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Published 21 Oct 2025, 16:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Water Hygiene Maintenance Services

Official notice

Authority: Buckingham Palace (Public body)

ServicesAbove threshold
Planned pipeline value£1,300,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 3 Nov 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 5 Apr 2029 · up to 5 Apr 2031 with extensions · starts 6 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Summary of Contract Scope for Water Hygiene Services

The contract shall contain a number of sites across London & Windsor.

Applicants must be technically able to deliver against the contract scope as follows:

a. Planned maintenance according to the water risk assessment written schemes across all sites.

b. Reactive water hygiene remedials arising from water sampling results across all sites detailed above.

c. Routine maintenance of plant equipment, including magnetic filters, Orca copper silver systems, water softeners, ENWA filtration units, and swimming pools.

d. Improvement, corrections and adjustments to water systems, as recommended under the risk assessment.

e. Additional plumbing works, as agreed.

f. Additional water hygiene sampling and other services, as agreed.

g. Receive, update, and close out work using the RHPS CAFM system.

h. Performance of all maintenance services in accordance with regulatory requirements and recommendations (e.g. O&M manuals and manufacturer’s recommendations), as appropriate to each Royal Household Property.

i.Maintain industry standards and best practice maintenance and operation throughout the Royal Household Estates.

j.Undertake full safety checks on all relevant systems, plant and equipment to ensure full compliance with European and British Standards, Building and Fire Safety Regulations, other statutory and legislative minimum standards, the requirements of the RHPS, and any other relevant technical publications.

k.Perform asset list validation and asset tagging of water system assets in the first 90 days of the contract via the RHPS CAFM system. This includes updating relevant schematics and drawings to reflect updates / changes.

l.Record and publish findings in regular service reports, including identifying low-use outlets, vacant properties and out of bounds / construction areas that could pose increased risk to water hygiene.

m.Maintain all systems appropriate to the operating parameters of the Royal Household Property and assets.

n.Provide training tools and materials to RHPS personnel, including for flushing and other agreed activities.

o.Endeavour to prolong system life and recommend to the RHPS any variations to system requirements, that would reflect improved value for money. The first report will be six (6) months post the commencement date of the contract.

p.Identify to the RHPS team energy and water optimization and reduced utility consumption opportunities. The first report will be six (6) months post the commencement date of the contract.

q.Identify potential system risks, and suggest innovative improvements or solutions.

r.Propose improved control mechanisms and additional equipment to improve the systems.

s.Identify opportunities to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions.

t.Maintain all work areas in a clean, tidy and safe condition free from oil, grease, dust, debris, foreign objects, inappropriate storage and rubbish which will include keeping all work areas in an orderly state.

u.Regular reporting to the RHPS, where the contract will be reviewed against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

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CPV: Consulting services for water-supply and waste-water other than for construction · Installation services of machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying water · Repair and maintenance services of water meters · Water plumbing work · Water softening services · Water-treatment work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

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
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
21 Oct 2025, 16:05 BST
Last source update
21 Oct 2025, 16:05 BST
Authority reference
0046_PPTO
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-067207
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Consulting services for water-supply and waste-water other than for constructionInstallation services of machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying waterRepair and maintenance services of water metersWater plumbing workWater softening servicesWater-treatment work
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d0f9 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

21 Oct 2025 → 6 Apr 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published371 days ago
    21 Oct 2025, 16:05 BST
  2. Tender notice expected357 days ago
    3 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  3. Market engagement357 days ago
    3 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT

    The Royal Household will be hosting a brief, virtual session which is aimed to introduce the project & invite suggestions for innovation & improvement. This session is scheduled for Monday 3rd November, time TBC, please contact procurement@royal.uk for the invitation.

  4. Contract starts204 days ago
    6 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    21 Oct 2025, 16:05 BST
    UK2

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

The Royal Household

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PGLT-2499-PJTM Royal Household Procurement Team, Buckingham Palace, London, London, SW1A 1AAContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure