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Anglian Water Services

2025 - DESA - Desalination Strategic Advisor

UtilitiesCPV 65122000
Value£5.0m
Deadline
Published9 Jun 2026
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
abradley@anglianwater.co.uk

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How to submit
Open the submissions portal

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Contract value in context
£5.0mtotal contract value
median £302k
this tender£0£16.5m

This is a large award for Public Utilities — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 826 valued Public Utilities tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Requirements : 1.

Desalination specific strategic insight .Provide strategic desalination expertise, including process, sustainability (ESG considerations and energy efficiency), and lessons learned from comparable programmes .

Bring market insight from contractors, investors, and supply chain to inform programme strategy and innovation 2.

Cross-programme strategy & delivery model .

Support the definition of, and advise on, the overall strategy and delivery model for concurrent desalination projects, ensuring efficiency, scalability, and value .

Aid in establishing an enduring operating model, including clear roles, responsibilities, and interfaces between Anglian Water and the CAP(s) .

Identify and drive cross-project synergies, efficiencies, and portfolio prioritisation 3.

Governance, decision support & critical friend role .

Act as a strategic advisor to the Major Programme Delivery Senior Leadership Team, strengthening governance and decision-making frameworks .

Provide independent challenge as a “critical friend” across programme strategies, partners, and delivery approaches 4.

Commercial, regulatory & market interface .

Provide strategic input into commercial approach, including PPP considerations and desalination-specific risks .

Support business case development, options analysis, and regulatory submissions .

Guide the development of stakeholder engagement and public acceptance strategies 5.

Risk, delivery & capability development .

Identify, assess, and mitigate programme risks and key development challenges, maintaining delivery momentum .

Support capability development within Anglian Water through knowledge transfer, tools, and best practice frameworks

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

.Provide strategic desalination expertise, including process, sustainability

.Provide strategic desalination expertise, including process, sustainability (ESG considerations and energy efficiency), and lessons learned from comparable programmes.

02

Bring market insight from contractors, investors,

Bring market insight from contractors, investors, and supply chain to inform programme strategy and innovation.

03

Support the definition of, and advise on

Support the definition of, and advise on, the overall strategy and delivery model for concurrent desalination projects, ensuring efficiency, scalability, and value.

04

Governance, decision support & critical friend role

Governance, decision support & critical friend role.

05

Provide independent challenge as a “critical friend”

Provide independent challenge as a “critical friend” across programme strategies, partners, and delivery approaches.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b105
Stage
tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
054365-2026
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