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NEW WORKSTREAM — DATA & DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
AI growth zones and hyperscale data centres are creating a new water sector procurement category. The same contractors delivering AMP8 civils and MEICA have the skills — watch this space for the first procurement notices.
Business Management Consultancy Framework (5 Lots)
✓ Awarded
🏢 Southern Water💰 £65,300,000📅 Awarded July 2026📁 Consultancy & Survey · Business Management · 5 Lots · South East
Southern Water has appointed 35 firms across 5 lots on its new Business Management Consultancy Framework, worth £65.3m — covering regulatory advice, regulatory economic advisory and related professional services. Named appointees include WSP, Mott MacDonald, AECOM, Arcadis, AtkinsRéalis, Stantec, PA Consulting, Baringa, PricewaterhouseCoopers, CEPA, Oxera and Turner & Townsend, plus 23 further firms. A large multi-supplier panel appointment — worth checking your own listing status if you hold, or are chasing, business consultancy work with Southern Water.
ConsultancyBusiness Management5 LotsSouthern Water
🏢 Severn Trent Water💰 £24,000,000 inc. VAT📅 Awarded 31 July 2026📁 Consultancy & Survey · Innovation · AMP8
Severn Trent has awarded nine contracts under its AMP8 Innovation Strategic Partnerships Framework, worth an estimated £24m including VAT. Named suppliers were not disclosed in the published source — check WaterBriefing's contract listing directly for the current supplier list. A reminder that innovation and R&D-focused partnership frameworks are a growing procurement category alongside traditional civils and MEICA lots.
🏢 United Utilities💰 £1,500,000 inc. VAT📅 Awarded 22 July 2026📁 MEICA · Bioresources · AMP8
United Utilities has awarded a £1.5m AMP8 contract for lithium trace testing of anaerobic digesters — supporting asset condition monitoring across its bioresources treatment sites. Supplier not named in the published source.
🏢 United Utilities📅 Awarded July 2026📁 Civil Engineering · Storm Overflows · Better Rivers · North West
Barhale has won United Utilities' Better Rivers project at Stockport, delivering a storm overflow detention tank at Micker Brook, Bramhall — part of United Utilities' wider storm overflow reduction programme under AMP8.
Storm OverflowsBetter RiversBarhaleNorth West
🏆 Awarded To
Barhale
Source: BDC Magazine · July 2026
Managed Service Provider — Capital & Responsive Maintenance (Water, Wastewater, Bioresources)
✓ Awarded — 3-yr Extension
🏢 United Utilities💰 ~£200,000,000 (analyst estimate)📅 Announced 15 July 2026 · Extension takes deal to full 10-year term📁 Civil Engineering · Managed Services · North West
Costain has been granted a three-year extension to its managed service contract with United Utilities, covering capital maintenance and responsive maintenance across water, wastewater and bioresources operations in the North West — taking the partnership to its full ten-year term through the rest of AMP8. The contract has supported over 900 capital maintenance projects and around 9,000 responsive maintenance activities to date.
Managed ServicesCapital MaintenanceCostainNorth West
🏆 Awarded To
Costain
Source: New Civil Engineer / Construction News · 15 July 2026
Hampshire Water Transfer & Water Recycling Project — BNG & Nutrient Neutrality Credits
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🏢 Southern Water💰 c. £1,600,000📅 Contract signing 16 July 2026📁 Environmental · Biodiversity Net Gain · Nutrient Neutrality
Southern Water has awarded a direct contract to Wild Capital 1 Ltd — the only national developer of high-integrity Biodiversity Net Gain offset units and Nutrient Neutrality credits — to meet Habitats Regulations requirements for the c.£1.3bn Hampshire Water Transfer & Water Recycling Project, developed jointly with Portsmouth Water. Award made on grounds of extreme and unavoidable urgency. Another sign of BNG/Nutrient Neutrality specialists becoming a fixture on major AMP8 infrastructure schemes.
