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Awarded contract

Peatland Requirements (Cumbria)

Details

Buyer
United Utilities Water Ltd
Supplier(s)
CUMBRIA WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED
Value
£850,000
Duration
4 years
Topic
Environmental issues consultancy services
Published
16 April 2026
Source
uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

United Utilities (UU) has several regulatory obligations across multiple work packages, including: • Full peatland survey and resurvey programmes, including condition assessments and vegetation surveys. • Production of restoration plans, including scoping, mapping, prescriptions, phasing and cost estimation. • Planning, permissions and procurement, covering SSSI consents, landowner liaison, and contractor oversight. • Direct oversight of restoration work, including remedial works on sites previously restored by UU and partners. • Carbon assessments and Peatland Code calculations, supporting carbon accounting and investment readiness. • Specialist monitoring, including water table loggers, peat depth, surface flow, water storage, grazing impacts, and drone surveys. ## Contract award

Timeline

  1. Award date14 April 2026
  2. Award published16 April 2026
    Current notice
  3. Contract expiry date31 March 2030in 4 years

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

  • 90713000 · Environmental issues consultancy services

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