Quick answer — SOUTHERN WATER SERVICES LIMITEDLast refreshed 01 Dec 2025

At a glance

SOUTHERN WATER SERVICES LIMITED has awarded £445.6m across 276 suppliers, with 288 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 21% · 8 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 64% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration21%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share64%
Pipeline · open now8
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

SOUTHERN WATER SERVICES LIMITED is a contracting authority, based in UKJ27. Tracks 27 published notices and 43 awards on PublicSupply.

27
Notices published
43
Awards
276
Suppliers engaged
2025
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£75.0m
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£46.3m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
SOUTHERN WATER SERVICES LIMITED — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£21m£41m£62m£83mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

5

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

8

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

Unspecified9 · £75.0m
services10 · £68.0m
goods7 · £46.3m
works1 · £12.0m

Instrument type

contract27 · £201.3m
Source:Find a Tender: 27

Awarded contracts · 288 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Water Efficiency Campaign (WEC)23RED LIMITEDactive
Water Efficiency Campaign (WEC)23RED LIMITED£75.0m01 Dec 2025pending
Speciality Chemicals & FuelsKemira Chemical UK Ltd24962000£46.3mest.active
Speciality Chemicals & FuelsSNF UK Ltd24962000£46.3mest.active
Speciality Chemicals & FuelsSolenis UK Ltd24962000£46.3mest.active
Speciality Chemicals & FuelsBuxton Lime Ltd24962000£46.3mest.active
Speciality Chemicals & FuelsSNF UK Ltd24962000£46.3mest.active
Speciality Chemicals & FuelsSolenis UK Ltd24962000£46.3mest.active
Speciality Chemicals & FuelsCertas Energy UK LTD24962000£46.3mest.active
Speciality Chemicals & FuelsYara UK LTD24962000£46.3mest.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
SU
2 contracts
£92.6mest.
21% of total
2
SU
2 contracts
£92.6mest.
21% of total
3
2L
2 contracts · 01 Dec
£75.0m
17% of total
New
4
KC
£46.3mest.
10% of total
5
BL
1 contract
£46.3mest.
10% of total
6
CE
£46.3mest.
10% of total
7
YU
1 contract
£46.3mest.
10% of total
8
CS
1 contract · 20 Nov
£0
0% of total
9276
···
268 other suppliers
long tail · 178 SMEs
£0
0% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Chemicals
8 contracts
£370.6m
71%
Other
254 contracts
£95.0m
18%
Construction works
10 contracts
£48.0m
9%
Construction materials
2 contracts
£12.0m
2%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Chemicals
Other
75
Construction works
Construction materials
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.

SOUTHERN WATER SERVICES 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.

64%
SME supplier share
target 33%
184
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
276
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
UKJ27
Companies House
02366670
Contact
Paul Elliott
Email
ryan.lightfoot@southernwater.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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