Quick answer — UNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITEDLast refreshed 18 May 2026

At a glance

UNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED has awarded £366.0bn across 555 suppliers, with 840 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 8% · 118 open notices now · 11 awards in last 90 d (£40.3m) · SME share 53% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 5 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration8%
Modifications · 90 d5
SME spend share53%
Pipeline · open now118
Awards · 90 d11

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

UNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED is a contracting authority, based in UKD61. Tracks 472 published notices and 340 awards on PublicSupply.

472
Notices published
340
Awards
555
Suppliers engaged
2005
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£303.9m
12 m spend
£1.7m
Prior 12 m
+17552%
YoY change
£10.3m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
UNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£49m£98m£146m£195mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

130

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

118

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

11

£40.3m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

works35 · £28.8bn
services231 · £2.8bn
goods113 · £772.9m
Unspecified93 · £303.1m

Instrument type

contract471 · £32.7bn
call off1 · £1.4m
Source:Find a Tender: 472

Awarded contracts · 840 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
DWMP28 Options Identification PMEN73000000planning
Cloud-Based Video Knowledge Capture and Learning Platform48000000£10.0mest.planning
PRO004917-Works-Framework-OT Build Only45310000£20.0mest.planning
PRO005111-Services-Framework-Supply, Deliver and Maintenance of Physical Security Systems35000000£10.0mest.planning
PRO004871 HGV and Associated Trailer's Framework Lot 3 TrailersWILCOX COMMERCIAL VEHICLES LIMITED£3.5m18 May 2026pending
PRO005084-Services-Framework-DNM Linear Monitor Installs71700000planning
PRO004927 - Goods-Framework Mobile ScreensWeir Minerals Europeactive
The Supply, Delivery and Install of Centrifugal and Positive Displacement Pumps42122000£65.0mest.planning
Cloud-Based Video Knowledge Capture and Learning Platform48000000£10.0mest.planning
Scheduling and Metering Software48332000planning
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
MM
£28.0bnest.
8% of total
2
JM
£28.0bnest.
8% of total
3
BC
£14.9bnest.
4% of total
4
RS
£14.8bnest.
4% of total
5
SU
£14.8bnest.
4% of total
6
EW
£14.8bnest.
4% of total
7
NP
£14.6bnest.
4% of total
8
SL
2 contracts
£14.1bnest.
4% of total
9555
···
547 other suppliers
long tail · 321 SMEs
£222.0bn
61% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
69 contracts
£360.8bn
98%
Mining machinery
3 contracts
£1.8bn
0%
Architecture, engineering
57 contracts
£1.3bn
0%
Construction materials
22 contracts
£844.1m
0%
Radio, TV, communications
11 contracts
£684.0m
0%
Repair & maintenance
42 contracts
£638.0m
0%
Other
575 contracts
£431.0m
0%
Industrial machinery
28 contracts
£331.2m
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
Mining machinery
Architecture, engineering
Construction materials
Radio, TV, communications
Repair & maintenance
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 · 5 in 90 d

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

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 5 notices tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.

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.

53%
SME supplier share
target 33%
408
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
555
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
UKD61
Companies House
02366678
Contact
Ryan Seddon
Email
daniel.weir@uuplc.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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