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Biodiversity No Overall Deterioration

UNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 2 Oct 2026, 14:46.

Opportunity overview

The Biodiversity Performance Commitment (https://www.ofwat.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Biodiversity-FD-PC-definition-1.pdf) is a new requirement for AMP8 (April 2025 - March 2030), designed to incentivise water companies to conserve and enhance biodiversity in the exercise of its functions. It measures the net change in the number of biodiversity units nominated in the company's area, based on the results of surveys completed using Defra's statutory metric (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statutory-biodiversity-metric-tools-and-guides) every four years. Within this performance commitment, a company can, in consultation with relevant stakeholders, nominate areas of company-owned land as well as other land where habitat is improved in the process of a water company carrying out its functions. The net change in the number of biodiversity units is determined, based on the results of surveys completed every four years. As part of the Biodiversity Performance Commitment, it is expected that water companies provide assurance that overall biodiversity across all other company-owned sites which are not included in the performance commitment are not deteriorating

Classification

  • CPV90713000 — Environmental issues consultancy services

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-068cc4
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

utilities

Amendments

Entry 1
Description
Please note that this procurement will be issued via Lot 2C of our Management Consultancy Dynamic Market. If you would like to be involved in the future procurement then please refer to the following link to review the Dynamic Market and submit an application where appropriate: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/procurement/ocds-h6vhtk-056c29
Id
038597-2026

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Contract period

Starts
1 Jul 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2030, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
90713000
Description
Environmental issues consultancy services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKC
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UKE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 4
Region
UKF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 5
Region
UKG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 6
Region
UKH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 7
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 8
Region
UKJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 9
Region
UKK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
Market Engagement United Utilities are engaging with the market to get a further understanding of biodiversity baselining tools and techniques that may support in meeting Ofwat's requirement to assure that overall biodiversity across company owned sites are not deteriorating. We are interested in knowing: • How you would develop a biodiversity baseline of United Utilities 56,000Ha estate (including an overview of tools, techniques, prioritisation of the land and data used); • What the timeframes would be for developing and then re-running the baseline; • Approximate costs for developing and re-running the baseline (e.g. per hectare basis); • Whether there are any added benefits and/or functionalities to your methodology that go above and beyond developing a biodiversity baseline that are relevant to water company land management practises. Responses should not exceed 5 pages of A4. Please include all pictures, graphics and visuals within this response limit. No appendices will be accepted. Next Steps Response Deadline - Close of Play 6th May 2026 Submit to Adam.Almond@uuplc.co.uk United Utilities will review and evaluate the information received as part of this market engagement, using it to determine how to proceed, with a more detailed tender likely to follow.
Due
6 May 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
038597-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
28 Apr 2026, 13:54
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

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

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
02366678

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PVVB-5589-BWHX

Address

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

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
privateUtility
Description
Private utility

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Great Sankey · UKD61 · WA5 3LP · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKC · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKD · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKE · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKF · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKG · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKH · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKI · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKJ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 038576-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 038597-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·