BNGNutrient NeutralityHampshireWater Recycling
🏆 Awarded To
Wild Capital 1 Ltd
Source: WaterBriefing · 16 July 2026
Maintenance & Support — Thickening & Dewatering Assets
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🏢 Yorkshire Water💰 c. £3,500,000📅 Award decision 7 Jul 2026 · Signing 15 Aug 2026📁 MEICA · Bioresources · Process & Pumping · Clean Water
Yorkshire Water has awarded a structured, multi-supplier AMP8 maintenance and support contract for its thickening and dewatering assets, spanning Bioresources, Process & Pumping and Clean Water sites. Scope covers preventative and reactive maintenance, asset inspections, critical spares and hire cover for centrifuges, thickeners, belt presses, plate presses and gravity belt thickeners — including a fixed-fee "Total Care Package" service model for high-priority sites.
MEICAThickening & DewateringBioresourcesYorkshire
Source: WaterBriefing · 7 July 2026
Plant Servicing, Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (SIMAR)
The Environment Agency has awarded a c.£56m contract for servicing, inspection, maintenance and repair (SIMAR) of plant assets — largely flood risk management infrastructure including pumps, generators and mechanical/electrical plant. A reminder that EA flood infrastructure spend runs in parallel to AMP8 and is a live source of MEICA and plant maintenance work adjacent to the water company programmes.
🏢 Portsmouth Water📅 Awarded June 2026 · Running to 2031 (+5yr option to 2036)📁 IT & Digital · Telephony · Business Resilience
Portsmouth Water has awarded its AMP8 Telephony and Resilience Framework to Vysiion, covering telephony infrastructure and business continuity/resilience services through to 2031, with an option to extend to 2036. A reminder that smaller water companies are still actively procuring specialist AMP8 framework lots — good territory for SME and niche suppliers.
TelephonyResilienceFrameworkPortsmouth
🏆 Awarded To
Vysiion
Source: Water Magazine · 12 June 2026
AI Services Framework — 5 Year
✓ Awarded
🏢 Yorkshire Water💰 £32,000,000📅 5-year framework · 2026–2031📁 AI · Data & Digital · Asset Performance
Jacobs has been appointed to Yorkshire Water's £32m AI services framework — a five-year arrangement to co-develop scalable AI and data solutions covering asset performance, operational efficiency and decision-making across Yorkshire Water's £8.3bn AMP8 investment programme. Yorkshire Water's shift from AI pilots to operational deployment signals growing demand for digital delivery partners across the AMP8 period.
AIDigitalDataAsset PerformanceYorkshire
Source: AMP8 Briefing Issue #7 · 29 June 2026
Greenwich Trunk Main — Final Phase (1km ductile iron pipeline)
✓ Awarded
🏢 Thames Water💰 £17,000,000 (programme total)📅 Commissioning expected May 2027📁 Civil Engineering · Pipeline · Water Infrastructure
Barhale awarded the final phase of the £17m Greenwich Trunk Main programme — installing the last kilometre of ductile iron pipeline to serve the growing Greenwich Peninsula. Commissioning expected May 2027. Notable for the use of ice-pigging during commissioning, saving approximately 1.8 million litres of water vs conventional flushing — a benchmark for water-efficient commissioning practice on AMP8 schemes.
Civil EngineeringPipelineBarhaleThames
Source: AMP8 Briefing Issue #7 · 29 June 2026
Design & Build — Springhill SRE No.3 Service Reservoir, Scarborough
✅ Awarded
🏢 Yorkshire Water🏗️ ████████████🔒 Members only💰 ██████📅 4-year programme · Construction start 2027📁 Civil Engineering · Reservoirs · Water Infrastructure
17.3 million litre twin-compartment reinforced concrete service reservoir replacing 93-year-old SRE No.1. Scope includes inlet, outlet and overflow pipelines plus pumping infrastructure. Off-site precast fabrication specified. Awarded via Yorkshire Water's £850m Complex Non-Infrastructure (CNI) Framework.
🏢 Yorkshire Water Services Limited💰 £80,000,000 (up to)📍 Yorkshire📅 Contract 1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2030 (+2yr option)
Yorkshire Water has appointed 15 consultancy and engineering firms across four lots to its Technical Services and Assurance Framework, providing feasibility, options development, detailed design and assurance support for its £8.3bn AMP8 investment programme. Lot 1 (project-level technical services), worth £12.7m, was awarded to nine suppliers.
