Prequalification register · Last verified
UVDB
UVDB is Achilles's prequalification network for UK regulated utilities, used by buyers including Anglian Water and Scottish Water to assess suppliers. Achilles's own page calls it "a community-driven compliant prequalification system" for the UK utilities market — not a certificate a supplier holds.
- Class
- Prequalification register
- Owner
- Achilles Information Limited
- Last verified
What it is
Achilles's own page states: "UVDB is a community-driven compliant prequalification system designed for regulated utilities in the UK and the wider UK utilities market."
The page names an independent governance structure: it describes UVDB as run with "an independent chair and equal representation across all utilities."
Achilles's page does not use the words "certificate" or "certification" to describe UVDB; it uses "prequalification system" and "network."
Who owns it
UVDB is owned and operated by Achilles Information Limited.
Who asks for it
Buyer-driven. Achilles's own page (verified via the buyer-logo image alt text on the live page, 2026-09-01) names the utilities shown as UVDB buyers: Anglian Water, Northern Gas Networks, UK Power Networks, Wales & West Utilities, United Utilities, Peel Ports, National Gas, Affinity Water, SP Electricity North West and Scottish Water — without stating that UVDB registration is a legal requirement. Whether UVDB is a contractual precondition for any single one of these buyers was not verified in the source opened for this record.
Achilles's own page names UK regulated utility buyers using the UVDB network: Anglian Water, Northern Gas Networks, UK Power Networks, Wales & West Utilities, United Utilities, Peel Ports, National Gas, Affinity Water, SP Electricity North West and Scottish Water. The page does not state that registration is a legal requirement for suppliers to these buyers.
Sources
- Achilles — UVDB (scheme owner) ↗ — accessed
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