Buyer profile · Private utility
United Utilities Water Limited tenders and contracts
Official name on notices: United Utilities
- Tenders published
- 31
- About one every 12 days
- Contracts awarded
- 35
- To 72 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- —
- No contract values stated
- Typical contract
- —
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 14
- 10 coming up
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £40mframework ceiling
- £15mframework ceiling
- £600mframework ceiling
- £25mframework ceiling
- £10mestimated
- £43.6mframework ceiling
- £20mframework ceiling
- £1.08mframework ceiling
- £63mframework ceiling
- £127mestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £600mframework ceiling
- £145mframework ceiling
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £57mframework ceiling
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 12 of 12 months.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
What its tenders ask for
Accreditations and conditions its notices mention in the last 12 months. Always check the tender documents.
Who it buys from
Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months.
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)68%
- Direct award (no competition)32%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow United Utilities Water Limited has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 49 days
- Longer than 99% of other public bodies
- Based on 29 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 68%
- Higher than 55% of other public bodies
- Based on 71 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 61%
- Higher than 57% of other public bodies
- Based on 75 winning suppliers
- Split into lots
- 32%
- Higher than 66% of other public bodies
- Based on 31 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 32%
- Higher than 59% of other public bodies
- Based on 71 procurements
- Cancelled
- 3%
- Higher than 66% of other public bodies
- Based on 31 tenders
Compared with other other public bodies
This buyer: 49 days
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 1 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 1 |
| 15–20 days | 7 |
| 20–25 days | 12 |
| 25–30 days | 42 |
| 30–35 days | 56 |
| 35–40 days | 17 |
| 40–45 days | 8 |
| 45–50 days | 1 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 1 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
This buyer: 68%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 36 |
| 10–20% | 34 |
| 20–30% | 25 |
| 30–40% | 14 |
| 40–50% | 18 |
| 50–60% | 23 |
| 60–70% | 28 |
| 70–80% | 17 |
| 80–90% | 29 |
| 90–100% | 96 |
This buyer: 61%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 6 |
| 10–20% | 14 |
| 20–30% | 25 |
| 30–40% | 27 |
| 40–50% | 44 |
| 50–60% | 49 |
| 60–70% | 45 |
| 70–80% | 39 |
| 80–90% | 29 |
| 90–100% | 25 |
Each column is a group of other public bodies with similar figures. The coloured column holds United Utilities Water Limited.See the full scoreboard
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.
No contracts we hold from United Utilities Water Limited end in the next 90 days.