YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED
CM3470 - DPC Programme Advisory
Framework ceiling £160,000,000 — the most the agreement may spend across all suppliers and call-offs, not a contract value
The procurement contact named on the official notice.
YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED publishes Business Services work continuously — 20 notices, roughly one every 43 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.
19% of YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.
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Who keeps this kind of work
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incumbency_v2, CPV division 79: 24,453 repeat events, canonical supplier identity; no rate below 60 events. The odds by category →
This Preliminary Market Engagement (UK2) notice is being issued to inform the market that Yorkshire Water Services Limited is undertaking early engagement with suppliers to support the development of the sourcing strategy for a Direct Procurement for Customers (DPC) Programme Advisory Framework.
Yorkshire Water is progressing a pipeline of major infrastructure projects for delivery using the Direct Procurement for Customers (DPC) delivery model.
Under DPC, a competitively appointed provider designs, builds, finances and potentially operates major infrastructure assets under long-term contractual arrangements.
DPC projects are subject to regulatory oversight by Ofwat, including staged regulatory submissions demonstrating strategic case, procurement readiness, and value for customers before contracts can be awarded.
Yorkshire Water is therefore exploring the establishment of a multi-disciplinary professional services framework and/or strategic partnerships to support the development of bankable DPC projects capable of progressing through regulatory approvals and competitive procurement.
The framework may provide support across several disciplines, including: • Technical advisory - engineering, design, environmental assessment, ecology, planning and technical assurance • Commercial advisory - development of business cases aligned with the HM Treasury Five Case Model, procurement strategy, market engagement, commercial structuring, risk allocation, payment mechanisms and incentivisation structures • Legal advisory - development of robust contractual arrangements for major infrastructure concessions, building on previous DPC and infrastructure projects, including specialist support in planning and infrastructure law • Programme assurance - independent assurance of submissions and programme governance to ensure regulatory compliance and readiness for Ofwat/RAPID assessments and associated approval processes The information gathered through this engagement will help shape the proposed scope, structure, commercial model and procurement approach for the framework.
This exercise is for information-gathering purposes only and does not constitute a call for competition.
Participation in this engagement will not provide any advantage or disadvantage in any subsequent procurement process.
Suppliers interested in contributing to this market engagement are invited to express their interest in accordance with the instructions set out in this notice
What the notice asks for
This Preliminary Market Engagement (UK2) notice is
This Preliminary Market Engagement (UK2) notice is being issued to inform the market that Yorkshire Water Services Limited is undertaking early engagement with suppliers to support the development of the sourcing strategy for a Direct Procurement for Customers (DPC) Programme Advisory Framework.
DPC projects are subject to regulatory oversight
DPC projects are subject to regulatory oversight by Ofwat, including staged regulatory submissions demonstrating strategic case, procurement readiness, and value for customers before contracts can be awarded.
Yorkshire Water is therefore exploring the establishment
Yorkshire Water is therefore exploring the establishment of a multi-disciplinary professional services framework and/or strategic partnerships to support the development of bankable DPC projects capable of progressing through regulatory approvals and competitive procurement.
The framework may provide support across several
The framework may provide support across several disciplines, including:.
Development of robust contractual arrangements for major
development of robust contractual arrangements for major infrastructure concessions, building on previous DPC and infrastructure projects, including specialist support in planning and infrastructure law.
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What this notice demands of you
1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.
DPC projects are subject to regulatory oversight by Ofwat, including staged regulatory submissions demonstrating strategic case, procurement readiness, and value for customers before contracts can be awarded.
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The official sources for this notice
- The official notice on Find a Tender The buyer's own publication. The tender documents, clarifications and any change to the deadline are published there or on the portal it names, not here.
- Suppliers: how to register your organisation on Find a Tender in three easy steps (GOV.UK) Register the organisation with GOV.UK One Login, complete the supplier information, then declare it and create a share code to enter in the buyer's tendering portal.
- Guidance: Central Digital Platform and Publication of Information (GOV.UK) Buyers must obtain confirmation that a bidding supplier has registered and shared its core supplier information on the platform; in a competitive tendering procedure that is due before the end of the tendering period (paragraphs 9, 60 and 66).
- Notice types and sequences (Find a Tender) This is a UK2 preliminary market engagement notice. Find a Tender's own page says what each notice type is for and which comes next.
Outside sources opened 29 September 2026. Shown because the notice's legal basis is the Procurement Act 2023 (horizon_notice_facts.regime).
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-066a58
- Stage
- planning · Planning
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Buyer ref
- 023205-2026
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.
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Live figures
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Outside sources
- Suppliers: how to register your organisation on Find a Tender in three easy steps (GOV.UK) — opened 29 September 2026.
- Guidance: Central Digital Platform and Publication of Information (GOV.UK) — paragraphs 9, 60, 66 and 74, opened 29 September 2026.
- Notice types and sequences (Find a Tender) — the UK1–UK7 notice names, opened 29 September 2026.
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