Awarded contract

Water Utilities

Details

Value
£1,958,000
Duration
3 years
Topic
Water distribution and related services
Published
5 August 2025

Tender description

Essex County Council has awarded a contract following a further competition conducted under the Crown Commercial Service RM6306 Water, Wastewater and Ancillary Services 3 Framework. The contract is for the provision of retail water supply and wastewater (sewerage) services, including associated ancillary services, across the Council's estate. This notice serves as formal notification of the contract award resulting from this procurement process.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published5 August 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date1 November 2025
  3. Next: Contract expiry date31 October 2028in 2 years

About the buyer

Essex County Council is a local authority that procures through three in-house teams, Corporate, Place and People. Larger opportunities are advertised through Open, the council's own tendering and contract management platform. Smaller and lower-value contract notices instead appear on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. The Place team commissions highways, waste, energy and transport work, including a dedicated Dynamic Purchasing System for bidders. Construction projects separately run through the Essex Construction Framework, a route for regional contractors. The People team commissions education, social care, adult support and public health services across the county.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Essex County Council's contract awards have been in IT services, construction work and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 65100000 · Water distribution and related services
  • 65500000 · Meter reading service

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