entities. Details of eligible contracting authorities will be confirmed in the procurement documentation.
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Sept 2026, 10:03 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Sept 2026, 10:03 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Jun 2027
- Authority reference
PRO005171- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-088976- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07760fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 31 May 2027, 16:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 17 May 2027, 00:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
21 Sept 2026 → 1 Aug 2027 · 6 dates- Planning notice published36 days ago21 Sept 2026, 10:03 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 98 days1 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification questions byin 202 days17 May 2027, 00:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsin 217 days · period end, not a bid countdown31 May 2027, 16:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 247 days30 Jun 2027, 23:59 BST
- Contract startsin 278 days1 Aug 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Planned procurement notice published21 Sept 2026, 10:03 BSTUK3
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender