Quick answer — O F W A TLast refreshed 30 Apr 2026

At a glance

O F W A T has awarded £72.8m across 143 suppliers, with 52 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 5% · 0 open notices now · 7 awards in last 90 d (£859k) · SME share 54% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration5%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share54%
Pipeline · open now0
Awards · 90 d7

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

O F W A T is a contracting authority, based in United Kingdom. Tracks 257 published notices and 257 awards on PublicSupply.

257
Notices published
257
Awards
143
Suppliers engaged
2020
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£16.6m
12 m spend
£27.9m
Prior 12 m
-40%
YoY change
£62k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
O F W A T — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£5m£10m£15m£20mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

0

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

7

£859k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified257 · £72.8m

Instrument type

contract257 · £72.8m
Source:Contracts Finder: 257

Awarded contracts · 52 live

All contracts with a published award notice where O F W A T is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Asset Management Maturity Assessment (AMMA)Ove Arup & Partners Limited71600000£139k13 Mar 2026active
International Supplier Market EngagementAtkinsréalis UK limited71600000£35k30 Apr 2026active
CCTV System for the Birmingham OFWAT officeOCS GROUP UK LIMITED32323500£17k10 Mar 2026active
Price Review Economics and Policy Support Consultancy SupportCEPA LLP71311000£300k28 Feb 2026active
Price Review Economics and Policy Support Consultancy SupportGrant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax LLP71311000£300k28 Feb 2026active
Price Review Economics and Policy Support Consultancy SupportOve Arup & Partners Limited71311000£300k28 Feb 2026active
Price Review Economics and Policy Support Consultancy SupportPA Consulting Services Limited71311000£300k28 Feb 2026active
Price Review Economics and Policy Support Consultancy SupportBaringa Partners LLP71311000£300k28 Feb 2026active
PROC.0226Turner & Townsend Infrastructure Ltd66170000£750k05 Mar 2026active
PROC.0226Mott MacDonald Limited66170000£750k05 Mar 2026active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
OA
12 contracts · 01 Aug20 Mar
£3.4m
5% of total
New
2
GG
1 contract · 11 Nov
£2.8m
4% of total
▼ 100%
3
WU
4 contracts · 12 Dec09 Dec
£2.1m
3% of total
▲ 4991%
4
KS
2 contracts · 04 Mar22 Aug
£1.6m
2% of total
▼ 100%
5
TT
4 contracts · SME · 30 Nov21 Sept
£1.6m
2% of total
6
DL
3 contracts · SME · 07 Jun21 Jan
£1.5m
2% of total
▲ 742%
7
GT
2 contracts · 05 Dec28 Feb
£1.5m
2% of total
New
8
AC
1 contract · SME · 21 Sept
£1.3m
2% of total
9143
···
135 other suppliers
long tail · 79 SMEs
£26.7m
37% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
100 contracts
£27.9m
39%
Public utilities
50 contracts
£21.9m
31%
Financial, insurance
9 contracts
£7.4m
10%
Architecture, engineering
37 contracts
£5.3m
7%
IT services, software
28 contracts
£3.9m
5%
R&D services
12 contracts
£2.8m
4%
Software packages, IT
8 contracts
£1.8m
3%
Support transport services
2 contracts
£590k
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Business, legal, advisory
0
0
0
5
0
0
Public utilities
Financial, insurance
3
2
Architecture, engineering
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
IT services, software
0
0
0
0
0
R&D services
0
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.

O F W A T 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.

54%
SME supplier share
target 33%
141
SME award rows
2
VCSE award rows
143
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
United Kingdom

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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