🏢 Severn Trent Water💰 £9,500,000📍 Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire📅 Awarded June 2026 · Completion early 2028
Barhale has been appointed to deliver additional stormwater storage and upgraded pumping capacity at Silverdale, reducing intermittent discharges from the combined sewer network. Scope includes a 10.5m diameter, 16m deep shaft providing 770m³ of storage, a new pumping station and full MEICA works. Part of Severn Trent's wider WINEP programme across Stoke, alongside similar shafts at Etruria Vale and Lower Oxford Road.
Source: WaterBriefing / New Civil Engineer · 23–25 June 2026
Digital Contingent Labour — First AMP8 Framework Call-Off
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🏢 Thames Water📍 London & Thames Valley📅 Award decision 18 Jun 2026 · Signing from 30 Jun 2026
Thames Water has awarded its first call-off contract under the wide-ranging AMP8 Digital Contingent Labour framework, to change and transformation consultancy North Highland. Signals the start of active call-off activity under the framework — worth monitoring for further contingent labour and digital transformation opportunities.
🏢 South West Water💰 c. £140,000,000📍 South West England📅 Extended to March 2028
South West Water has extended its Network Services Alliance contract with Kier by c.£140m, making Kier sole contractor for repair and maintenance, leakage activity, network reliability schemes, metering and developer services. Continues a 20+ year relationship; Kier delivered 25,000+ repair and maintenance jobs and 32,000+ metering activities in the last year. Builds on Kier's AMP8 footprint across Anglian, Severn Trent, Southern, Thames, United Utilities and Yorkshire Water.
NetworksLeakageMeteringDeveloper ServicesSouth West
🏆 Awarded To
Kier Group
Source: WaterBriefing / Kier Group RNS · 12 June 2026
Services Framework — Odour Control Unit Routine Sampling
✓ Awarded
🏢 United Utilities Water Limited💰 £3,000,000📍 North West (England)📅 Published 1 July 2026
United Utilities has appointed framework suppliers to provide 6-monthly routine, MCERTS-compliant odour monitoring across Industrial Emissions Directive permitted wastewater sites. Odour Control Units (OCUs) are part of UU's AMP8 and AMP9 capital programme. Two suppliers appointed to the framework.
EnvironmentalOdour ControlFrameworkAMP8North West
🏆 Awarded To
Element Materials Technology Environmental UK Ltd & Olfasense UK Ltd
Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) — AMP8
✓ Awarded
🏢 Northumbrian Water Limited💰 £6,840,000 (2 lots)📍 North East England · East Anglia · Essex📅 Published 26 June 2026
Northumbrian Water has awarded BNG contracts covering its Northumbrian Water (70%) and Essex & Suffolk Water (30%) operating areas. Scope covers hedgerow, water course and habitat units across AMP8 capital delivery sites. Multiple suppliers appointed across two lots.
BiodiversityBNGEnvironmentalAMP8North East
🏆 Awarded To
EBL HB Ltd · Wild Capital 1 Ltd · Plantlife International · Northumberland Wildlife Trust · Middlemarch Environmental · Advance Northumberland · Natural Asset Partners · George Thompson (Great Oakley) Ltd · Braxted Park Farms
Andover Link Main — Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)
✓ Awarded
🏢 Southern Water Services Limited💰 £2,058,253📍 United Kingdom📅 Published 26 June 2026
Southern Water has awarded BNG credits contract for its 22.8km Andover Link Main project — a new underground water main linking Crab Wood Water Service Reservoir to other Southern Water sites. BNG covers hedgerow, watercourse and area habitats totalling 69.60 units across the project corridor.
BiodiversityBNGInfrastructurePipelineSouthern
🏆 Awarded To
Wild Capital 1 Ltd
Energy & Gas Framework — All Lots Awarded
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Northumbrian Water has completed award of all lots in its £780m AMP8 energy and gas framework — the largest energy procurement exercise in the sector this AMP. Framework covers electricity supply, gas supply and associated energy management services across NWG's operational sites in the North East and Essex & Suffolk. Final lot awarded May 2026.
EnergyGasUtilitiesFramework
Contingent Labour Services — AMP8
✓ Awarded
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Yorkshire Water has awarded a £50m contract for contingent labour services to support AMP8 delivery. Contract runs from 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2029, with a possible extension to May 2030. Covers temporary and contract workforce requirements across Yorkshire Water's capital and operational programmes. Named award — Silver members can see who won.
