Official UK procurement notice
Trial of AquaAdvanced Urban Drainage
Authority: SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSevern Trent has a requirement for a solution to enable real-time control of wastewater networks to support our work on reducing spills. We have identified a single source solution that meets our requirements, we aim to trial this solution over a period of 12 months to test its efficiency and cost effectiveness to inform our future strategic approach.
This procurement activity will direct award a contract for a 12 month trial to Suez for the Aqua Advanced Urban Drainage system.
The value of the contract is £764,400 including VAT
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
- 26 Jun 2025, 08:50 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Jul 2025, 09:58 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-043013- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0553caFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Prototypes Development
- Published justification
In line with our commitment to reduce spills we must explore new and innovative ways to tackle this problem that also delivers value for money for our customers.
Severn Trent has identified a requirement for a solution to enable real-time control of wastewater networks to support our work on reducing spills.
The specific requirements are as follows:
- A system that can integrate to our IT architecture
- A system that can integrate with our hydraulic models
- Machine learning capability to run scenarios based on forecast conditions and provide control recommendations and automated update of set points/controls
- Must be able to run the trial in 2025 to be able to assess benefit of real time control vs traditional solutions
- Implementation and management from a single platform
- Must have proven case studies on waste networks
We have identified a single source solution that meets our requirements, we aim to trial this solution over a period of 12 months to test its efficiency and cost effectiveness to inform our future strategic approach.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
25 Jul 2025 → 6 Aug 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published25 Jul 2025, 09:58 BST
- Standstill ends6 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Jun 2025- Transparency notice published26 Jun 2025, 08:50 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published25 Jul 2025, 09:58 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected7 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suez Advanced Solutions UK LimitedTrial of Aqua Advanced Urban Drainage7 Aug 2025 – 6 Aug 2026 | £764,400 inc. VAT | 25 Jul 2025standstill to 6 Aug 2025 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SUEZ ADVANCED SOLUTIONS UK 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