Stale Pre-tender

Supply, Storage & Delivery

Details

Buyer: United Utilities Water Ltd
Value: £1,000,000
Topic: Drinking water
Published: 13 June 2025
Submission: 1 July 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

United Utilities must comply with Security & Emergency Measures Direction (SEMD), which is a statutory document produced under the provisions of Section 208 of the Water Industry Act 1991. Under SEMD measures, should the piped water supply fail, UU must plan to provide 10 litres of water per head of population within the first 24 hours and every 24-hour period thereafter until the piped water supply is restored. The volume to be supplied rises to 20 litres per head of populated per day after 5 days. There are also expectations around the provision of supplies to vulnerable sector groups which UU considers as Priority Services customers. We’re exploring supplier options for bottled water provision, PSR support, mass handouts, and tankering.

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published13 June 2025
Current notice

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

41110000 · Drinking water
65111000 · Drinking-water distribution
65130000 · Operation of water supplies

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@united-utilities-water-ltd.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@united-utilities-water-ltd.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@united-utilities-water-ltd.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@united-utilities-water-ltd.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@united-utilities-water-ltd.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@united-utilities-water-ltd.gov