--- title: "Southern Water Littlehampton & Medway Water Recycling Plants" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05f9b7" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05f9b7" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05f9b7.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05f9b7.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "SOUTHERN WATER SERVICES LIMITED" published: "2025-12-19" --- # Southern Water Littlehampton & Medway Water Recycling Plants Buyer: SOUTHERN WATER SERVICES LIMITED Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05f9b7 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05f9b7) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05f9b7.json) ## Summary Southern Water Services Limited is in the planning stage of a significant procurement process titled "Southern Water Littlehampton & Medway Water Recycling Plants," focusing on the construction and water-treatment industry segment. Located in Worthing, UK, this private utility initiative aims to implement strategic water recycling schemes at Littlehampton and Medway, enhancing drought resilience by providing purified recycled water. A market engagement request for information (RFI) runs from 18th December to 15th January, with the potential to extend if required. This procurement is part of Southern Water's alignment with Environmental Agency directives and regional planning under the WRSE and WRMP24, aimed at reducing river system abstraction. This tender presents a substantial opportunity for businesses specializing in water treatment and construction work within water projects. Companies with expertise in environmental management and water recycling technologies are well-positioned to compete. As the process is currently in the planning phase with no firm procurement strategy yet undertaken, businesses can influence future procurement decisions by participating in the RFI and subsequent engagement events. Involvement in this project can significantly boost a company's profile within the utility sector, offering long-term contracts that could last until 2048. The engagement offers insight into Southern Water's aims to deliver value for money and sustainable solutions, highlighting the importance of innovation and reliability in prospective suppliers. ## Notice Southern Water is advancing two strategic water recycling schemes, Medway and Littlehampton, to deliver up to 33.4 million litres per day of purified recycled water during drought conditions. These schemes will reduce abstraction from sensitive river systems, support environmental destinations, and ensure resilient water supplies for future generations. The Projects respond to Environment Agency directives to reduce abstraction and to regional forecasts of supply deficits under Water Resource South East (WRSE) and Water Resource Management Plan 2024 (WRMP24) planning scenarios. The schemes are essential to meeting Southern Water's obligations under the Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) and are expected to contribute to achieving environmental destination outcomes in sensitive catchments. ### Planning Information SWS are running a request for information relating to this project. To take part in this engagement please follow this link: https://southernwater.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=60586 and if not registered, register for SWS sourcing portal to access the RFI. For the avoidance of doubt, the purpose of the market engagement notice and Request for Information (RFI) is to conduct a market testing exercise only, and will not formally begin the procurement nor constitute any commitment by Southern Water to undertake any procurement exercise nor form a commercial strategy in a particular form. Any follow-up discussions are solely for information and planning purposes. The answers you provide will be invaluable to informing Southern Water's understanding of the market and provide insight as to how we best deliver value for money to our customers. The RFI will run from Thursday 18th December to Thursday 15th January, this period may be extended if SWS feel it beneficial to do so. Any changes to the timings will be communicated via our portal to parties who have expressed an interest and on our opportunity board. We may undertake more targeted engagement with interested suppliers by interview. We may run subsequent market engagement events as required. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084725-2025 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Works | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 19 Dec 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 28 Feb 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Jan 2028 - 31 Jan 2048 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | SOUTHERN WATER SERVICES LIMITED | | Locality | WORTHING | | Post town | Brighton | | Postcode | BN13 3NX | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex | | ITL 3 | TLJ27 West Sussex (South West) | | Local authority | Worthing | | Electoral ward | Northbrook | | Westminster constituency | Worthing West | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 45 - Construction work ### Codes - 45232430 - Water-treatment work - 45240000 - Construction work for water projects ## Release History - 19 Dec 2025 at 09:54 - PlanningUpdate - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084725-2025 - 18 Dec 2025 at 17:25 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084635-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084725-2025 19th December 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084635-2025 18th December 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - http://www.southernwater.co.uk - https://southernwater.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=60586 - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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