Upcoming
Customer‑Side Leakage Warrant Support
United Utilities Water Limited · Private utility
In brief
United Utilities Water Limited has announced plans to buy architecture and engineering and consultancy work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
The estimated value is £100,000 excluding VAT.
The contract runs for 1 year, starting 1 September 2026.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
Can I win this?
Competition
Usually high: a median of 8 bids per contract for architecture and engineering contracts in this region (from 246 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
As part of its commitment to reducing water demand and leakage, United Utilities is seeking to engage with the market to better understand the availability and capability of suppliers able to provide specialist onsite support associated with enforcing access to customer premises for the repair of customer‑side leaks.
Under Section 75 of the Water Industry Act 1991, United Utilities has a statutory duty to ensure that leakage is repaired as quickly as possible. While established processes exist to notify customers and to support eligible vulnerable customers with leak repairs, there are occasions where access is denied and unresolved leakage presents a continued risk to the environment, third‑party property, and the water network.
In such circumstances, United Utilities may obtain a court‑issued warrant to gain access. United Utilities own operational teams will undertake the physical leak repair works; however, additional support is required to coordinate and manage the safe, lawful, and proportionate execution of the warrant onsite.
How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 032475-2026
About the buyer
United Utilities Water LimitedLast 12 months
Procurements
119Awards
37Suppliers it has used most for architecture and engineering
- RPS Environmental Management Limited2 contracts
- Socotec UK Ltd2 contracts
- APEC Environmental Limited1 contract
- Airborne Environmental Consultants1 contract
- Altrad Babcock Limited1 contract
Similar open tenders
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- £250kframework ceiling
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From notice 032475-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 9 April 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.