Quick answer — NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITEDLast refreshed 02 Apr 2026

At a glance

NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED has awarded £377.5bn across 321 suppliers, with 383 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 6% · 40 open notices now · 2 awards in last 90 d (£609.0m) · SME share 63% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration6%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share63%
Pipeline · open now40
Awards · 90 d2

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED is a contracting authority, based in UKC14. Tracks 86 published notices and 101 awards on PublicSupply.

86
Notices published
101
Awards
321
Suppliers engaged
2025
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£1.5bn
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£8.0bn
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£231m£463m£694m£925mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

6

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

40

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

2

£609.0m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

works12 · £13.1bn
Unspecified13 · £865.0m
goods18 · £606.5m
services43 · £47.0m

Instrument type

contract86 · £14.6bn
Source:Find a Tender: 86

Awarded contracts · 383 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Flexible Benefits Portalcomplete
Media Buying79340000£8.6mest.active
NW3110 - Water Network Management System48000000£1.5mest.active
P&C Framework72000000planning
Travel Management Services ProviderPERK UK LIMITED£9.0m30 Mar 2026pending
Energy Supply for NWG - Lot 3 Meter OperatorENERGY ASSETS LIMITED£600.0mest.02 Apr 2026active
NW3134 - Governance, Risk & Compliance System48100000£1.8mest.active
MCERTS Inspection ServicesSIRIS FLOW INSPECTIONS LTD£1.1mest.24 Feb 2026pending
Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)90700000£5.7mest.active
Water Efficiency Campaign (WEC)23RED LIMITEDactive
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
EC
£24.0bnest.
6% of total
2
GT
£24.0bnest.
6% of total
3
SL
£16.0bnest.
4% of total
4
GA
2 contracts · SME
£16.0bnest.
4% of total
5
SL
2 contracts
£16.0bnest.
4% of total
6
BN
2 contracts · SME
£8.0bnest.
2% of total
7
JC
£8.0bnest.
2% of total
8
MM
£8.0bnest.
2% of total
9321
···
313 other suppliers
long tail · 208 SMEs
£257.5bn
68% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
58 contracts
£376.2bn
99%
Other
275 contracts
£1.5bn
0%
Construction materials
5 contracts
£401.3m
0%
IT services, software
9 contracts
£19.8m
0%
Software packages, IT
8 contracts
£9.6m
0%
Business, legal, advisory
3 contracts
£8.6m
0%
Sewage, waste, environment
1 contract
£5.7m
0%
Architecture, engineering
4 contracts
£3.5m
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
Other
75
841
15
600
Construction materials
IT services, software
Software packages, IT
Business, legal, advisory
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 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.

63%
SME supplier share
target 33%
218
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
321
Distinct suppliers

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
02366703
Contact
Alfie Owen
Email
alfie.owen@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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