Sewer Mapping
Estimated value
—
Awarded value
£12.0m
Suppliers
2
Lots
3
Published
06 Mar 2026
Description
Thames Water is seeking to develop the mapped sewer network throughout Greater London and the Thames Valley area, in order to reduce blockages, internal and external floods and pollution. Unmapped sewers lead to a delay in Thames Water locating and attending blockages, floods and pollution, affecting local communities and the environment. The objective of FA2241 is to map any unmapped sewer networks at scale, speed and accuracy, directly supporting the Pollution Incident Reduction Plan (PIRP) that Thames Water is working towards during AMP8. Lot 1 - Aerial Mapping: Capture of 2,484 km² across 71 Sewer Drainage Area Catchments (SDACs) using manned aircraft, delivering georeferenced 2D, oblique 2D, and 3D imagery. Lot 2 - Asset Detection: Detection of manholes, gullies, rainwater downpipes, soil stacks, misconnections, and outfalls with confidence grading. Lot 3 - Sewer Inferencing: Semi-/automated inferencing of unmapped sewers, laterals, drains, rising mains, and selected SPSs, achieving ?80% accuracy.
Scope
- Reference
- FA2241
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 02 Mar 2026 to 28 Feb 2030Possible extension to 27 Feb 2032
Thames Water envisages that the contract will be awarded for an initial term of 4 years with options to extend by 2 years, up to a maximum overall term of 6 years. Additional purchases of aerial survey services may be considered during the contract term, subject to ITN specification.
- CPV classifications
- 90491000
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technical | Methodology, accuracy, delivery programme, innovation, sustainability, risk management. | quality | 60.00% |
| Commercial | Fixed-price, milestone-based pricing, efficiency proposals. | price | 40.00% |
Participation
Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.
Conditions of participation o Legal & financial: D&B check required; Parent Company Guarantee may be requested. o Insurance: £10m PI and £10m PLI required. o Technical: Demonstrated experience of aerial mapping, asset detection, and/or inferencing at required scale; ability to meet minimum accuracy thresholds.
Conditions of participation o Legal & financial: D&B check required; Parent Company Guarantee may be requested. o Insurance: £10m PI, £5m Product Liability and £10m PLI required. o Technical: Demonstrated experience of aerial mapping, asset detection, and/or inferencing at required scale; ability to meet minimum accuracy thresholds.
Submission & procedure
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedure
Award details· 2 awards
Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.
Awarded value
£6.0m
Award date
06 Mar 2026
Contract start
19 Mar 2026
Contract end
28 Feb 2030
Lots · 3 total
Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.
| Lot | Title | Est. value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aerial Mapping | £3.5m | complete |
| 2 | Asset Detection | £1.4m | complete |
| 3 | Sewer Inferencing | £1.1m | complete |