Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Scottish Water
Top-five suppliers hold 82% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Scottish Water buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
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Latest Scottish Water contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Meter Data Management System
Elster Water Metering T/A Honeywell · 2026-08-18
The Provision of Jetting Units, Hoses and Consumables
Scotjet Ltd · 2026-07-25
Supply, Installation and Maintenance of Fixed Standby Generators
Dieselec Thistle Generators Ltd · 2026-07-13
Supply, Installation and Maintenance of Fixed Standby Generators
Ross-shire Engineering Limited (RSE) · 2026-07-13
The Supply of Nutrient Analysers
Metrohm UK Ltd · 2026-07-06
Rental of Lime Treatment Equipment for Sewage Cake at Allanfearn WWTW
SludgeTEK Ltd · 2026-06-09
Lot 1C - Converged Networks and Security Operations
British Telecommunications plc · 2026-05-21
£130.0M
Lot 2C - Combined Line of Business & Azure Application Management
Accenture (UK) Limited · 2026-05-13
£100.0M
Odour Treatment & Control
ERG (Air Pollution Control) Ltd. · 2026-04-30
Advanced Metering Infrastructure for Non-Household Customers: AMI Smart Water Meters, Networks and Data services
Elster Water Metering T/A Honeywell · 2026-04-13
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Market analysis
Bidding into Scottish Water — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
33%
Awards to SMEs
82%
Top-5 supplier share
0%
Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
Around 33% of Scottish Water’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Scottish Water
How much does Scottish Water spend on procurement?
Scottish Water awarded 56 contracts totalling £9.3bn between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 53 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £491.4M.
Who are Scottish Water's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Scottish Water by total award value are Farrans Limited, M Group Water (Network Infrastructure) Ltd, Mott MacDonald Bentley Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 82% of contract value.
What does Scottish Water buy from suppliers?
Scottish Water's procurement is concentrated in construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus), construction work, 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 2026-11-08
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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