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AFFINITY WATER LIMITED

Grand Union Canal Transfer Scheme - Moving Water Together

ConstructionCPV 65100000
Value£425,000,000
Deadline
Published15 Jul 2025
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
guctscheme@affinitywater.co.uk

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Contract value in context
£425.0mtotal contract value
median £302k
this tender£0£459.0m

This is a large award for Public Utilities — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 826 valued Public Utilities tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Affinity Water is the largest water-only supplier in the UK, serving over 3.8 million people across the southeast of England.

With a strong focus on sustainability, innovation, and customer service, Affinity Water is committed to securing water supplies for future generations while protecting the environment.

Our work includes reducing water leakage, promoting water efficiency, and engaging with communities to ensure a reliable and sustainable water future.

The Grand Union Canal Transfer scheme has been designated a project of national significance, forming part of Ofwat's Direct Procurement for Customers (DPC) programme.

Affinity Water is looking to utilise a Competitively Appointed Provider (CAP) through a Design-Build -Finance (DBF) or Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Maintain (DBFOM) model or variations thereof (including Design-Build-Finance-Maintain (DBFM)).

The scheme facilitates strategic water transfer from the Midlands to the Southeast, leveraging existing canal infrastructure alongside new assets, including water treatment works, pipelines, pumping stations, and environmental mitigation works.

This notice seeks market engagement from suitably qualified parties capable of delivering a secure, sustainable, and value-oriented solution for customers aligned with long-term national water resilience objectives.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Our work includes reducing water leakage, promoting

Our work includes reducing water leakage, promoting water efficiency, and engaging with communities to ensure a reliable and sustainable water future.

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

OfwatRegulator registrations
The Grand Union Canal Transfer scheme has been designated a project of national significance, forming part of Ofwat's Direct Procurement for Customers (DPC) programme.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055f31
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
039878-2025
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