Scottish Water invited construction and engineering firms to bid to be involved in an enterprise-style approach to enhancing Scotland鈥檚 water and waste water infrastructure over the period 2027 to 2033, with a potential extension for another six years.
Following the largest procurement ever undertaken by Scottish Water, the publicly-owned utility has chosen Stantec and Aecom as its primary designers.
It has also chosen five asset delivery partners: M Group Water, Mott MacDonald Bentley, Farrans, WGM Engineering and Ross-Shire Engineering.
Scottish Water director of capital investment Rob Mustard said: "The enterprise is the most significant programme of investment and way of working we have ever implemented. It supports our goals of financial sustainability, customer and service excellence, and going beyond net zero, all while contributing to a flourishing Scotland.鈥�
鈥淧rimary designers will be accountable for design across the enterprise, ensuring that our designs deliver our outcomes, and asset delivery partners will drive programme and project delivery, ensuring successful execution of capital works in line with those outcomes.
鈥淥nce the legalities are completed, we see these organisations working with Scottish Water to form our enterprise, delivering a third of SR27 investments for our customers.鈥�
The procurement process is expected to be fully completed by March 2026.
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