Southern Water has awarded contracts to three companies to boost wastewater network performance across the South East region.
The total value of the combined contracts is approximately £540 million, in preparation for the upcoming 2025-30 industry spending period.
Work will be carried out across four lots:
- Lanes Group: Maintenance and manhole workstreams
- Cappagh Browne: rehabilitation projects
- McAllister Bros: sewer sealing
These partners will be responsible for delivering essential frontline sewer services.
From responding to emergency calls, to rehabilitating existing sewers, these providers will work collaboratively with Southern Water to further improve our environmental performance and customer service.
In August last year, Southern Water awarded contracts to eight companies across two new capital delivery frameworks: ‘Strategic Delivery Partner’ (SDP) or ‘infrastructure low complexity delivery route framework’ (LCDR) frameworks, valued at £3.7 billion in total.
The SDP framework will run for seven years while LCDR will run for five, both with the option to extend.
Southern Water’s head of wastewater networks, Alex Saunders, said: “We are delighted to have secured partnerships with industry leading suppliers who are experts in their respective technical disciplines.
“These agreements prepare Southern Water to meet the service levels expected by our customers and will help us to deliver on our environmental improvement ambitions for years to come.”
“The contracts will start in April 2025, spanning all five years of the spending period known as AMP8 (Asset Management Period 8), with the potential for contract extensions.”
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