Periodic indicative notice – utilities
This notice is a periodic indicative notice only
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
United Utilities Water Ltd
02366678
Lingley Mere Business Park
Warrington
WA5 3LP
UK
Contact person: Amy Foxall
Telephone: +44 1925678096
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
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
I.6) Main activity
Water
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
PRO004299-Services-PIN-Inventory Management Solution
Reference number: PRO004299
II.1.2) Main CPV code
63120000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
United Utilities’ company assets comprise some 96 water treatment and 575 waste water treatment sites, water mains, sewer network, numerous pumping stations and other properties and assets associated with water industry activities.
Day-to-day maintenance activities associated with these assets, both scheduled and reactive, are generally undertaken by United Utilities’ in-house maintenance teams. Larger-scale on-site asset maintenance activities throughout the region, including the provision and management of supplementary engineering services is undertaken by the company’s maintenance service provider.
United Utilities are proposing the creation of an integrated solution consisting of a range of storage and transport facilities designed to best meet the needs of the teams who are responsible for maintaining the company’s operational assets.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
60100000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Water industry activities include, but not limited to, the collection, abstraction, treatment, supply and distribution of drinking water and the collection, treatment and discharge of wastewater, the extraction and processing of bio-solids and processing of associated by-products, including bio gas, and the processing and disposal of all associated waste.
United Utilities are proposing the creation of an integrated inventory management solution consisting of a range of storage and transport facilities designed to best meet the needs of the teams who are responsible for maintaining the company’s operational assets. It is anticipated that the service would be used by the company’s water and wastewater infrastructure and non-infrastructure teams, the bio-resources team and the company’s maintenance service provider.
The initial proposal concept is that the solution would consist of:
— a central store – responsible for storing high value, long lead time stock,
— long term storage – a low cost, flexible storage solution for bespoke items and other ad-hoc requirements,
— strategic stores – A range of regional stores servicing the needs of critical operational spares and strategic network materials,
— local stores – a wide range local stores based at the company’s larger operational sites replenished weekly containing consumables and other high turnover items.
Additional services required to support these solutions would be:
— transportation services,
— integration to the company’s SAP inventory management module,
— an electronic product catalogue and app 24/7 security.
The ability to physically separate water and wastewater materials UU is seeking to engage with suppliers who operate in the market for these services to ensure that a future regulated procurement for these services is the best match of UU’s needs and the markets capabilities.
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
27/01/2020
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
If you have experience in this area please could you provide at a minimum the following information and submit to the United Utilities regulatory procurement team mailbox:
RegulatoryProcurementTeam@uuplc.co.uk by 12.00 on 7.9.2019.
— company name,
— contact details, including location telephone and e-mail address, main point of contact and position in company,
— a brief overview of your company’s capabilities in relation to the required services outlined above.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
09/08/2019