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External Procurement and Commercial Support

UNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 08:13.

Opportunity overview

United Utilities have a requirement for external procurement and commercial support, to assist with a significant bow wave of sourcing and negotiation activity that require immediate mobilisation. A full assessment of future resource has been undertaken, which confirms that short term external support is essential but once this activity concludes any further resource support / requirements are expected to be delivered through a combination of recruitment and competitions issued through the Management Consultancy Dynamic Market (current live opportunity). The activity is critical to mitigate procurement and compliance risk, drive measurable commercial value, and support the delivery of new procurements across Bioresources, Fleet, Energy, Chemicals, Wastewater, Scientific Services, and other strategic categories. This award is for the fully managed delivery of 6 high-impact initiatives, with some advisory support, and the supplier will need to work with United Utilities' internal team to ensure a timely execution of said initiatives. Deliverables include: • Category strategy development and preparing sourcing documentation • Tender execution and supplier evaluation • Negotiation planning and award recommendations • Contracting support and handover materials • Strategic advisory input for client-led sourcing activity

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

EFFICIO LIMITED

Matched by number
Published award value
£1.3m
Awarded
25 Aug 2025
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 04010379
Location
London, UKI32, SW1Y 5AU, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-058dbc
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
This direct award is being made under Section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023, based on urgency as set out in Schedule 5, paragraph 12. The authority has an immediate and time-critical requirement to ensure continuity of services which are essential to the delivery of statutory and business critical functions. No existing framework agreement is in place which could practicably be used to meet the requirement within the time available. Failure to act would create significant operational costs and service delivery risks for United Utilities. In this circumstance, a direct award to Efficio represents a viable option to maintain continuity of services pending completion of a longer-term solution. That longer term solution being the live procurement of PRO004901-Management Consultancy Dynamic Market which will go live in October 2025 following the conclusion of the procurement process. This contract is being awarded strictly due to the time-limited requirements; however, future requirements of this kind will be suited to PRO004901-Management Consultancy Dynamic Market. Once this Dynamic Market is live, requirements of this nature will be issued in accordance with said agreement.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

utilities

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
urgency

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-COH-02366678
Name
UNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKD61
Country
GB
Locality
Great Sankey
Postal Code
WA5 3LP
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Haweswater House, Lingley Green Avenue

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
privateUtility
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Private utility

Identifier

Id
02366678
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PVVB-5589-BWHX
Scheme
GB-PPON
Organisation 2
Id
GB-COH-04010379
Name
EFFICIO LIMITED

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKI32
Country
GB
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1Y 5AU
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Kinnaird House

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
large
Sheltered Workshop
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No

Identifier

Id
04010379
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PHXX-5468-LGYX
Scheme
GB-PPON

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Date
26 Aug 2025, 00:00
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
79418000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Procurement consultancy services

Value

Amount
1,300,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
1,560,000

Documents

Entry 1
Id
051251-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
26 Aug 2025, 13:01
Entry 2
Id
051255-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
26 Aug 2025, 13:06

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-04010379
Name
EFFICIO LIMITED

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
8 Sept 2025, 23:59

Related lots

1

Contract period

Ends
8 Aug 2026, 23:59
Starts
9 Sept 2025, 00:00

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Great Sankey · UKD61 · WA5 3LP · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-058dbc-2025-08-26T13:06:34+01:00Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·