Thames WaterAMP8TendersFrameworksGreater London
PR24 Status: FD disputed — under Turnaround Oversight, resolution ongoing 2025-26
Key Facts
- UK's largest water company — serves 10m water and 16m wastewater customers
- Greater London, Thames Valley, Surrey, Kent, Sussex
- Under Ofwat Turnaround Oversight Regime (TOR) — gated expenditure allowances
- £19.8bn totex — largest single company programme in sector history
- Financial restructuring ongoing — not yet fully resolved at May 2026
AMP8 Investment Programme — Key Priorities
- Strategic Resource Options — major new reservoirs and water transfers for South East
- Capital delivery and network services programmes
- Professional services framework appointments proceeding
- Turnaround Oversight — delivery milestones required before full funding released
- Leakage reduction and smart metering
- Storm overflow and wastewater quality improvements
Confirmed Framework Appointments
- Professional Services Framework £400m — 9 firms appointed Dec 2024 (AECOM, Arcadis, AtkinsRéalis/Stantec JV, CPC, Jacobs, Mott MacDonald, Stantec, Turner & Townsend, WSP)
- Smart Meters NB-IoT £48.5m (Vodafone — 204,700 meters)
- Capital Delivery and Network Services frameworks — procurement continuing
- Barhale — £12.5m AMP8 Tunnels & Aqueducts Programme (Jun 2026) — statutory tunnel inspection and maintenance across 48km of critical assets including the Thames Water Ring Main and North London Abstraction and New River Zone. Ongoing demand for specialist diving, ROV survey and silt removal subcontractors through Barhale's supply chain for duration of AMP8.
- Barhale — Greenwich Trunk Main Final Phase (£17m programme total) (Jun 2026) — final 1km of ductile iron pipeline serving Greenwich Peninsula, commissioned by May 2027. Uses ice-pigging during commissioning, saving ~1.8 million litres vs conventional flushing — a sector benchmark for water-efficient commissioning. Subcontractor opportunities through Barhale's supply chain.
- North Highland — AMP8 Digital Contingent Labour Framework (first named supplier) (Jun 2026) — appointed to project management and business analysis lots for Thames Water's digital transformation programme. Change management and training lots still open. Staffing and consultancy firms with water sector experience should ensure they are registered on Thames Water's supplier lists.
- Financial update: 11th creditor consent approved, £200m drawn (Jun 2026) — eleven consecutive consent requests now approved against the £2.25bn super senior facility. Government rejected Thames Water's £10bn market-led rescue plan. Supply chain companies on Thames Water AMP8 frameworks should closely monitor financial developments and payment terms.
- £20m+ Woodley, Berkshire infrastructure upgrade — part of Thames Water's stated biggest infrastructure programme in 150 years.
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Supply Chain Route Map
Water company frameworks operate on a tier structure. Tier 1 contractors hold a direct contractual relationship with Thames Water. Tier 2 and Tier 3 specialists subcontract through Tier 1 framework holders. If you cannot win a Tier 1 position, approach the Tier 1 framework holders above to discuss Tier 2 opportunities — framework holders actively need to build specialist supply chains.
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