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Contract Notice

Innovation Partnership — United Utilities Innovation Lab.

  • First published: 19 August 2017
  • Last modified: 19 August 2017

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Contents

Summary

OCID:
Published by:
United Utilities plc
Authority ID:
AA20506
Publication date:
19 August 2017
Deadline date:
18 September 2017
Notice type:
Contract Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
No

Abstract

Our day to day lives and homes will become more connected, and we're constantly collecting and sharing information that can make us more efficient. How can Internet of Things (IoT) in the home in the form of smart meters, IoT appliances, and sensors work together to ensure we catch water issues before they become a burden to the customer? And, of equal importance, how can we use these tools to find new ways of managing water and help customers manage their water spend better?

Full notice text

Contract notice – utilities

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

United Utilities Water Limited (‘UU’)

02366678

Lingley Mere Business Park

Warrington

WA5 3LP

UK

E-mail: RegulatoryProcurementTeam@uuplc.co.uk

NUTS: UKD

Internet address(es)

Main address: http://www.unitedutilities.com

Address of the buyer profile: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/43984

I.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:

https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=21192&B=UNITEDUTILITIES


Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address


Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:

https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=21192&B=UNITEDUTILITIES


Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address


I.6) Main activity

Water

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

Innovation Partnership — United Utilities Innovation Lab.

Reference number: PRO003697

II.1.2) Main CPV code

48000000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

II.1.4) Short description

This procurement follows the Innovation Partnership procedure and seeks innovative businesses to help UU tackle key industry challenges in innovative ways.

The top applicants will win places in UU's Innovation Lab. The Lab is a 10-week programme and participants will co-locate and work with UU to develop, improve, test and demonstrate their idea, potentially in live environments. A supply arrangement may follow.

Those meeting the published selection criteria will be invited to put forward ideas in the 5 categories, each a separate lot as described below. A single idea may be submitted only for a single lot. See www.unitedutilities.com/innovation for more detail.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

Tenders may be submitted for all lots

II.2) Description

Lot No: 1

II.2.1) Title

Connected Water & Customer

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

34152000

35113000

35113100

35125100

38421100

48326000

48326100

48445000

48600000

48920000

48931000

71353200

71631430

71631440

71700000

72000000

72212326

72212460

72212461

72222300

79342320

98330000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKD

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Our day to day lives and homes will become more connected, and we're constantly collecting and sharing information that can make us more efficient. How can Internet of Things (IoT) in the home in the form of smart meters, IoT appliances, and sensors work together to ensure we catch water issues before they become a burden to the customer? And, of equal importance, how can we use these tools to find new ways of managing water and help customers manage their water spend better?

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 60

This contract is subject to renewal: No

II.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: Yes

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Lot No: 2

II.2.1) Title

Proactive Customer Actions

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

34152000

35113000

35113100

35125100

38421100

48326000

48326100

48445000

48600000

48920000

48931000

71353200

71631430

71631440

71700000

72000000

72212326

72212460

72212461

72222300

79342320

98330000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKD

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

United Utilities want to be more efficient so they can do more for their customers, for less. How can new technology, particularly predictive or monitoring solutions that can be applied to our water and wastewater networks, enable United Utilities to pre-emptively fix issues before a customer notices or complains — and give their customers a positive experience by informing them of this preventative action? What technologies have the potential to help the customer save money, reduce local flooding or protect the environment via enabling self-control of their water usage or wastewater disposal?

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 60

This contract is subject to renewal: No

II.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: Yes

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Lot No: 3

II.2.1) Title

Safe and Healthy Worker

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

34152000

35113000

35113100

35125100

38421100

48326000

48326100

48445000

48600000

48920000

48931000

71353200

71631430

71631440

71700000

72000000

72212326

72212460

72212461

72222300

79342320

98330000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKD

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

United Utilities has over 5 000 employees working across the business and many more in their supply chain — undertaking tasks such as asset repair, maintenance, visiting customers and moving from job to job. Many of these are lone workers, working remotely from the central team. United Utilities has recently introduced mobile devices to many of their employees and these could be enabled with new technologies or solutions to help with coordination and performance. How can United Utilities better collect, learn from and distribute knowledge? Help ensure the safety of team members in the field? Or maximise time on jobs by prioritising workloads in real-time? Solutions here could come from many fields, including wearable technology, connected transport or tools distributed via mobile devices.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 60