LabourResourcesWorkforceAMP8
Supply of Precast Concrete Tank Panels — AMP8
✓ Awarded
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Severn Trent has awarded a £6m AMP8 contract for supply of precast concrete tank panels — used in storm storage tank construction across the Midlands as part of the £12bn national storm overflow investment programme. Named supplier available to Silver members. Signals Severn Trent's accelerating pace of storm tank construction in AMP8 Year 1.
Precast ConcreteProductsStorm TanksCivilAMP8
Legal Services Panel — 4 Lot Framework
✓ Awarded
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Multi-lot legal services framework covering main panel, business services, insurance & commercial litigation, and corporate legal. Covers the full Severn Trent plc group including regulated and non-regulated entities and Hafren Dyfrdwy.
Source: Find a Tender · 2025/S 000-009291View notice →
Insurance Claims Handling & Remediation Services
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Third party administrator (TPA) claims handling, drying & restoration, and property reinstatement following water-related incidents at customer properties across the Severn Trent and Hafren Dyfrdwy regions.
Independent operational audit and assurance for United Utilities' regulated business. Ongoing performance verification and regulatory reporting assurance to support Ofwat compliance.
Source: Find a Tender · 2025/S 000-074134View notice →
Fleet Management & Telematics Services
✓ Awarded
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Full fleet management including vehicle funding, SMR, driver risk management, accident management, rental management, telematics units — covering Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and Isle of Wight.
Source: Find a Tender · 2025/S 000-023217View notice →
Supply & Delivery of Powder Activated Carbon
✓ Awarded
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Single-supplier framework for powder activated carbon supply and delivery. 8-year framework. Five firms tendered. Procurement managed through the water company's e-procurement portal.
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Multiple lot chemical supply contracts covering coagulants, flocculants, disinfection chemicals, activated carbon and water treatment compounds for NI Water's treatment network across Northern Ireland.
🏢 Yorkshire Water💰 c. £17,200,000📅 Enquiries deadline 4:00pm 21 August 2026📁 Civil Engineering · Water Mains · Sheffield · AMP8
Yorkshire Water has gone to market for an AMP8 water mains pipeline renewal contract in Sheffield worth around £17.2m — a straightforward civils and network renewal opportunity for contractors with UK water mains replacement experience and a South Yorkshire presence.
Ofwat is procuring an Independent Monitor to oversee Thames Water — a regulatory assurance appointment rather than a delivery contract, but a reminder that audit, assurance and monitoring specialists have a live procurement route into the sector alongside the usual civils and MEICA work.
A companion procurement to the Thames Water Independent Monitor contract above — Ofwat is separately appointing an Independent Monitor for South East Water, worth £6m. Same enquiries deadline; same audit/assurance specialist audience.
Independent MonitorRegulatoryAuditSouth East Water
Source: WaterBriefing · August 2026
Supply, Installation and Maintenance of EV Charging Infrastructure
📩 Tender Open
🏢 Scottish Water💰 £12,000,000 excl. VAT📅 Published 6 Aug 2026 · Submissions close 7 Sept 2026, 12:00pm📁 Electrical Installation · EV Charging · Net Zero · Scotland-wide
Scottish Water has gone to market for a single contractor to deliver a fully managed, end-to-end EV charging service across its entire Scottish estate — supply and installation of AC/DC charging equipment, civil and electrical works, commissioning, testing and certification, plus ongoing planned and reactive maintenance. Framework agreement with a single operator, 96-month (8-year) term, no renewal option. Contractor must demonstrate capability as Principal Contractor/Designer under CDM, hold SELECT (or equivalent) membership, and comply with BS 7671 18th Edition. Procedure: negotiated with prior call for competition. Relevant beyond the usual civils suppliers — a strong fit for EV infrastructure specialists and electrical contractors doing fleet decarbonisation work.
