Southern Water has awarded seven companies to help transform its professional services provision.

AECOM, Arup, KPMG, Mott MacDonald, Stantec, Turner & Townsend, and WSP/Binnies have all been awarded contracts as part of Southern Water's Professional Services framework – one of three critical frameworks, with Capital Delivery and Network Services still to be decided.

This framework will allow Southern Water to access a wide range of technical advisory services in support of building and engineering projects of all scales and sizes – more important now than ever, as the organisation awaits Ofwat's response to its record £7.8bn business plan for 2025-30.

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Representatives of all companies recently gathered at Southern Water’s Falmer office, outside Brighton, for a special supplier welcome day.

The framework, which runs for an initial five years with the option to extend by another three years, is broken down into three lots:

• Asset Management support services

• Programme and Project Management support services

• Technical and Engineering support services

Southern Water's Head of Procurement, Stephen Coleman, said: "I am delighted to announce these seven Professional Services partners who I am confident will be of huge support to Southern Water as we embark on an absolutely crucial time of positive change for the UK water sector."