Official UK procurement notice
PRO003780-Services-Framework-Construction Independent Assurance and Testing
Authority: United Utilities Water Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe purpose of this PIN is to assess the number of suitable suppliers who would be interested in tendering for the provision of Construction Independent Assurance and Testing Services.
The Construction Independent Assurance and Testing framework is required to support in the audit and testing of reinstatement products on site premises, to advise suitability of materials and products, as well as condition testing on pipes and liners.
The is also a requirement to carry out assessment and audit of steel, concrete and other materials completed by others on construction sites and in manufacturer’s premises to ensure compliance to relative standards.
CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Checking and testing apparatus · Composition and purity testing and analysis services · Non-destructive testing services · Pipeline-inspection services · Technical inspection and testing services · Technical inspection services of engineering structures
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The scope of this agreement will be subject but not limited to the following requirements:Planned
The scope of this agreement will be subject but not limited to the following requirements:
Testing and Assurance of Pipe Joints
- Testing and Inspection of welds and joints
- On site, within laboratory conditions, in workshops and remotely
- Butt Fusion, Electrofusion and Mechanical Joints
Pipeline Materials
- Testing, assessment and analysis of pipes
- On site, within laboratory conditions, in workshops and remotely
- Materials include but are not limited to; Ductile iron, Cast Iron, Steel, Polyethylene
Structural Steelworks
- Testing, assessment and analysis of steelwork structures
- On site, within laboratory conditions, in workshops and remotely
- The services required are as followed but are not limited to; Ultrasonic Testing, Condition Assessment, Audit of 3rd party testing
Coatings
- Testing, assessment and analysis of various pipeline and pump coatings
- On site, within laboratory conditions, in workshops and remotely
- Audit of 3rd party testing
Structural and Non-Structural Liners
- Testing, assessment and analysis of various pipeline linings
- Testing, assessment and analysis of various sewer pipeline linings (i.e. Cured in Place)
- On site, within laboratory conditions, in workshops and remotely
- Audit of 3rd party testing and witnessing of samples being collected
Concrete Testing
- Testing, assessment and analysis of cured concrete
- On site, within laboratory conditions, in workshops and remotely
- The services required are as followed but are not limited to; QC (Unbound Materials), QC (Particle Size Distribution), Cores and Petrography, Carbonisation Testing, Chlorination Testing, Half-Cell Pot Resistivity, Re-bar Detection, Audit of 3rd party testing
Pressure Testing
- Test Supervision and Data Analysis
- Carry out Pressure Test, Analysis of Pressure Test, Audit of 3rd party testing
- Capability to download pressure test data from site and remotely
Street works Testing and Assurance
- On site, within laboratory conditions, in workshops. Additional information: **Response deadline 18th November 2021**
**Please see attached Supplier Competency Matrix**
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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).
- “PRO003780-Services-Framework-Construction Independent Assurance and…” 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- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Oct 2021, 12:10 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Oct 2021, 12:10 BST
- Authority reference
PRO003780- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-027176- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f196Find a Tender
Publisher note: Included with this PIN is a Supplier Competency Matrix. Please complete this matrix as per the instructions included towards the bottom of the spreadsheet. *Note the instructions on the Supplier Competency Matrix regarding the drop down selection box in column I. “Competent in some areas should only be completed if you are capable of delivering 80% of the activities within Appendix A. The remaining 20% will need to be subcontracted. If you are unable to meet this requirement then please choose the drop down option “Not Competent”. If you have experience in this area, could you please return the completed competency matrix via email to RegulatoryProcurementTeam@uuplc.co.uk Within the body of the email please provide the following: • Company Name • Contact details, including location telephone and e-mail address, main point of contact and position in Company
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
29 Oct 2021 → 3 Jan 2022 · 2 dates- Notice published29 Oct 2021, 12:10 BST
- Tender notice expected3 Jan 2022
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.