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United Utilities has announced it has awarded a number of long-term contracts to businesses based in its North West operating area.
The six year contracts will begin from today (1 April) and have been awarded for maintenance work on the company’s water and wastewater network.
Four partners have been appointed to look after the water and wastewater networks in its North and South regions including:
- Morrison Utility Services will be responsible for the North region water network
- Sapphire Utility Solutions will look after the North region wastewater network
- T&K Gallagher will be South region water network partner
- Amey Utility Services will look after South region wastewater network
The company has also appointed water and wastewater small project partners and specialist services partners:
- Water small project partners: Amey Utility Services; King Construction, Morrison Utility Services, T&K Gallagher
- Wastewater small project partners: Amey Utility Services, Bethell Group, Sapphire Utility Solutions, T&K Gallagher
- Water specialist services partners: Amey Utility Services, O’Connor Utilities, T&K Gallagher
Kevin Fowlie, United Utilities’ network delivery director, said: “Our new network maintenance services partners will help us improve customer experience, achieve the highest standards of health and safety and provide an end-to-end view of all the maintenance activities in progress.
“Working with multiple suppliers gives us greater flexibility and this new structure will also provide us with the opportunity to work more effectively together and collectively raise the bar on standards and customer experience.
“These contracts have been won by companies with the North West as their heartland and with skilled workforces, working alongside our own teams, supporting the economic wellbeing of our region and delivering best value for our customers.”
United Utilities has moved away from its previous reliance on a single supplier. For the last nine years maintenance on the company’s water and wastewater network has been carried out by Amey Utility Services.
Last month, Severn Trent announced the details of the first contractors to deliver its c.£2 billion capital programme for AMP7.
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