Official UK procurement notice
Potable and Waste Water Lab Testing Services
Authority: Southern Water Services Limited (Public body)
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe tender consists of 4 lots, the first 3 lots require the tenderers to courier potable water samples from Southern Water collection points to their testing facilities and analyse potable water samples.
Lot 4 is the couriering waste water samples from Southern Water collection points to their testing facilities and analyse waste water samples.
The 4 lots are considered separate services and Tenderers can tender for one or multiple services.
Please note, it is Southern Water's intention to award either Lot 1, or Lots 2 and 3, depending on the efficiencies that can be provided through having one accountable supplier for all potable water testing services.
In responding to this tender, you are confirming you are able to undertake the full suite of services set out in this Framework Agreement and associated schedules.
CPV: Laboratory services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 3 suppliers · 3 bids on the busiest of 3 lots (1.0 per place) · 2 appointed
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 Jun 2025
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · all with a published value · win at most 3 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotEvery one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £25,200,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Potable Water analysisRenewalPublished value£50,400,000
Pick up of samples from designated SW hubs, analysis, and reporting of analysis results for Potable Water, including Microbiology, General Chemistry, Organic analysis, and Radiochemistry samples.
Please note, it is Southern Water's intention to award either Lot 1, or Lots 2 and 3, depending on the efficiencies that can be provided through having one accountable supplier for all potable water testing services.
Lot #2Potable Water analysis Microbiology & General ChemistryAwardedRenewalceiling above
Pick up of samples from designated SW hubs, analysis, and reporting of analysis results for Potable Water, including Microbiology, General Chemistry, Organic analysis, and Radiochemistry samples.
Please note, it is Southern Water's intention to award either Lot 1, or Lots 2 and 3, depending on the efficiencies that can be provided through having one accountable supplier for all potable water testing services.
Lot #3Potable Water analysis, Organic analysis and RadiochemistryAwardedRenewalceiling above
Pick up of samples from designated SW hubs, analysis, and reporting of analysis results for Potable Water, including Microbiology, General Chemistry, Organic analysis, and Radiochemistry samples.
Please note, it is Southern Water's intention to award either Lot 1, or Lots 2 and 3, depending on the efficiencies that can be provided through having one accountable supplier for all potable water testing services.
Lot #4Wastewater analysisAwardedRenewalPublished value£11,200,000
Pick up of samples from designated SW hubs, analysis, and reporting of analysis results for Potable Water, including Microbiology, General Chemistry, Organic analysis, and Radiochemistry samples.
Please note, it is Southern Water's intention to award either Lot 1, or Lots 2 and 3, depending on the efficiencies that can be provided through having one accountable supplier for all potable water testing services.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 60
- Commercial: 40
- price: 40
- Price carries 80 of 140 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Potable and Waste Water Lab Testing Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 3 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 26 Feb 2024, 20:21 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Apr 2025, 15:38 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-016592- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-043d01Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 27 Mar 2024, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
27 Mar 2024 → 1 Jun 2025 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown27 Mar 2024, 17:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected11 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST
- Notice published23 Apr 2025, 15:38 BST
- Contract starts1 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete23 Apr 2025, 15:38 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Potable Water analysis, Microbiology & General Chemistry - South East Water
- Signed
- 23 Apr 2025
- Value
- £12,915,606
- Period
- … – 31 May 2029
- Status
- active
Potable Water analysis, Organic analysis and Radiochemistry - ALS
- Signed
- 23 Apr 2025
- Value
- £8,600,157
- Period
- … – 31 May 2029
- Status
- active
Wastewater analysis
- Signed
- 23 Apr 2025
- Value
- £7,208,542
- Period
- … – 31 May 2029
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 · Potable Water analysis Microbiology & General Chemistry | 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 3 · Potable Water analysis, Organic analysis and Radiochemistry | 3bids · 3 electronic · 2 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 4 · Wastewater analysis | 3bids · 3 electronic · 2 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- SOUTHERN WATER SERVICES LIMITEDReview body
- Southern WaterReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
3 commercial parties on the notice- ALS LABORATORIES (UK) LIMITEDFramework contractor
- ALS LABORATORIES (UK) LIMITED,Framework contractor
- South East WaterFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.