Quick answer — NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP LIMITEDLast refreshed 17 Sept 2024

At a glance

NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP LIMITED has awarded £497.2m across 10 suppliers, with 39 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 97% · 32 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 9% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration97%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share9%
Pipeline · open now32
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP LIMITED is a contracting authority, based in UKC14. Tracks 54 published notices and 11 awards on PublicSupply.

54
Notices published
11
Awards
10
Suppliers engaged
2021
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£0
12 m spend
£6.6m
Prior 12 m
-100%
YoY change
£2.4m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP LIMITED — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£2m£4m£5m£7mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

3

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

32

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

works7 · £624.0m
goods16 · £489.7m
services27 · £182.3m
Unspecified4 · £8.9m

Instrument type

contract54 · £1.3bn
Source:Find a Tender: 50Contracts Finder: 4

Awarded contracts · 39 live

All contracts with a published award notice where NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP LIMITED is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Supply of Crane Hire Lot C - Essex and SuffolkAinscough Crane Hire45510000£482k17 Sept 2024active
Supply of Crane Hire Lot A - North of the TyneAinscough Crane Hire45510000£2.5m17 Sept 2024active
Supply of Crane Hire Lot B - South of the TyneMW Crane Hire45510000£3.6m17 Sept 2024active
NW2702 Ecological Screening Support79311000£6.0mest.active
NW2837 Vanguard Digital Scanning - Vanguard Pre Construction Survey38650000£1.5mest.active
Smart Metering Solution - Installation Partners45232150active
Postal Servicesactive
Smart Communications Network & Smart Water Meters (Meter as a Service)38421100complete
Biosolids Recycling Activities for Howdon and Bran Sands90513900£10.0mest.active
LABORATORY MATERIALS AND CONSUMABLESScientific Laboratory Supplies Limited33696500£3.6mest.active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
EP
£480.0mest.
97% of total
2
SL
£3.6mest.
1% of total
3
MC
1 contract · SME · 17 Sept
£3.6m
1% of total
▼ 100%
4
AC
2 contracts · 17 Sept
£3.0m
1% of total
▼ 100%
5
CL
1 contract · 07 Sept
£2.3m
0% of total
6
AL
£2.3mest.
0% of total
7
OC
£600kest.
0% of total
8
1L
£600kest.
0% of total
910
···
2 other suppliers
long tail · 0 SMEs
£1.2m
0% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
9 contracts
£614.6m
47%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
1 contract
£480.0m
37%
Architecture, engineering
2 contracts
£152.7m
12%
Electrical machinery
1 contract
£16.0m
1%
Business, legal, advisory
8 contracts
£14.9m
1%
Sewage, waste, environment
1 contract
£10.0m
1%
Medical, pharmaceutical
1 contract
£3.6m
0%
Software packages, IT
2 contracts
£3.4m
0%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Construction works
Petroleum, fuel, energy
Architecture, engineering
Electrical machinery
Business, legal, advisory
Sewage, waste, environment
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP LIMITED has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

9%
SME supplier share
target 33%
1
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
10
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 9% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKC14
Companies House
00366703
Contact
Andrea Rowell
Email
andrea.rowell@nwl.co.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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