Scottish Water has gone out to tender with a contract for the provision of active leakage management services worth an estimated £56 million in total.

The water company is looking to procure an agreement with a single supplier to provide expertise, guidance, support and resources in design, planning, management and delivery of active leakage management. The appointed supplier will work with and supplement Scottish Water’s own “in-house” provision in achieving the company's leakage targets.

The services to be provided under the contract will include:

• Proactive and reactive location of leaks on all types of water mains and fittings, communication pipes and supply pipes, of any material or diameter through utilising the full range of leakage detection techniques available and to include the identification of all unaccounted water usage,
• Mobilisation of skilled and fully equipped detection resources to work effectively with the regional leakage managers and other delivery partners,
• Provision of highly skilled leakage detection staff to include two man, single man teams and technical support
• Maintenance, design and weekly supply of comprehensive Leakage performance indicators (LPI’s)

Scottish Water also requires the delivery of services beyond detection work - for example, assisting the installation and optimisation of DMAs, major incidents such as large burst or wide scale low pressure problems – together with the provision of innovative leakage detection solutions.

Estimated annual expenditure is £6 to £8 million.The initial award period is five years, with three further 12 month extension options.

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 11^th November 2019 – click here to acces the tender documentation.