Notice Information
Notice Title
Water Utilities
Notice Description
Essex County Council has awarded a contract following a further competition conducted under the Crown Commercial Service RM6306 Water, Wastewater and Ancillary Services 3 Framework. The contract is for the provision of retail water supply and wastewater (sewerage) services, including associated ancillary services, across the Council's estate. This notice serves as formal notification of the contract award resulting from this procurement process.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-86f13625-8812-4900-9c89-b552a6c2c169
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ed3506b9-bcf1-4d8c-918c-53b1c3046fe4
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
65 - Public utilities
-
- CPV Codes
65100000 - Water distribution and related services
65500000 - Meter reading service
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,958,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £1,958,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Aug 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 27 Jul 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 3 Jun 20258 months ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Nov 2025 - 31 Oct 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CHELMSFORD
- Postcode
- CM2 0PD
- Post Town
- Chelmsford
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH3 Essex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH36 Heart of Essex
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Chelmsford
- Electoral Ward
- Moulsham and Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Chelmsford
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ed3506b9-bcf1-4d8c-918c-53b1c3046fe4
5th August 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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