Official UK procurement notice
UK public contract notice prj_4065 — Southern Water Services Ltd.
Authority: Southern Water Services Limited (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionSouthern Water Services (SWS) is anticipating that AMP8 will be the largest investment programme it has ever undertaken, given its plans for WINEP and WRMP, and the service it is seeking to deliver for customers. SWS now wishes to secure a range of supply chain partners for the delivery of its AMP8 capital programme. The AMP8 regulatory period will run from April 2025 to March 2030. The current frameworks used for engineering, design and construction services have been in place for almost 10 years and expire on 31st March 2025. In procuring new frameworks, we are seeking to build on positive changes made in AMP7, but also to look beyond AMP8 and take important steps to reflect supplier feedback, moving towards excellence in all that we do. The new arrangements will offer the option of running for AMP9.
In parallel to this procurement process, Southern Water is working up its plans for PR24 – including working with our regulators and stakeholders to confirm the investment that will be available, and the capital delivery projects that will need to be undertaken. The PR24 process will benefit from having the AMP8 supply chain in place to assist with ongoing planning and transition to AMP8.
A collaborative framework will be established to deliver low complexity infrastructure design and build schemes. The framework will have 2 lots one for water and wastewater.
A framework for Non-Infrastructure works has already been established for the remainder of AMP 7 and 8.
The Partner shall work with the Client to provide engineering capability and expertise to: Identify and develop options in accordance with the Client’s technical and engineering standards for all aspects of Water and Wastewater systems.
CPV: Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 6 suppliers · 5 bids received (0.8 per place) · 5 appointed
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value · win at most 2 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Capital Infrastructure WaterAwardedRenewalPublished value£294,000,000
This is intended to be used for routine asset replacement works which require limited design, and can be readily packaged and allocated by the Client.
The Contractor shall work with the Client to provide engineering capability and expertise to:
Identify and develop options in accordance with the Client’s technical and engineering standards for all aspects of Water and Wastewater systems.
Achieve the required asset performance or customer outcomes by identifying:
low build or no-build solutions.
sustainable including low carbon, catchment, and nature-based solutions.
lowest Totex or Best Value solutions across an agreed Tranche or Programme of works.
how the solution(s) deliver benefit through the Client’s Balanced Scorecard, and at an aggregate catchment or system level.
The Contractor shall provide construction management services and expertise including:
Create, manage and optimise its allocated programmes, including developing programme, tranche and project execution plans as required by the Client.
Supporting the Client with Pre-construction Enabling Activities.
Undertaking Construction Enabling Activities (e.g. site surveys, site preparation, streetworks management, including communicating with the customer).
Preparing all aspects of work delivery planning, including identification of the most cost-efficient civils, mechanical and electrical, and environmental construction resource to deliver the works, for review and acceptance by the Client.
Work with the client to regularly optimise the specification and procurement of the Client’s Standard Asset List, including use of centralised or buying club solutions
Managing and undertaking construction delivery to the time, cost, quality and risk parameters agreed with the Client,
Managing and undertaking commissioning and handover according to Client Engineering Standards.
Lot #2Capital Infrastructure WastewaterAwardedRenewalPublished value£406,000,000
This is intended to be used for routine asset replacement works which require limited design, and can be readily packaged and allocated by the Client.
The Contractor shall work with the Client to provide engineering capability and expertise to:
Identify and develop options in accordance with the Client’s technical and engineering standards for all aspects of Water and Wastewater systems.
Achieve the required asset performance or customer outcomes by identifying:
low build or no-build solutions.
sustainable including low carbon, catchment, and nature-based solutions.
lowest Totex or Best Value solutions across an agreed Tranche or Programme of works.
how the solution(s) deliver benefit through the Client’s Balanced Scorecard, and at an aggregate catchment or system level.
The Contractor shall provide construction management services and expertise including:
Create, manage and optimise its allocated programmes, including developing programme, tranche and project execution plans as required by the Client.
Supporting the Client with Pre-construction Enabling Activities.
Undertaking Construction Enabling Activities (e.g. site surveys, site preparation, streetworks management, including communicating with the customer).
Preparing all aspects of work delivery planning, including identification of the most cost-efficient civils, mechanical and electrical, and environmental construction resource to deliver the works, for review and acceptance by the Client.
Work with the client to regularly optimise the specification and procurement of the Client’s Standard Asset List, including use of centralised or buying club solutions
Managing and undertaking construction delivery to the time, cost, quality and risk parameters agreed with the Client,
Managing and undertaking commissioning and handover according to Client Engineering Standards.
