Top suppliers
Top suppliers to O F W A T
Top-five suppliers hold 86% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What O F W A T buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
79717265736648323070557580Recent contracts
Latest O F W A T contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Technical support for Ford and Aylesford Water Recycling Project
AECOM Limited · 2026-07-13
Technical support for DPC project Hampshire Water Transfer and Water Recycling project
AECOM Limited · 2026-06-25
Review of Ofwat's New Appointments and Variations (NAV) Financial Viability Assessment
Bramble Hub Limited · 2026-06-25
Interim Senior Associate (Policy), for Major Projects (6-months)
Morgan Hunt UK Limited · 2026-06-23
Asset Health Metrics Pilot
AECOM LIMITED · 2026-05-21
International Supplier Market Engagement
Atkinsréalis UK limited · 2026-04-29
Major Projects System Analysis
Oliver Wyman Limited · 2026-03-29
Asset Management Maturity Assessment (AMMA)
Ove Arup & Partners Limited · 2026-03-13
CCTV System for the Birmingham OFWAT office
OCS GROUP UK LIMITED · 2026-03-10
Price Review Economics and Policy Support Consultancy Support
CEPA LLP · 2026-02-28
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Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
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Multi-Functional Devices (MFDs), Print Management Software & Services Solution
Expires: 2026-10-23
Oracle Subscription Licences
Expires: 2026-10-28
Storage facilities and services
Expires: 2026-10-30
Service Desk and End User Compute Services
Expires: 2026-11-01
Review of Ofwat's New Appointments and Variations (NAV) Financial Viability Assessment
Expires: 2026-12-31
Chief Economist
Expires: 2026-12-31
£160K
Water Customer Engagement Calls - enabling direct conversations between Ofwat leaders and water customers.
Expires: 2026-12-31
£24K
Interim Senior Associate (Policy), for Major Projects (6-months)
Expires: 2027-01-19
Asset Management Maturity Assessment (AMMA)
Expires: 2027-01-29
External Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) & Security Operations Centre (SOC) Support Monitoring Service
Expires: 2027-01-31
£95K
Market analysis
Bidding into O F W A T — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
55%
Awards to SMEs
86%
Top-5 supplier share
65%
Framework call-offs
2
Awards to social enterprises
Around 55% of O F W A T’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 2 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises. Around 65%of awards are call-offs from framework agreements — getting onto the right framework matters as much as the bid itself here.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to O F W A T
How much does O F W A T spend on procurement?
O F W A T awarded 163 contracts totalling £24.2M between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, working with 106 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £456K.
Who are O F W A T's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to O F W A T by total award value are NESTA, ICF CONSULTING SERVICES LIMITED, ISLE UTILITIES LIMITED. The top five suppliers together hold 86% of contract value.
What does O F W A T buy from suppliers?
O F W A T's procurement is concentrated in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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SECTOR
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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-09-15
This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.
Source portals
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- · Contracts Finder
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