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Sewer Flooding Mitigation Framework

ConstructionCPV 42131143

Value£20.8m

Deadline28 Sept 2026

Published27 Aug 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 27 Aug 202632 days leftCloses 28 Sept 2026

Who to contact

Mark McCue

Mark.McCue@uuplc.co.uk

+44 293420000

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£20.8mtotal contract value

median £100k

this tender£0£22.4m

This is a large award for Industrial Machinery — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 5,734 valued Industrial Machinery tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

United Utilities Water Limited has published 13 Industrial Machinery notices, about every 6 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around January 2027.

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The brief

This procurement covers the United Utilities Sewer Flooding Mitigation Framework Agreement

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45–80 daysof bid-team effort

£30.8k–£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

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