Official UK procurement notice
Supply of Fleet Vehicles · UK public procurement notice
Authority: THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThames Water intends to award a Framework Agreement(s) for the provision of motor vehicles for our commercial fleet, which currently consists of c.2000 vehicles in total. The scope will cover all variations of Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs) and 4x4s. The aim of the agreement is to source suppliers to cover our current fleet requirements for Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles, and to cover our upcoming transition to Electric/Alternative fuel vehicles, therefore playing an integral role in our strategic priority of becoming carbon net zero by 2030.
- Recurrence: Between 3 and 8 years
CPV: Electric vehicles · Motor vehicles · Pick-ups · Vans
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 5 suppliers · 1 appointed
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value · a supplier may bid for at most 2 and win at most 2 of themEvery one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £24,000,000: 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 #1Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) VehiclesAwardedRenewal East of England, London +1ceiling above
Lot #2Electric & Alternative Fuel VehiclesRenewal London, South Eastceiling above
Lot 2 is for the provision of Electric and Alternative Fuel Vehicles, which will be leased during the initial term, with the expectation that we can choose to purchase at the end of the lease term if required, or to purchase additional EV requirements outright in future, dependent on development of the EV market.
Lot 2 will be awarded to multiple suppliers.
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).
- Suitability
As detailed in the PQQ
- Legal form for consortia
- Consortia may be required to form a legal entity prior to any award.
- Shortlisting
- As detailed in Section VI.3 and the PQQ
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- “Supply of Fleet Vehicles” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 5 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
- Goods
- 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
- 1 Mar 2022, 14:12 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Jan 2023, 11:43 GMT
- Authority reference
FA1692- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-000643- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031c64Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
As detailed in the ITN.
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Consortia may be required to form a legal entity prior to any award.
- 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: **** Please note - this is a Contract Award Notice **** The original Contract notice stated it was in two lots - Thames Water have cancelled lot 2, and has not been awarded. 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. If the project requires it you will receive an additional and separate survey to complete for Data Protection. 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
- 21 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- document
- Bid validity
- 270 days from the deadline
- Deposits and guarantees
- Bonds and/or parent company guarantees of performance and financial standing may be required.
Timeline
21 Mar 2022 → 10 Jan 2023 · 2 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown21 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published10 Jan 2023, 11:43 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Jan 2023- Status changed to complete10 Jan 2023, 11:43 GMT
- Buyer details updated10 Jan 2023, 11:43 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Vehicles
- Signed
- 12 Dec 2022
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Thames Water Utilities LtdReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Ford Motor Company LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria