Services-Framework-Lab Sample Couriers Service

United Utilities Water Limited is procuring a daily courier service for transporting water and wastewater samples from collection points across the North-West Region to its central laboratory at Lingley Mere in Warrington under refrigerated conditions (2–7°C), with compliance to regulatory standards including OFWAT and the Environment Agency's MCERTs scheme. The service includes sample collection, delivery to sample registration centres or the laboratory, route optimisation, and transition from paper-based to electronic consignment documentation; the framework is currently in evaluation stage with an estimated value of £9.6 million.