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THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED

Control and Automation

Communications EquipmentCPV 72227000
Value£435.0m
Deadline13 Mar 2026
Published25 Feb 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 25 Feb 2026ClosedCloses 13 Mar 2026
Who to contact
procurement.support.centre@thameswater.co.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
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To gain access to the PSQ documents, please fill out the details on this form; https://forms.office.com/e/AKBQy45KyE

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Contract value in context
£435.0mtotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£469.8m

This is a large award for IT Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Thames Water wishes to award a framework agreement to suppliers capable of project design, manufacture, installation and testing of low voltage assemblies, motor control centres and system integration across the identified the lotting structures.

Due to breadth and scale of Thames Waters AMP8 delivery program and the varying condition of buildings and structures within the Thames Water estate, there is need to carry out new installations, renovation and remedial works to ensure they deliver AMP projects and remain fit for purpose.

The Framework Agreement will cover the following works: Lot 1: Systems Integration (SI) Lot 2a: Low Voltage Assemblies (LVAs) Lot 2b: Sewage Pumping Station (SPS) LVAs Lot 3a: New or Modification EICA Installations Lot 3b: Sewage Pumping Station (SPS) Installations Lot 3c: Fibre Optic Cabling Lot 4: OT Software, Security and Integration Support Lot 5: Regional Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Thames Water reserve the right to issue multiple awards for each lot in this agreement to achieve the most efficient and economical service solution, and the security and consistent continuity of supply and delivery.

Thames Water reserve the right to enter into a contract or contracts for the provision of all or any number of lots.

Thames Water reserves the right to refine the award criteria.

Please note that that deadline for asking for access to the PSQ & submitting of the PSQ is Friday 13 March 2026, at 10am.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Due to breadth and scale of Thames

Due to breadth and scale of Thames Waters AMP8 delivery program and the varying condition of buildings and structures within the Thames Water estate, there is need to carry out new installations, renovation and remedial works to ensure they deliver AMP projects and remain fit for purpose.

02

Lot 1: Systems Integration (SI)

Lot 1: Systems Integration (SI).

03

Lot 4: OT Software, Security and Integration

Lot 4: OT Software, Security and Integration Support.

04

Thames Water reserve the right to issue

Thames Water reserve the right to issue multiple awards for each lot in this agreement to achieve the most efficient and economical service solution, and the security and consistent continuity of supply and delivery.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market
Thames Water wishes to award a framework agreement to suppliers capable of project design, manufacture, installation and testing of low voltage assemblies, motor control centres and system integration across the identified the lotting structures.

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0602e6
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
016870-2026
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