Contract award · 25 Mar 2025

Water Retail Services

Police And Crime Commissioner For Durham awarded “Water Retail Services” to Anglian Water Business (National) Limited trading as Wave for £480k.

No competitionPublic utilitiesNorth East

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

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Key facts

Buyer
Police And Crime Commissioner For Durham · Body governed by public law
Value
£480,000
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Public utilities · Public utilities (CPV 65000000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date25 Mar 2025
  2. Published25 Mar 2025Published the same day

Description

Direct award from NEPO311 Water Retail Services is a sole-supplier framework agreement for the provision of water, wastewater and ancillary services. NEPO has appointed Wave to provide water supply and sewerage services to eligible non-household customers in accordance with the Water Act 2014. UNDER PCR2015 REGULATIONS Start date 01/04/2025 End date of Initial Period 31st March 2028 End date of Extension Period 31st March 2029

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