EV ChargingElectricalNet ZeroFleetScotland
Source: Find a Tender (2026/S 000-074824) · 6 August 2026 · View notice →
Leakage Management System — Managed Service Provider
📩 Tender Open
🏢 Northern Ireland Water💰 £10,000,000 excl. VAT (£12,000,000 incl. VAT)📅 Published 5 Aug 2026 · Submissions close 22 Sept 2026, 12:00pm · Award est. 10 Feb 2027📁 IT Services · SaaS · Leakage Management · Managed Service · Northern Ireland
NI Water is procuring a Managed Service Provider to run, licence, support and maintain its Leakage Management System (LMS) — the browser-based SaaS platform used to quantify and report leakage, support operational decision-making, and integrate data from network, metering, billing and field systems. Base term is 4 years (Feb 2027 – Feb 2031), with possible extensions taking the contract to 13 years total. Award criteria: 70% Quality, 30% Price. Procedure: competitive flexible, utilities regime; pre-market engagement already held in July 2026. A software/SaaS-led tender rather than the usual civils scope — worth flagging to water sector data platform and managed IT specialists.
Source: Find a Tender (2026/S 000-074371) · 5 August 2026 · View notice →
Cwm Taf Water Supply Strategy — Direct Procurement for Customers (DPC)
📋 Market Engagement
🏢 Welsh Water (Dŵr Cymru)💰 £556,000,000 excl. VAT📅 Published 24 July 2026 · Register interest by 10 August 2026📁 Civil Engineering · Water Treatment · DPC · South Wales
Welsh Water has published a preliminary market engagement notice for the £556m Cwm Taf Water Supply Strategy — a two-site DPC-designated scheme comprising a new water treatment works at Dan-y-Castell Farm near Merthyr Tydfil (£362m excl. VAT) and an upgrade to Llwyn-onn WTW within Bannau Brycheiniog National Park (£194m excl. VAT). Scope includes Design, Build and Finance. CAP contract award anticipated late 2028; 30-year contract term to 2058. In-person market engagement events in Cardiff (8 Sept 2026) and London (9 Sept 2026). This is not a call for competition — register interest by emailing CwmTafScheme@dwrcymru.com. Still open — just over a week left to register.
DPCWater TreatmentCivil EngineeringSouth WalesDesign Build FinanceWelsh Water
Source: Find a Tender (2026/S 000-070264) · 24 July 2026 · View notice →
🏢 Severn Trent Water💰 Up to £25,000,000,000 over 8–15 years📅 Pre-market engagement announced 20 Jul 2026 · Updated 31 Jul 2026 · Formal procurement expected early 2027📁 Civil Engineering · Capital Delivery · Design Services · Midlands
Severn Trent is preparing to launch a new generation of capital delivery frameworks worth up to £25bn over the next 8–15 years across the Midlands, spanning AMP9, AMP10 and AMP11. A parallel Design Services tender will run alongside the main capital delivery framework procurement. UK2 market engagement notices — including details of a dedicated market engagement day — are due to be issued shortly. Severn Trent says the majority of AMP8 work will continue with incumbent partners during the transition, but this is the first real signal of how AMP9-onwards capital delivery panels will be structured. Suppliers should register interest now ahead of the formal market engagement day.
Capital DeliveryAMP9AMP10AMP11Design ServicesSevern Trent
🏢 Southern Water📅 Engagement deadline 25 September 2026 · Est. contract start 18 Dec 2026📁 Civil Engineering · Reservoir Maintenance · Kent & Sussex & Hampshire
Southern Water has published a preliminary market engagement notice covering reservoir planned and reactive maintenance, structural repairs, pipework renewals, membrane installations and asset upgrades. Scope also includes emergency response, isolation planning and Regulation 31 potable water standards compliance. Contract runs an estimated 18 December 2026 to 18 December 2030 (+4yr option). Suppliers must first register on Southern Water's Jaggaer/BravoSolution sourcing portal to take part — a one-off registration step.
ReservoirMaintenanceCivil EngineeringSouthern Water
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Major Infrastructure Planning & Consents, Support and Advisory Services Framework (5 Lots)
⏳ Award Decision ~21 Aug 2026
🏢 Anglian Water Services💰 £83,000,000 – £99,000,000 incl. VAT📅 RTP closed 22 Apr 2026 · Award decision est. 21 Aug 2026 · Contracts start Sep–Oct 2026📁 Consultancy & Survey · Planning & Consenting · DCO · Environmental · 5 Lots
Anglian Water is establishing an 8-year framework (up to 21 suppliers) for planning and consenting support across its major infrastructure programme — covering Strategic Consenting Advisory (Lot 1, £13.8–17.2m), Consenting Leadership & DCO Application Management (Lot 2, £35–44m), Environmental Services (Lot 3, £1.6–2m), Stakeholder & Consultation Support (Lot 4, £13.4–16.7m) and Land & Property Advisory (Lot 5, £16–20m). Directly tied to Anglian's desalination, reservoir and Strategic Pipeline Alliance programme, which needs DCO consenting support at scale. The competitive window has closed, but the award decision (est. 21 August 2026) is worth watching for named suppliers and as a signal of where planning/consenting subcontracting work will flow once the framework is live.
