Expired contract

Computer testing services

Details

Duration
7 years
Topic
Computer audit and testing services
Published
8 June 2017

Tender description

A fully outsourced, end-to-end managed testing service with the ability to support a number of IT methodologies including Waterfall, Agile and Dev Ops etc. A fully outsourced, end-to-end managed testing service with the ability to support a number of IT methodologies including Waterfall, Agile and Dev Ops etc.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date11 May 2017
  2. Completed: Award published8 June 2017
    Current notice
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date4 April 2024

About the buyer

United Utilities Water Ltd is the regulated water and wastewater utility for the North West of England, and buys through its own commercial department. Contract notices are advertised through the Central Digital Platform. Suppliers list themselves on the Achilles Utilities Vendor Database to be found for opportunities outside formal notices. Procurement runs under the Procurement Act 2023, the regime introduced in February 2025 for regulated utilities. Category managers within the commercial department oversee markets such as construction and engineering. Large infrastructure schemes, including the Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme, go to tender as multi-party contracts.

£434bn was the total UK public sector procurement spend in FY 2025/26.

Over the past 5 years, most of United Utilities Water Ltd's contract awards have been in architectural and engineering services, IT services and waste, cleaning and environmental services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 72800000 · Computer audit and testing services
  • 72820000 · Computer testing services

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