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 70
- Commercial: 30
- price: 30
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical: 70
- Commercial: 30
- Price: 30
- Suitability
Qualification requirements are detailed within the sourcing portal including:
Southern Water will use the Achilles Utilities Vendor Database (UVDB) to provide confirmation of certain capabilities and standards – including Health and Safety, Environmental and Corporate Social Responsibility. Further information on the UVDB is available at www.achilles.com/community/uvdb/ ↗
Southern Water is required by its investors to ensure that any key supplier has good economic and financial standing. A CreditSafe check will be used for this purpose, together with other background checks if needed, at the discretion of the Client. A Tenderer may be rejected if the recommended annual contract value for their company on CreditSafe is below the proposed annual value of the contract. The annual value of the contract is calculated by dividing the estimated total value by the initial period. Where a framework is tendered, the annual value would also be divided by the number of Service Providers expected to be appointed; this would not always be an equal division, as different lots may have different values. If a bidder fails this test, and only publishes abridged accounts, Southern Water may allow the bidder to proceed. This would be on the basis of providing turnover data that satisfies the annual contract value accounting for less than a half of their annual turnover; and do not have an adverse risk score on CreditSafe. Alternatively, a Parent Company Guarantee or bank G…
- Legal form for consortia
- Consortium proposed legal structure if the group of economic operators intends to form a named single legal entity prior to signing a contract, if awarded. If you do not propose to form a single legal entity, please explain the legal structure. Southern Water may require the consortium to assume a specific legal form if awarded the contract, to the extent that it is necessary for the satisfactory performance of the contract.
- Shortlisting
- Tenderers’ response to the PQQ will be scored in the order as outlined in the sourcing portal, with those sections marked as Pass/Fail where the Tenderer will either meet or fail to meet the minimum criteria. All prospective Tenderers are required to pass each question within the SWS PQQ response forms. A full response to Qualification Envelope is required, except where indicated. Failure to respond fully to any required question in this section or not being able to meet the minimum requirement will result in the submission being non-compliant and being excluded from the process, except where the SWS Commercial Head determines that a genuine error has been made, and a correction may then be permitted.
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- Price carries 60 of 130 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. Quality carries 70 of 130: the paper moves it further than the discount.
- “UK public contract notice prj_4065 — Southern Water Services Ltd.” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 6 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- 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
- 7 Mar 2023, 11:32 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Sept 2024, 16:34 BST
- Authority reference
prj_4065- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-028667- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03aea5Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As stated in the procurement documents aligned with SWS balanced scorecard
Publisher note: Framework will not exceed 8 years Initial term AMP 7 and 8 5 Years Extension term up to 3 years x 1 year extension options (estimation only £700M) Submission of expression of interest and procurement specific information: This procurement exercise will be conducted on the Jaggaer One e-procurement portal at: https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/ Candidates wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and provide additional procurement specific information through the portal as follows: i) Candidates should register on the Jaggaer One e-procurement portal at: https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/ ii) Once registered, candidates must express their interest as follows: a) login to the portal; b) select ‘View current opportunities and notices’; c) access the listing related to this framework d) click on Express Interest button; iii) Once you have expressed interest, please complete the PQQ. You must then publish your reply using the publish button; iv) For any support in submitting your expression of interest please contact the eTendering help desk at. 0800 368 4850 or help@bravosolution.co.uk https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=55889 CLOSING DATE FOR PQQ IS 05/06/2023
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/ ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 5 Jun 2023, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
Timeline
4 Apr 2023 → 6 Sept 2024 · 4 dates- Next notice expected4 Apr 2023, 00:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown5 Jun 2023, 16:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected14 Aug 2023, 00:00 BST
- Notice published6 Sept 2024, 16:34 BST
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Apr 2023- Published value updated to £700,000,00027 Apr 2023, 13:52 BSTwas £500,000,000
- Status changed to active27 Apr 2023, 13:52 BST
- Procurement method changed27 Apr 2023, 13:52 BST
- Deadline published: 5 Jun 2023, 16:00 BST27 Apr 2023, 13:52 BST
- Status changed to complete6 Sept 2024, 16:34 BST
- Buyer details updated6 Sept 2024, 16:34 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast5 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £96,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
LCDR Infrastructure - Clancy Docwra
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2024
- Value
- £96,700,000
- Status
- active
LCDR Infrastructure - Barhale
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2024
- Value
- £70,000,000
- Status
- active
LCDR Infrastructure United Living
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2024
- Value
- £70,000,000
- Status
- active
LCDR Infrastructure J Browne
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
LCDR Infrastructure MWS
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Capital Infrastructure Water | 5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 2 · Capital Infrastructure Wastewater | 4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad | — | — | — |
| Whole notice | 5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Southern Water ServicesReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
5 commercial parties on the notice- Barhale LimitedFramework contractor
- Clancy Docwra LimitedFramework contractor
- J Browne Construction LimitedFramework contractor
- Morrisons Water Services LimitedFramework contractor
- United Living Infrastructure ServicesFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria