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Pumping stations contracts

UK public sector · 77 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
77
Last 12 months
Median contract
£145k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£541m
72 of 75 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
50
Suppliers
57

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most pumping stations contracts took 22% of them (17 of 77).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter fell 23% from the first half of the period to the second.
  • The median contract, £145k, is close to the median across construction & trades contracts (£139k).
  • South East had the most contracts: 13, or 17% of the total.

Who buys pumping stations

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Environment Agency15 contracts
  2. 2The Coal Authority6 contracts
  3. 3Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs4 contracts
  4. 4Broads (2006) Internal Drainage Board3 contracts
  5. 5Isle of Wight Council2 contracts
  6. 6Gov Facility Services Ltd2 contracts
  7. 7King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council2 contracts
  8. 8London Borough of Hillingdon1 contract
  9. 9no1 contract
  10. 10Wiltshire Council1 contract

Top pumping stations contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1ECS Engineering Services Ltd5 contracts
  2. 2Galliford Try4 contracts
  3. 3JT Mackley & Co. Ltd3 contracts
  4. 4JBA Bentley Ltd3 contracts
  5. 5Alpheus Environmental Ltd2 contracts
  6. 6JN Bentley2 contracts
  7. 7Aquatic Control Engineering Ltd2 contracts
  8. 8PDAS Proactive Ltd2 contracts
  9. 9Bates Environmental Ltd2 contracts
  10. 10Fairfield Control Systems2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

14Q4 2025*26Q1 202617Q2 202620Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 70 · Wales 3 · Northern Ireland 2 · Scotland 2

South East13East of England11South West10East Midlands9West Midlands7North West6London6North East5Wales3Yorkshire and The Humber2Scotland2Northern Ireland2UK-wide or not stated1

What is included

Design, upgrade, operation and MEICA maintenance of foul, surface water and land drainage pumping stations, flood asset plant and small treatment systems such as package plants, reed beds and mine water treatment schemes, including pump supply and replacement.

  • Pumping station upgrades
  • Pump station maintenance
  • Borehole pump and control replacement
  • Reed bed restoration
  • Mine water treatment scheme operation and maintenance
  • Land drainage pump stations

What is not included

  • Building and housing estate pumps such as booster sets and sewage or sump pumps (con.mech.pumps-booster-sets)
  • Heating circulation pumps (con.mech.commercial-heating-plant)
  • Water company networks (con.civils.water-sewer-networks)
  • Water utility treatment works and MEICA term works (con.civils.water-wastewater-treatment)
  • Telemetry and SCADA systems bought on their own (it.estates.industrial-control-systems)
  • Tankering (another industry: waste-environment)

Often bought by the same buyers