Official UK procurement notice
The Supply, services and Maintenance of Odour Control Units
Authority: THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThames Water Utilities Ltd (TWUL) is intending to award a framework agreement and this will be split into lots for the supply of Odour Control Equipment.
The types of units to be included under the scope of supply will be all forms of odour control units held on Thames Water's estate of sites, including all forms of biofilters, chemical scrubbing units and carbon polishing units.
Services of Odour Control Equipment will also be included (Services comprise of but not limited to refurbishment, maintenance, and repair, and inspection of all assets and their ancillary equipment).
These goods and services will be used on our operational wastewater sites. TWUL has over 170 assets across multiple sites within the Thames Water waste region, made up of ~70 bioscrubbers, ~60 Carbon Scrubbers, and ~15 Chemical scrubbers. We have over 30 different OEMs although most units are manufactured by ERG Air Pollution control, Hibernia Export Trading House and Odour Services International.
CPV: Odour-masking apparatus · Purification plant equipment · Purification-plant repair and maintenance work · Wastewater-plant repair and maintenance work
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 4 suppliers · 3 appointed
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value · win at most 2 of themLot #1Supply/Install/Maintain/Service of New Odour Control EquipmentCancelledPublished value£9,500,000
The scope of work for lot 1 includes: the manufacture, installation, supply, and delivery of new Odour Control Units. The maintenance will cover both planned and reactive maintenance, reactive call out repairs and refurbishment, media changes. Spares for all supplied equipment will be required.
This lot will be awarded to no more than 4 suppliers using mini competitions
Lot #2Inspection of EXISTING Odour Control EquipmentCancelledPublished value£500,000
To supply Inspection services for existing Odour Control Units with a minimum initial term of 5 years.
The types of units to be included under the scope of inspection will be all forms of odour control units held on Thames Water's estate of sites, including but not limited to all forms of biofilters, chemical scrubbing units and carbon polishing units. Inspection will include but not limited to visual check for damage/defects to any part of system, taking contaminate/pH readings, cleaning certain parts of the systems, and taking pressure measurements.
This lot will be awarded to a sole supplier for the whole Thames Water estate.
If a bidder has bid for both lot 3 and lot 2 and are successful in both, they will be awarded only the single lot for which they have gained the highest score. In the event that the bidders scores for lots 2 and 3 are tied then we will look at the commercial scoring to decide which lot will be awarded.
The bidder will be asked for their preference within the tender process.
Lot #3Refurbishment/Repair of EXISTING Odour Control EquipmentCancelledRenewalPublished value£8,000,000
To supply services for Odour Control Units, including refurbishment services with a minimum initial term of 5 years.
The types of units to be included under the scope of service will be all forms of odour control units held on Thames Water's estate of sites, including all forms of biofilters, chemical scrubbing units and carbon polishing units.
The works will be awarded to a primary supplier with a reserve in place. Area 1 will contain approximately half of the asset base and will generally cover the east of the Thames Water estate. Area 2 will contain approximately half of the asset base and will generally cover the west of the Thames Water estate.
We aim to appoint no more than 4 suppliers to the framework agreement.
Mini competitions will be run between both preferred and reserve suppliers for the relevant asset allocations in the case of (a) high value projects and (b) where required lead times cannot be met by the preferred supplier. If a bidder has bid for both lot 3 and lot 2 and are successful in both, they will be awarded only the single lot for which they have gained the highest score. In the event that the bidders scores for lots 2 and 3 are tied then we will look at the commercial scoring to decide which lot will be awarded. The bidder will be asked for their preference within the tender process.
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 form a legal entity prior to award,
- Shortlisting
- As detailed in section VI.3 & PQQ.
- “The Supply, services and Maintenance of Odour Control Units” 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
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 26 Jan 2021, 11:12 GMT
- Last source update
- 7 Feb 2022, 12:07 GMT
- Authority reference
FA1521- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-003398- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028d48Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Specified in the Invitation of Negotiate document.
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed
- 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 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.
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.thameswater.co.uk/about-us/our-suppliers/procurement ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 24 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- document
- Deposits and guarantees
- Bonds and/or parent company guarantees of performance and financial standing may be required.
Timeline
24 Feb 2021 → 7 Feb 2022 · 2 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown24 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published7 Feb 2022, 12:07 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete7 Feb 2022, 12:07 GMT
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
Lot 1, Lot 2 - Primary (East & West Regions) Inspections for existing OCUs & Lot 3 - Reserve for East & West regions
- Signed
- 18 Nov 2021
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Lot 1, Lot 2 - Reserve for East region Lot 3 - West Region Primary and reserve East Region
- Signed
- 18 Nov 2021
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Lot 1, Lot 2 - Reserve for West region Lot 3 - East Region Primary & reserve West Region
- Signed
- 18 Nov 2021
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
3 commercial parties on the notice- Air-Water Treatments Ltd.Framework contractor
- ERG (Air Pollution Control) Ltd.Framework contractor
- Odour Services International Ltd.Framework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria