AwardedAwarded 6 January 2026

Building Compliance and Property Services Consultancy

United Utilities Water Limited · Private utility

In brief

United Utilities Water Limited awarded architecture and engineering and waste work to Airborne Environmental Consultants, Gateley Smithers Purslow and Woods Building Services Limited T/A Aa Woods and 11 others on 6 January 2026.

It is split into 3 lots, so a supplier can bid for part of the work.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

What the notice says

UUW has a responsibility to its employees to ensure safe and suitable working conditions are provided, and also a responsibility to our customers to ensure there is no damage to properties or such damage is rectified where appropriate. In order to achieve this, United Utilities are procuring a Building Compliance and Property Services Consultancy framework with the following lot structure: Lot 1a - Building Compliance Risk Assessments Lot 1b - Remedial Work relating to Asbestos Lot 2 - Structural Engineering Surveys

Lots

LotTradeValue
Building Compliance Risk Assessments
What this lot covers

• Water Hygiene (Legionella) Risk Assessment Surveys of domestic and operational water systems at various sites throughout the Northwest. • Sampling, monitoring and analysis relating to Water Hygiene (Legionella) at various sites throughout the Northwest. • Specialist consultancy advice relating to Water Hygiene (Legionella) and discharge of statutory building compliance requirements under ACOP L8 and all relevant legislation. • Fire Risk Assessment Surveys at various properties throughout the Northwest. • Specialist consultancy advice relating to fire safety and discharge of statutory building compliance requirements under Fire Safety Order (2005). • Specialist consultancy advice relating to the resolution of Fire Safety actions. • Asbestos Management Surveys of various buildings, engineering structures throughout the Northwest. • Asbestos Refurbishment and Demolition Surveys, of various buildings and engineering structures throughout the Northwest. • Sampling and analysis relating to Asbestos at various sites throughout the Northwest. • Project supervision and Asbestos Analyst activities during asbestos abatement projects at various sites throughout the Northwest. • General/specialist consultancy advice and training to the Company in matters relating to Legionella, Fire and Asbestos as required.

Architecture and engineering—
Remedial Work relating to Asbestos
What this lot covers

• Asbestos removal, clearance and abatement activities at various sites throughout the Northwest. • General / specialist advice and training to the Company in matters relating to Asbestos remediation as required.

Waste and street cleansing, Architecture and engineering—
Structural Engineering Surveys
What this lot covers

The Contract is for the provision of consultant structural and building engineering services in relation to projects within the Company’s capital investment programme (Programme Services), Network Services (Water and Wastewater Business Operations) and Property Services (Operational Property). The services under this Contract are the execution of duties by suitably qualified Chartered Building Surveyors or Chartered Civil or Structural Engineers with relevant experience under the following categories of work: • Pre Construction Report (External only) • Interim Construction Report (External only) • Post Construction Report (External only) • Pre Construction Report (External & Internal) • Interim Construction Report (External & Internal) • Post Construction Report (External & Internal) • Structural Surveys for one-off property • Full Structural Engineering Report (SER) • Full SER plus Invasive Investigation • Full SER & Calculations/drawings • Civil/Structural Engineering Advice • Civil/Structural Advice/Expert Report for Litigation purposes • Building Surveying Advice/Expert Report for Litigation purposes

Environmental services, Architecture and engineering—

Who won

WinnerLotValueDates
Airborne Environmental Consultants (SME)Building Compliance Risk Assessments£2,000,000
Gateley Smithers Purslow (SME)Structural Engineering Surveys£4,000,000
Woods Building Services Limited T/A Aa Woods (SME)Remedial Work relating to Asbestos£2,000,000
JNP Group Consulting Engineers Limited (SME)Structural Engineering Surveys£4,000,000
APEC Environmental Limited (SME)Building Compliance Risk Assessments£2,000,000
Aspect Contracts Limited (SME)Remedial Work relating to Asbestos£2,000,000
Watts Group Limited (SME)Structural Engineering Surveys£4,000,000
Bradley Environmental Consultants Ltd (SME)Building Compliance Risk Assessments£2,000,000
Ductclean UK Ltd (SME)Remedial Work relating to Asbestos£2,000,000
Tersus Consultancy LimitedBuilding Compliance Risk Assessments£2,000,000
Erith Contractors LimitedRemedial Work relating to Asbestos£2,000,000
Intelligent Environmental Services Limited (SME)Remedial Work relating to Asbestos£2,000,000
WSP UK LimitedBuilding Compliance Risk Assessments£2,000,000
Rhodar Industrial Services LimitedRemedial Work relating to Asbestos£2,000,000

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Contract award notice · notice 000679-2026

About the buyer

Procurements

119

Awards

39

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From notice 000679-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 6 January 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.