Official UK procurement notice
Pressure Management Support Services
Authority: THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThames Water wishes to award one or more framework agreements to supplier(s) capable of providing pressure management support services.
The agreement will be covered by the following lots;
Lot 1: Pressure Management Consultancy Services
Lot 2: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Surveys
Lot 3: Tall Building Surveys
Lot 4: Supply of water booster sets
In AMP7 Thames Water is looking to engage with suppliers on initiatives focused on water pressure management to help reduce leakage in the water network.
Agreements will be for an initial term of 4 years with the option to extend to a maximum of 8 years. Volumes will not be committed with any supplier.
Thames Water reserve the right to issue multiple awards for each lot to achieve the most efficient and economical service solution. Thames Water reserves the right to enter into a contract or contracts for the provision of all or any number of lots.
- Recurrence: Between 3 and 8 years
CPV: Consulting services for water-supply and waste consultancy · Design consultancy services · Design-modelling services · Geographic information systems (GIS or equivalent) · Plumbing consultancy services · Pressure boosters for liquids · Pressure-reducing valves · Water plumbing work
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · all with a published value · win at most 4 of themLot #1Pressure Management Consultancy ServicesRenewalPublished value£5,870,000
This lot covers the provision of resource(s) to assist in clean water network modelling required to verify a potential scheme that can proceed to build stage. Activities include hydraulic and leakage analysis of networks, redesign of network boundaries and conceptual design of new pressure managed areas, liaison with Ops and stakeholders.
The scope will also include optimisation of existing assets to deliver leakage reduction across the Thames Water infrastructure asset base. This will be delivered by a dedicated resource team/s (both optimisation and field investigation).
Thames Water reserves the right to award this lot to a single supplier, multiple suppliers or make no award at all.
Lot #2Geographical Information Systems SurveysRenewalPublished value£390,000
This lot is for the provision of specialist Goegraphical Information Systems (GIS) resource(s) for pressure management programme delivery team.
The main activities include determining feasibility of and producing scope documents and design packs for the AMP7 Pressure Management Schemes as per the scope.
Thames Water reserves the right to award this lot to a single supplier, multiple suppliers or make no award at all.
Lot #3Tall Building Survey and Tall Building InstallationRenewalPublished value£3,060,000
This lot is for the provision of Tall Building Surveys and Installation of Tall Building Water Booster Sets.
The scope includes but not limited to;
- Completing initial/full surveys of tall buildings including engagement with plumbers / surveyors
-Managing the booster installations to enable network optimisation to realise Ml/d reduction
-Managing all Tall Building aspects of Pressure Management projects i.e.Identification & Surveying per Building,
Customer Communication, Installation & Commissioning per Building, Supervision of booster installation on behalf of TW.
Thames Water reserves the right to award this lot to a single supplier, multiple suppliers or make no award at all.
Lot #4Tall Building Water Booster SetsRenewalPublished value£1,940,000
This lot is for the Design, supply and installation of Tall building water booster sets.
Thames Water reserves the right to award this lot to a single supplier, multiple suppliers or make no award at all.
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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).
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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).
- Technical & professional ability
As detailed section VI.3 and the PQQ
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- “Pressure Management Support Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- Yes · Between 3 and 8 years
- First published
- 23 Feb 2021, 10:52 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Jul 2021, 18:14 BST
- Authority reference
FA1579- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-002549- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02915cFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Thames Water Utilities Ltd will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
Publisher note: All suppliers who wish to respond to this notice must request a pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) by using the link in Section I.3 of this notice, i.e. https://www.thameswater.co.uk/procurement All bidders will receive an email from procurement.support.centre@thameswater.co.uk containing their log on details into our Smartsource Portal in order to access the PQQ documents. Note that your client may be Thames Water Utilities Ltd or another company within the Kemble Water group structure.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 26 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 360 days from the deadline
- Deposits and guarantees
- Bonds and/or Parent Company Guarantees pf performance and financial standing may be required.
Timeline
26 Feb 2021 → 27 Jul 2021 · 2 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown26 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published27 Jul 2021, 18:14 BST
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Jun 2021- Status changed to complete28 Jun 2021, 11:38 BST
- Procurement method changed28 Jun 2021, 11:38 BST
- Published value published: £11,250,00027 Jul 2021, 18:14 BST
- Status changed to active27 Jul 2021, 18:14 BST
- Deadline moved to 26 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT27 Jul 2021, 18:14 BST-3 days · was 1 Mar 2021, 14:00 GMT
Published amendments (2 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit for receipt of expressions of interest · IV.2.2 | 26 Feb 2021 | 1 Mar 2021 | +3 d |
| — | TextName and Address of Contractor · V.2.3 | Name and Address of Contractor not published in error | Lots 1 & 2 have been awarded to RPS Environmental Management Limited (Warrington Cheshire, WA3 6YF) |
2 amendments published without a description.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2021-02: 1 release · 23 Feb 2021
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
Tall Building Surveys & Tall Building Booster Set Installation
- Signed
- 21 Jun 2021
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Pressure Management Consultancy & GIS
- Signed
- 21 Jun 2021
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Pressure Management Support Services
- Signed
- 21 Jun 2021
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Thames Water Utilities LtdReview bodyReview contact point
Framework contractors & participating bidders
2 commercial parties on the notice- Fraser Water ServicesFramework contractor
- Utilitec Services LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria