Official UK procurement notice
Sample Courier and Internal Post Distribution Services
Authority: THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDelivery of clean and waste water samples under refrigerated conditions and distribution of post.
CPV: Courier services · Laboratory services · Post and courier services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Thames Water Utilities Ltd is seeking to award a contract to a sole supplier with the…RenewalPublished value£6,700,000
Thames Water Utilities Ltd is seeking to award a contract to a sole supplier with the capabilities to provide refrigerated collection and delivery of clean water and sewage samples from company sites throughout the Thames Water operating area delivering to the dedicated laboratory in Reading, Berkshire, UK. Included within this service is the collection, sorting and delivery of internal post and parcels to the Thames Water sites.
There are approximately 51 sites requiring visitation, these being sample collection points, post collection and delivery points. 6 sites are to be visited for sample collection only at weekends and Bank Holidays.
The full schedule of visitation times will be made available in the tender documents.
Samples need to be transported under secure refrigerated (between 2 and 8 degrees Celsius ) conditions, with a clear chain of custody, to the Thames Water laboratory in Reading, Berkshire, UK.
The capability for Ad-Hoc collections from a list of up to 15 sites and delivery to Thames Water laboratory in Reading, at any time is required.
There is also a requirement to make pre-booked deliveries to or from anywhere in the UK following notification by 13:00 the day before.
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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).
- Suitability
As detailed in the PQQ
- Economic & financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
- Legal form for consortia
- Consortia may be required to form a legal entity prior to award
- Shortlisting
- As detailed in section VI.3 and PQQ
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
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 19 Dec 2023, 14:37 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Dec 2023, 16:39 GMT
- Authority reference
FA1674- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-037354- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0426f0Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Specified in Invitation to Negotiate Document
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
Thames Water Utilities Limited 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 (SI 2016 No 274) 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 contract notice must request a pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) by using the web link in Section I.3 (www.thameswater.co.uk/procurement) From your response to the link in Section I.3 or above, Thames Water's Procurement Support Centre will send you an email providing login details for our eSourcing system (i.e. IASTA Smartsource). To complete the PQQ you will need to login to IASTA Smartsource. If the project requires it, you will receive an additional and separate survey to complete for Data Protection. Note - The client may be Thames Water Utilities Limited or another company within the Kemble Water group structure.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 12 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
- Deposits and guarantees
- Bonds and/or parent company guarantees of performance and financial standing may be require
Timeline
19 Dec 2023 → 12 Jan 2024 · 2 dates- Notice published19 Dec 2023, 16:39 GMT
- Submission deadline12 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
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| — | TextII.2.4 | There are approximately 51 sites requiring visitation, these being sample collection points, post collection and delivery points. 6 sites are to be visited for sample collection only at weekends and Bank Holidays. The full schedule of visitation times will be made available in the tender documents. | There are approximately 43 sites requiring visitation, these being sample collection points, post collection and delivery points. 14 sites require visitation for sample collection only at weekends and Bank Holidays. These numbers are subject to change and the full schedule of visitation times will be made available in the tender documents. |
1 amendment published without a description.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria