Sewer Mapping

THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITEDcontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-0597b6Procurement Act 2023Utilities regimeSME suitablepending

Estimated value

Awarded value

£12.0m

Awarded 06 Mar 2026

Suppliers

2

1 SME

Lots

3

2 awarded

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 2030
Possible 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.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
TechnicalMethodology, accuracy, delivery programme, innovation, sustainability, risk management.quality60.00%
CommercialFixed-price, milestone-based pricing, efficiency proposals.price40.00%

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

Awarded to
1G
SME
AL
CH 02530851

Lots · 3 total

Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.

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LotTitleEst. valueStatus
1Aerial Mapping£3.5mcomplete
2Asset Detection£1.4mcomplete
3Sewer Inferencing£1.1mcomplete