Official UK procurement notice
WINEP Peatland Requirements · UK public procurement notice
Authority: United Utilities Water Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUnited Utilities (UU) has several regulatory obligations across multiple work packages, including:
- Colour Investigations (Regulatory Date: March 2027)
- Net-Zero Enhancement (Peatland Restoration) (Regulatory Date: March 2030)
- WINEP Restoration Pipeline (Regulatory Date: March 2030)
- Hodder Stocks Colour Phase 2 (Regulatory Date: March 2030)
By awarding this contract to Lancashire County Council and Lancashire Wildlife Trust, United Utilities can leverage their existing landowner relationships, historic data already available, and seek out appropriate grant funding.
Award splits are as follows:
2 x Direct Awards with Lancashire Wildlife Trust (LWT) and Lancashire County Council (LCC)
LWT £1,183,886.19
LCC £1,064,716.98
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
- 14 Apr 2026, 08:33 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Apr 2026, 12:43 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-035166- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06817aFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
The requirement is a continuation of services that have already been delivered under partnership arrangements and re-tendering these services or appointing a new supplier would disrupt delivery and compromise the integrity of ongoing programmes.
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Apr 2026- Transparency notice published14 Apr 2026, 08:33 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published17 Apr 2026, 12:43 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected30 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE LANCASHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LTDVCSE30 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2030 | £1,200,000 | 14 Apr 2026 | Awarded |
| Lancashire County Council30 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2030 | £1,100,000 | 14 Apr 2026 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Lancashire County CouncilAwarded supplier
- THE LANCASHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender