Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Water and Wastewater Services
Notice Description
Provision of water retail services for Lancashire County Council and Lancashire schools. The services cover all the customer facing services and act as a link to the regions water wholesaler. Services include billing, handling payments, reading meters, and customer services.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05129f
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021069-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK1 - Pipeline Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
65 - Public utilities
-
- CPV Codes
65100000 - Water distribution and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £24,520,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 14 May 20259 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Nov 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- contractscorporate@lancashire.gov.uk, support@socialvalueportal.com
- Contact Phone
- +44 20 3355 0530
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PRESTON
- Postcode
- PR1 0LD
- Post Town
- Preston
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI45 Lambeth
- Delivery Location
- TLD4 Lancashire
-
- Local Authority
- Lambeth
- Electoral Ward
- Vauxhall
- Westminster Constituency
- Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021069-2025
14th May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
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