Planning & ConsentingDCOEnvironmental5 LotsEast of England
Source: Find a Tender (2026/S 000-014930) · last edited 18 Feb 2026 · View notice →
Major Projects Framework — Coastal Water Improvement & Reservoir Upgrades
⏳ Award Expected July 2026
🏢 Anglian Water📅 Award expected July 2026📁 Civil Engineering · Coastal · Reservoirs · Major Projects
Anglian Water's Major Projects Framework — covering coastal water improvement schemes and reservoir upgrades tied to its AMP8 major infrastructure programme — is expected to reach award stage in July 2026. Worth watching alongside Anglian's parallel Grounds Investigation Framework and Fens Reservoir SIPR activity as a further entry point for major civils and infrastructure contractors into the region's investment pipeline.
Major ProjectsCoastalReservoirsAnglian
Source: Industry monitoring · July 2026 — award date not yet confirmed, check Find a Tender for formal notice
🏢 Anglian Water💰 c£35,445,420 incl. VAT📅 Formal tender notice est. 11 Aug · RTP deadline 11:59pm 12 Aug 2026 · Award est. 18 Dec 2026📁 Ground Investigation · Geotechnical · Major Infrastructure · 5 Lots
Anglian Water is flagging advance procurement of its AMP8 Grounds Investigation (GI) Framework across 5 lots. Lot 1 (£18.9m) & Lot 2 (£6.3m) cover GI Works and Services for major infrastructure: 2 reservoir sites (Fens and Lincolnshire), 4 desalination plants, Advanced Water Recycling Centre in Colchester, and the Strategic Pipeline Alliance. Lots 3–5 cover smaller-scale works and groundwater investigation typically below £100k per call-off — potentially suitable for SMEs and micro entities. Scope includes drilling, boring, sampling, geophysical testing, instrumentation, in-situ testing, lab testing and GI reporting. Contract: January 2027 – January 2032, extendable to January 2035. Suppliers can express interest now via the contacts below ahead of the formal SAP Ariba tender notice on ~11 August.
Ground InvestigationGeotechnical5 LotsReservoirsDesalinationEast of England
Fens Reservoir — SIPR Main Works Contracts (Market Launch Held)
⏳ Pre-Procurement
🏢 Anglian Water Services (with Cambridge Water)📅 Market Launch Event held 29 Jun 2026 · Contract dates est. 2031–2038📁 Civil Engineering · Reservoirs · NSIP · SIPR
Anglian Water held its SRO Fens Reservoir Market Launch Event on 29 June 2026, formally opening market engagement for the Main Works Contracts on this Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project. Delivered under the Specified Infrastructure Project Regulations (SIPR) model, the programme covers abstraction intakes, inter-catchment INNS treatment, the reservoir embankment, a water treatment works and pipeline transfers to Anglian Water and Cambridge Water. Procurement strategy for Main Works Contracts — including packaging and Early Contractor Involvement approach — is still being refined; formal tender launch expected to follow further market engagement. Suppliers should register interest directly with Anglian Water's reservoirs market engagement team.
ReservoirsNSIPSIPRCivil EngineeringEast of England
Source: Find a Tender · 2026/S 000-050532 · 28 May 2026View notice →
🏢 Southern Water📅 Engagement closes 14 Aug 2026 · Tender notice est. 17 Aug 2026
Southern Water has opened market engagement ahead of procurement covering its 200+ non-concrete tank systems used for drinking water, wastewater, process water, industrial effluent, anaerobic digestion/biogas and bulk solids storage. Estimated contract term 30 April 2027 – 29 April 2031 (+4yr option). Suppliers must register on Southern Water's Jaggaer sourcing portal to take part.
February 2028 to December 2041 — 13 years 10 months, with possible extension to 2041
End-to-end water and wastewater services including operation and maintenance of MOD's private water network across ~900 UK military sites. Single national Managed Service Provider (MSP) model. Replaces the expiring Aquatrine PFI contracts (expiring 2028 and 2030).
