Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- United Utilities Water Limited · Utilities
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Sector
- Construction & mining machinery · Tunnelling machinery (CPV 43123000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 050611-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Aug 2025
- Published21 Aug 2025Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
United Utilities Water Limited (UU) is delivering a scheme titled Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (HARP) to provide long-term water supply resilience to Manchester and the Pennines. The project will utilise a Competitively Appointed Provider (CAP), which is currently being procured using Ofwat’s new Direct Procurement for Customers (DPC) approach. The appointment of a Consultant is provided for in condition U11 of UU's Statutory Licence. Under the DPC approach, Ofwat requires the appointment of a Consultant to protect customers in relation to the DPC project. Ofwat requires this role to obtain assurance around the costs and delivery of a DPC project. UU views the role of the Consultant as crucial to ensure objective, independent oversight of costs that may be passed on to customers and to provide robust scrutiny and assessment of the CAP’s management of project costs and delivery. The services to be provided by the Consultant include, but are not limited to: (a) the performan…
About the supplier
Turner & Townsend Infrastructure Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 12495519).