This contract is subject to renewal: No

II.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: Yes

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Lot No: 4

II.2.1) Title

Predictive Asset Maintenance

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

34152000

35113000

35113100

35125100

38421100

48326000

48326100

48445000

48600000

48920000

48931000

71353200

71631430

71631440

71700000

72000000

72212326

72212460

72212461

72222300

79342320

98330000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKD

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Every day United Utilities carries out reactive maintenance which could have been avoided if the team were able to better assess and predict the condition of the asset and works required. What predictive tools can pull together data sources (temperature, acoustics and pressure), network knowledge, traits of certain geographies, materials, water hardness to detect when bursts are going to happen and where? Tools like VR, IoT, and sensors could all be employed to help United Utilities serve the network proactively.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 60

This contract is subject to renewal: No

II.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: Yes

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Lot No: 5

II.2.1) Title

Future of Water

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

34152000

35113000

35113100

35125100

38421100

48326000

48326100

48445000

48600000

48920000

48931000

71353200

71631430

71631440

71700000

72000000

72212326

72212460

72212461

72222300

79342320

98330000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKD

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Automation and environmental considerations are increasingly taking a front-seat in water operations. How can United Utilities stay ahead of this curve and work with future technologies in the energy, AI, robotics space to maintain the highest levels of customer service and reduce costs via greater automation and reduce energy consumption at the same time?

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 60

This contract is subject to renewal: No

II.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: Yes

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1) Conditions for participation

III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

List and brief description of conditions:

Interested economic operators must be of good standing to pass through to the Ideas Stage.

III.1.3) Technical and professional ability

List and brief description of selection criteria:

Interested economic operators must confirm in their application that they have the capacity to attend the Innovation Lab in order to pass through to the Ideas Stage.


III.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation

UU requires a return on its investment. In order to pass through to the Ideas Stage, interested economic operators must confirm in their application that they are willing to offer UU one or more of: (i) the option to take share capital (i.e. an equity stake) in the company owning the idea; (ii) the right to receive a share in the sales of the resulting product(s) developed in the Lab; and / or (iii) equivalent rights to share in the proceeds generated from the ideas developed in the Lab, for example by way of assignment of Intellectual Property Rights.

III.1.8) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

UU may specify certain requirements as to the legal form of lab participants, for example successful economic operators may be required to form a limited company and / or to transfer their business (including any relevant intellectual property rights) into the limited company prior to entry into the lab.

III.2) Conditions related to the contract

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Innovation partnership

IV.1.4) Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the OJ S:

2017/S 152-315644

IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 18/09/2017

Local time: 12:00

IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

EN

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

VI.3) Additional information

UU will be working with L Marks in the delivery of this procurement process. Interested economic operators can take part in a webinar explaining the application process on 5.9.2017, joining details for the webinar will be made available at https://www.unitedutilities.com/innovation in due course.

Following the completion of the Innovation Lab, UU may enter into a supply agreement with one or more participants. The maximum price will be set at no more than demonstrable and approved costs + 50 % margin. Alternatively, UU may take a license to manufacture from one or more participants. Final versions of the contract terms will be provided prior to Pitch Day. Drafts are made available at the application stage for information, along with a draft procurement document for the Ideas Stage.

UU will not pay candidates for Lab participation alone, but will provide a fixed maximum level of practical support in consideration for which participants will be expected to carry out the relevant R&D activities. UU will pay each successful candidate up to 5 000 GBP for legal costs for participants to review and understand the contract terms before entering the Lab.

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

High Court of England & Wales

City of Westminster

London

UK

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

17/08/2017

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
72212461 Analytical or scientific software development services Programming services of application software
72212460 Analytical, scientific, mathematical or forecasting software development services Programming services of application software
48445000 Customer Relation Management software package Financial analysis and accounting software package
79342320 Customer-care services Marketing services
48600000 Database and operating software package Software package and information systems
48326100 Digital mapping system Mapping software package
71353200 Dimensional surveying services Surface surveying services
71631440 Flow-monitoring services Technical inspection services
72222300 Information technology services Information systems or technology strategic review and planning services
72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support Computer and Related Services
71631430 Leak-testing services Technical inspection services
72212326 Mapping software development services Programming services of application software
48326000 Mapping software package Drawing and imaging software package
71700000 Monitoring and control services Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
48920000 Office automation software package Miscellaneous software package and computer systems
98330000 Physical well-being services Miscellaneous services
35113000 Safety equipment Firefighting, rescue and safety equipment
35125100 Sensors Surveillance system
35113100 Site-safety equipment Safety equipment
48000000 Software package and information systems Computer and Related Services
34152000 Training simulators Simulators
48931000 Training software package Training and entertainment software package
38421100 Water meters Flow-measuring equipment

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
RegulatoryProcurementTeam@uuplc.co.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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