CONTRACT NOTICE - UTILITIES

Section I: Contracting Entity

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Main activity or activities of the contracting entity

	Production, transport and distribution of gas and heat
	Electricity
	Exploration and extraction of gas and oil
	Exploration and extraction of coal and other solid fuels
	Water
	Postal services
	Railway services
	Urban railway, tramway, trolleybus or bus services
	Port-related activities
	Airport-related activities

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity

Design Capital Delivery Partners (Target Cost Contracts).

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Bath, England.

II.1.3)

This notice involves

A public contract
The setting up of a Dynamic Purchasing System
The establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

Framework agreement with a single operator
Framework agreement with several operators

Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Frequency of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The provision of design services, including associated consultancy, related to water and waste water treatment works and above and below ground distribution networks and infrastructure.

The estimated value (excluding VAT) for AMP6 is GBP 40 000 000. The value for the AMP7 period is not yet known.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

Wessex Water seeks Capital Delivery Partners to assist in the delivery of the design elements of its Capital Investment and Capital Maintenance Programme (with a greater emphasis on Capital Maintenance work than in previous Asset Management Programmes (AMP)). These will be for AMP6 running 1.4.2015 to 31.3.2020 with the opportunity to continue through to AMP7, which ends in 2025 (this will be dependent upon performance and subject to the AMP7 determination). These services will involve elements of early involvement with the Wessex Water internal design team and Civils and EMI Capital Delivery Partners.

The works will include the design for the construction of new assets and the refurbishment and modifications to and maintenance of existing assets associated with water and waste water treatment works and above and below ground distribution networks and infrastructure.

Following the success of the AMP5 delivery process elements of these Programmes will be procured under the NEC3 PSC Option C Target Cost contract conditions (with additions and modifications to the clauses) via the Framework Agreements let as a result of this process.

II.2.2)

Options

The initial award period shall be for five years to cover the AMP6 period. There shall be an option to extend all or part of the Framework Agreements for a further period of up to five years to cover all or part of the AMP7 period.

Provisional timetable for recourse to these options

Number of possible renewals

In the case of renewable contracts, estimated time frame for subsequent calls for competition:

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

Successful consultants with a Parent Company shall be required to sign a Parent Company Guarantee guaranteeing all contracts performed by the consultant under the Framework Agreement (further details will be provided in the Invitation To Tender (ITT) document).

III.1.2)

Main Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions

Detail will be provided in the ITT document.

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded

In the event of a consortium applying, Wessex Water requires a lead consultant and the consultants to accept joint and several liability. The consortium will be required to form a legal entity before entering into a Framework Agreement should it be successful. The Framework Agreement shall be awarded to the consortium legal entity not the lead consultant.

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

Wessex Water will develop a suite of Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) based around measures including Safety, Quality, Time and Cost. The performance of each Capital Delivery Partner shall be assessed against these measures.

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

Personal situation of suppliers,contractors or service providers

The applicant must express their interest by downloading the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) from www.wessexwater.co.uk/consultantpqq then respond to the questions and submit (including all required supporting documentation) by email to amp.procurement@wessexwater.co.uk or via CD. The applicant must carefully read the instructions in the PQQ and ensure compliance with the requirements stated therein.

Responses to the PQQ shall be assessed and used to shortlist applicants who will be invited to tender. It is envisaged that no more than 15 applicants will be shortlisted.

Those applicants invited to tender will be required to sign and return a Wessex Water confidentiality agreement prior to the issue of tender documentation.

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity

The applicant must meet the conditions as stated in the PQQ and ITT documents.

III.2.3)

Technical capacity

III.2.4)

Reserved contracts

The contract is restricted to sheltered workshops
The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes

III.3)

Conditions Specific to Service Contracts

III.3.1)

Is provision of the service reserved to a specific profession?

III.3.2)

Will legal entities be required to state the names and professional qualifications of the personnel responsible for executing the contract?

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

Open		Restricted
Negotiated		Have candidates already been selected?	No

IV.2)

Award Criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.3) Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting entity

CDP-D-TC-2014

IV.3.2)

Previous publication concerning the same contract

Periodic indicative notice
Notice on a buyer profile

Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining contract document and additional documents

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

IV.3.5)

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

IV.3.6)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain its tender 

IV.3.7)

Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Indicate whether this Procurement is a Recurrent one and the estimated timing for further notices to be published

VI.2)

Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds?

VI.3)

Additional Information

The applicant must express their interest by downloading the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) from www.wessexwater.co.uk/consultantpqq then respond to the questions and submit (including all required supporting documentation) by email to amp.procurement@wessexwater.co.uk or via CD. The applicant must carefully read the instructions in the PQQ and ensure compliance with the requirements stated therein.

Any questions the applicant has in relation to this process or PQQ must be emailed to amp.procurement@wessexwater.co.uk

Those applicants invited to tender will be required to sign and return a Wessex Water confidentiality agreement prior to the issue of tender documentation.

Agreements and contracts will be made under the laws of England.

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals

Wessex Water Services 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 2006 (SI 2006 No 6) as amended 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).

VI.4.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice