Official UK procurement notice
River Restoration & Associated Works
Authority: THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWe are the UK's largest Water and Wastewater services provider.
We plan to award a Build and Design and Build agreements, focusing on River Restoration to meet our regulatory obligations.
The works will be carried out at environmentally sensitive areas requiring relevant knowledge and experience.
The works are to include:
Weir/removals or modifications
In channel habitat enhancement works including channel/bed re-profiling, installing in-channel gravels, woody debris
River bank re-profiling
River bank replacement with softer options
Denaturalising river channels
Involvement and support in consultations with stakeholders.
These agreements will be used as part of our Capital Delivery programme, as well as smaller operational needs.
All requirements will be in the Thames Water operating area, primarily focusing London and the Thames Valley areas.
CPV: Environmental improvement works · Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment · Riverbank protection works · Waterways except canals
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 4 suppliers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1We are the UK's largest Water and Wastewater services provider, recycling waste from…RenewalPublished value£30,000,000
We are the UK's largest Water and Wastewater services provider, recycling waste from 15m people safely back to the environment, 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year.
Thames Water plans to award a Build and/or Design and Build agreement, focusing on River Restoration.
The works will be carried out at environmentally sensitive areas.
The works are to include:
Weir/removals or modifications
In channel habitat enhancement works including channel/bed re-profiling, installing in-channel gravels, woody debris
River bank re-profiling, River bank replacement with softer options
Denaturalising river channels
Involvement and support in consultations with stakeholders.
These agreements will support the delivery of schemes as part of our Capital programme, as well as smaller operational needs. All requirements will be in the Thames Water operating area, primarily focusing London and the Thames Valley areas.
Thames Water are looking for suppliers who have a track record of providing these types of works at environmentally sensitive sites and can demonstrate how they manage environmental impacts and work to environmental constraints.
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).
- Legal form for consortia
- Consortia may be required to for a legal entity prior to award
- Shortlisting
- As detailed in Section VI.3 and PQQ
- “River Restoration & Associated Works” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 4 suppliers, 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
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 9 Jul 2021, 09:16 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Jul 2021, 09:16 BST
- Authority reference
CP0033- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-016034- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02c614Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Specified in the Invitation to Negotiate document.
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
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
- 4 Aug 2021, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- document
- Bid validity
- 360 days from the deadline
- Deposits and guarantees
- Bonds and/or Parent Company Guarantees of performance and financial standing may be required.
Timeline
9 Jul 2021 → 4 Aug 2021 · 2 dates- Notice published9 Jul 2021, 09:16 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown4 Aug 2021, 17:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Thames Water Utilities LtdReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria