£250M contract extension awarded by Severn Trent Water

Amey’s contract, which commenced in 2011, will now run until 2021.

Severn Trent Water has awarded a £250M extension of a waste water contract to Amey.

Initially awarded in 2011, the contract is part of Severn Trent Water’s wide-reaching Sewerage Commercial Model (SCM) contract which has previously also been awarded to the likes of May Gurney and Kier Group

Amey, a renowned public and regulated services provider boasting more than 21,000 employees, has, in the past four years, provided Severn Trent Water with a range of clean and waste services along with metering and developing services.

This is ideal for Severn Trent Water, which was formed in 1974 as a regional, state-owned water authority situated in Birmingham.

It is responsible for water management and supply, and waste water treatment and disposal in the catchment areas of two of Britain’s largest rivers; the Severn and the Trent.

Severn Trent Water’s plan is to ensure its household customers have the lowest average water and sewerage bills combined in England and Wales. Amey’s work will be invaluable in this process.

Amey has provided its range of clean and waste services since 2011 in an area that, when combined with two others, stretches across much of the heartland of the country, starting in mid-Wales towards Rutland and from the Bristol Channel all the way up to the Humber.

An Amey spokesperson told UK Construction Media about the scope of work carried out on the previous contract for Severn Trent Water, saying: “Our teams carry out clean water mains renewal and maintenance, as well as delivering sewer upgrades, flood alleviation projects and installing new or refurbishing existing pumping stations.

“We are also the sole provider for metering and developer services across Severn Trent Water’s network.”

Starting at the beginning of June, Amey’s new contract means that repair and maintenance will be taken care of over the whole Severn Trent region.

The spokesperson at Amey added: “Our teams install, repair and maintain water meters at commercial and domestic properties across Severn Trent Water’s entire network. The scope of our work includes the provision of new water meter installations, maintenance of small and large meter installations, battery replacement, proactive meter replacement, field visits and selective compulsory metering.”

Pete Collins, who is Wholesale Operations Leader at Severn Trent Water, spoke of his excitement about this contract.

He said: “We are really excited with this new contract. It will provide us with a great platform to deliver an outstanding customer experience across the Severn Trent region.”

This new £250M contract extension will allow Amey to continue to deliver the services provided on the SCM contract since 2011.

Amey’s CEO, Mel Ewell, added: “Amey has been working with Severn Trent Water since 1997 and this contract extension is a testament to the quality of service we have been providing.

“Delivering an excellent customer experience is at the heart of the work we do, an ethos we share with Severn Trent, and through this larger contract we will be able to deliver an even better value service to their customers.”

The new contract will run up until March 2021.

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