Preliminary market engagement published April 2025 (ref: 2025/S 000-015196). Industry Day held October 2025 at Villa Park, Birmingham. Full ITT expected to launch 2026.
The MSP will require a substantial supply chain for civil works, MEICA, smart metering, asset management and environmental compliance across 900 sites nationwide. Water sector contractors with defence clearance or willingness to obtain it should engage now.
Mechanical Services Framework — AMP8
⏳ Tendering
United Utilities
AMP8 Live TenderMechanical / MEICA
£57.6m
AMP8 duration
£57,835+,000
Mechanical engineering services framework for AMP8 capital delivery across United Utilities operational network
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N2O Monitoring & Reduction — Managed Service
⏳ Supply Chain Engagement
Yorkshire Water
Market Engagement June 2026Environmental / Net Zero
TBC
AMP8 Net Zero programme
Yorkshire Water seeking supply chain input on potential procurement of N2O (nitrous oxide) monitoring and reduction managed service — June 2026
N2O is a potent greenhouse gas (265x CO2 equivalent) produced during biological nitrogen removal at wastewater treatment works. Reducing N2O is critical to AMP8 net zero targets — sector-wide 2030 commitment.
Real-time N2O sensors at STWs, data collection and reporting, process optimisation to reduce emissions, managed service model
Unisense Environment (N2O sensors already in directory), process technology providers, environmental monitoring specialists
N2O from biological treatment is one of the water sector's hardest-to-abate emissions — cannot be solved by solar panels alone. Severn Trent trialling solutions at Strongford Net Zero Hub. Yorkshire Water is next to move to procurement stage.
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Rainwater Management — SuDS Delivery Framework
⏳ Market Engagement — Closes 28 Aug 2026
🏢 United Utilities💰 Value TBC📅 Contract 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2030 (+ext to 2035)
United Utilities is engaging the market for a Rainwater Management framework covering sustainable drainage delivery across Cumbria, Lancashire, Cheshire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside — up to 10,000 interventions across 7 workstreams, from surface-water disconnections and street-based SuDS to major works, natural flood management, product manufacturing and surveys. Explicitly SME-suitable. Register interest via StrategicProcurementTeam@uuplc.co.uk by 28 August 2026. Source: Find a Tender 2026/S 000-075427, published 7 Aug 2026.
SuDSSustainable DrainageSME SuitableCivil EngineeringNorth West
Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) — Long-term Framework
⏳ Pre-Market 2026
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United Utilities announced intention to launch a £20m+ long-term BESS framework following a direct award to MJ Quinn for four urgent systems at Adlington, Buckton Castle, Pex Hill and Cloughbottom. Pre-market engagement expected before formal tender. Part of AMP8 Power Resilience programme. Relevant to battery system integrators, BESS manufacturers and energy management platform providers.
Continuous Water Quality Monitoring — 300 Monitoring Solutions
⏳ Market Engagement → ITT
🏢 ███████████████████████████████🔒 Members only📅 Market engagement Dec 2025 · ITT anticipated 2026
Southern Water requires approximately 300 CWQM monitoring solutions across Kent, East and West Sussex and Hampshire — covering storm overflows and wastewater treatment works under Section 82 of the Environment Act 2021. By 2035 must demonstrate 75%+ of storm overflows at high priority sites cause no local adverse ecological impact. Scope includes hardware, installation, O&M, calibration and data. Market engagement closed — ITT anticipated to follow in 2026.
CWQMSection 82SensorsEnvironmentalMonitoring
Common Data Environment (CDE) Software
⏳ Supply Chain Engagement
🏢 ██████████████████🔒 Members only📅 Market engagement complete · Tender imminent
Severn Trent seeking supply chain input ahead of procurement for a Common Data Environment platform to support AMP8 capital programme delivery. CDE will provide a single source of truth for project data, drawings, documents and information management across the capital delivery programme. Market engagement complete — formal tender expected to follow. Relevant to engineering software, BIM and information management platform providers.
DigitalBIMCDESoftwareCapital Delivery
Sewer Sealing Services — AMP8 Programme
⏳ Tender Imminent
🏢 ███████████████████████████████🔒 Members only📅 Market engagement Oct 2025 · Tender late 2025/early 2026
Southern Water seeking specialist sewer sealing contractors to limit groundwater infiltration and inflow to reduce storm overflow spills. Techniques include chemical grouting, CIPP patch repairs, joint sealing and structural lining. Market engagement requested details of experience, techniques, delivery capacity and regional coverage. Tender now expected to be live — Silver members: check portal for current status.
Anglian Water Services Ltd💰 ████████████████████📅 PME closed Feb 2026 · Formal tender anticipated H1 2026
Framework for planned and reactive M&E maintenance and lower-complexity capital projects across Anglian Water's operational region. Estimated £30m/year throughput across 4 lots — approximately 3,000 jobs and projects annually. Covers AMP8 and AMP9. Market engagement closed February 2026 — formal tender expected to follow. One of the most significant MEICA maintenance frameworks in the Eastern region.
Data Centre Water Infrastructure — East Manchester Growth Scheme
⏳ Post-Ofwat Decision
United Utilities Water Limited💰 c. £200,000,000📅 Procurement expected early 2027 · Ofwat decision Dec 2026
United Utilities' £1.4bn AMP8 reopener submission includes approximately £200m for dedicated water infrastructure to serve data centre development in East Manchester — part of the UK Government's AI Opportunities Action Plan and associated hyperscale data centre investment programme. UK data centres require large volumes of water for cooling and process use. Scheme will require civil engineering, pipe infrastructure, pumping, process engineering and ongoing operational supply services. This is an emerging category — the same contractors delivering water mains, civils and MEICA on existing AMP8 frameworks have the skills to deliver this workstream. Subject to Ofwat final decision December 2026. Silver members will receive advance notification when procurement routes are confirmed.
Data CentresAI InfrastructureCivil EngineeringGrowth ConnectionsReopenerAMP8
AI Growth Zone Infrastructure — Water & Wastewater Connections
⏳ Emerging — Watch
Scottish Water📅 Government AI Growth Zones announced 2025 · Procurement to follow
The UK Government's AI Opportunities Action Plan designated AI Growth Zones in multiple UK regions, including Lanarkshire (Scotland) where a new micro-grid has been confirmed. Data centres and AI computing facilities in these zones will require water supply connections, cooling water infrastructure and wastewater treatment capacity — all procured through water company frameworks. Scottish Water is the relevant operator for Scottish AI Growth Zone connections. Watch for preliminary market engagement notices as development plans mature. Silver members will be notified when formal procurement activity begins.
AI Growth ZonesData CentresScottish WaterInfrastructureEmerging
United Utilities Water Limited💰 ████████████████████████████████📅 Ofwat draft decisions 15 Aug 2026 · Final 15 Dec 2026
United Utilities has submitted £1.4bn of reopener proposals to Ofwat — covering data centre water infrastructure in East Manchester (£200m), non-potable supply for Ellesmere Port clean energy cluster (£220m), wastewater treatment capacity for 67,835+ new homes (£350m) and proactive asset replacement (£410m). A further £1.2bn planned in 2027-28. Procurement activity expected from early 2027. Silver members will receive advance notification when framework call-offs and sub-contract opportunities are published.
Scottish Water has publicly committed to a separate Tier 2 framework specifically designed to open opportunities for smaller and specialist firms. Most important upcoming SME opportunity in the Scottish water sector.
Civil EngineeringMEICAScotlandSME Opportunity
Source: Scottish Water procurement briefing
Programme Delivery Partner — 15-Year Framework
⏳ In Procurement
🏢 Anglian Water📅 Award anticipated 2026
Strategic 15-year programme management framework spanning AMP8, AMP9 and AMP10. Winning firm(s) will coordinate the entire Anglian Water capital programme and build a massive supply chain across East England.
Programme Management15 YearsEast of England
Source: Find a Tender · 2025/S 000-046107View notice →
Defence Water Services Programme (DWSP)
⏳ Live Procurement
🏢 MOD / Defence Infrastructure Organisation💰 ██████████📅 Award Aug 2027 · Go-live Dec 2028
Single managed service provider for all water and wastewater across MOD England and Wales estate. Replaces three current operators. Largest water sector procurement event outside the regulated water companies. Major supply chain opportunity.
MODWater OperationsEngland & Wales£2.6bn
Source: Find a Tender / DIO
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