Notice Information
Notice Title
Sewer Mapping
Notice Description
Thames Water is seeking to develop the mapped sewer network throughout Greater London and the Thames Valley area, in order to reduce blockages, internal and external floods and pollution. Unmapped sewers lead to a delay in Thames Water locating and attending blockages, floods and pollution, affecting local communities and the environment. The objective of FA2241 is to map any unmapped sewer networks at scale, speed and accuracy, directly supporting the Pollution Incident Reduction Plan (PIRP) that Thames Water is working towards during AMP8. Lot 1 - Aerial Mapping: Capture of 2,484 km2 across 71 Sewer Drainage Area Catchments (SDACs) using manned aircraft, delivering georeferenced 2D, oblique 2D, and 3D imagery. Lot 2 - Asset Detection: Detection of manholes, gullies, rainwater downpipes, soil stacks, misconnections, and outfalls with confidence grading. Lot 3 - Sewer Inferencing: Semi-/automated inferencing of unmapped sewers, laterals, drains, rising mains, and selected SPSs, achieving >=80% accuracy.
Lot Information
Aerial Mapping
Capture of 2D, oblique 2D, and 3D georeferenced imagery for 2,484 km2 across 71 Sewer Drainage Area Catchments (SDACs), phased delivery by 2028, conducted by manned aircraft.
Options: The full scope of the services to be provided and any options that may be considered throughout the term of the agreement, is set out in the Specification issued within the Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) document.
Renewal: Thames Water envisages that the contract will be awarded for an initial term of 4 years with options to extend by 2 years, up to a maximum overall term of 6 years. Additional purchases of aerial survey services may be considered during the contract term, subject to ITN specification.
Asset DetectionDetection of manholes, rainwater downpipes, surface water outfalls, gullies, soil stacks, and misconnections, with confidence grading. PS5m Product Liability will also be required,
Options: The full scope of the services to be provided and any options that may be considered throughout the term of the agreement, is set out in the Specification issued within the Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) document.
Renewal: Thames Water envisages that the contract will be awarded for an initial term of 4 years with options to extend by 2 years, up to a maximum overall term of 6 years. Additional purchases of aerial survey services may be considered during the contract term, subject to ITN specification.
Sewer InferencingLot 3 - Sewer Inferencing: Semi-/automated inferencing of unmapped sewers, laterals, drains, rising mains, and selected SPSs, achieving >=80% accuracy. PS5m Product Liability will also be required,
Options: The full scope of the services to be provided and any options that may be considered throughout the term of the agreement, is set out in the Specification issued within the Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) document.
Renewal: Thames Water envisages that the contract will be awarded for an initial term of 4 years with options to extend by 2 years, up to a maximum overall term of 6 years. Additional purchases of aerial survey services may be considered during the contract term, subject to ITN specification.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0597b6
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055461-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
-
- CPV Codes
90491000 - Sewer survey services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £5,996,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £5,996,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 2 Mar 2026 - 28 Feb 2030 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement.support.centre@thameswater.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- READING
- Postcode
- RG1 8DB
- Post Town
- Reading
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ16 Berkshire West
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Reading
- Electoral Ward
- Thames
- Westminster Constituency
- Reading Central
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055461-2025
10th September 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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