Thames Water investors have today submitted a new plan to Ofwat to stave off the company’s collapse – the proposal from the London & Valley Water (L&VW) consortium aims to deliver £5.4 billion of committed funding to Thames Water.

Following Thames Water’s supply chain launch event on 18 September for its AMP8/9 Major Projects Framework, the water company has now formally gone out to tender with a contract for the framework.

Anglian Water has confirmed an unincorporated joint venture between AtkinsRéalis, Mace and Turner & Townsend as its new Programme Delivery Partner (PDP) to support its capital investment delivery over the next fifteen years.

Ofwat is flagging up the £50 billion opportunities on offer for 30 major upcoming projects coming down the line in the RAPID programme with the publication of two separate Major Projects guides for the supply chain and for investors respectively.

Southern Water has awarded AMP8/9 contracts to nine companies across thirteen new contracts to boost wastewater removal performance and operational resilience across its region with a potential total value of £1.09 billion.

Yorkshire Water has appointed Lanes Group to deliver wastewater services throughout AMP8 with a potential contract value of £500 million in total if the contract extends into AMP9.

United Utilities has gone out to tender with an AMP8/9 framework contract for ground investigations work worth an estimated £170 million.

Envolve Infrastructure has been awarded a strategic framework appointment for up to 11 years on Wessex Water’s AMP8 Capital Delivery Framework.

United Utilities has appointed Jacobs to its Strategic Solutions Team (SST) to support programme optimization for major capital works through both AMP8, which runs from 2025 to 2030, and AMP9 which runs from 2030 to 2035.

United Utilities has gone out to tender with a major AMP8 Works Framework contract for Minor Works worth an estimated £800 million.