Contract award notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Thames Water Utilities Ltd
Procurement Support Centre — 3rd Floor East, C/O Mail Room, Rose Kiln Court
Reading
RG2 0BY
UK
E-mail: procurement.support.centre@thameswater.co.uk
NUTS: UKJ11
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.thameswater.co.uk
I.6) Main activity
Water
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Polluted Surface Water Outfalls
Reference number: FA1451
II.1.2) Main CPV code
90715000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This procurement covers the investigation of polluted surface water sewer outfalls by testing and tracing of the affected sewer network to determine where misconnections or other pollution sources exist, contacting owners of properties where misconnections have been identified and liaising with property owners whilst they action the required rectifications to their drainage.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
/ Highest offer:
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
90715000
90491000
90700000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
UKJ
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This procurement covers a specialist service whereby suppliers resolve polluted surface outfalls that are suspected of suffering from widespread misconnections of household appliances (e.g. washing machines), raw sewage sources (toilets) and in other cases trade effluent from commercial premises. Thames Water is alerted to the possibility of a polluted outfall by reports from the Environmental Agency, Local Councils, Thames’s own work force, stakeholder groups or the public. We run the surface water outfall programme (SWOP) in conjunction with the Environment Agency to identify outfalls to watercourses suffering from wastewater pollution. These outfalls have been diagnosed with widespread diffuse sources, likely third-party misconnections.
Misconnections on private properties are the responsibility of the property owner. Outstanding misconnections which have not been resolved by customers, will be handed to the relevant Local Authority for legal action.
Projects will be awarded mini competition or Direct Award by the Environmental Protection Team (EPT) of Thames Water. Once a project is awarded, the supplier traces the pollution and narrows down the areas in a catchment that require further investigation. Property surveys are then carried out in these areas which includes initial letters to notify properties of the survey requirement and the standard PSWO letters to advise owners of any issues and/or misconnections that are identified by surveys of pipework using dye testing, caging, CCTV etc.
A project is split into 4 main stages:
— pre-survey – initial planning stages before field work,
— field investigations – including pollution tracing and required property surveys,
— rectifications – where all field work is complete and misconnections are awaiting rectification by owners.
Projects will be awarded under the terms of the agreement via mini-competitions or direct award directly by Thames Water. We aim to appoint a maximum of 3 suppliers to the framework agreement.
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Thames Water envisages that the contract will be awarded for an initial term of 3 years with options to extend up to a maximum duration of 8 years.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated with call for competition
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with a single operator.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2020/S 128-314965
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Polluted Surface Water Outfalls
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
18/12/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Water and Environmental Resource Management Ltd
Essex
UK
NUTS: UKH3
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Polluted Surface Water Outfalls
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
18/12/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
RPS Envioronmental Management Ltd
Warrington
UK
NUTS: UKD61
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
All suppliers who wish to respond to this notice must request a pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) by using the link in Section I.3 of this notice, i.e. https://www.thameswater.co.uk/procurement.
The initial term of the framework agreement will be for 3 years with a maximum term of 8 years.
Please refer to the Draft ITN survey for additional literature.
Note that your client may be Thames Water Utilities Ltd or another company within the Kemble Water group structure.
This notice is publication of award.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Thames Water Utilities Ltd
Reading
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Thames Water Utilities Ltd 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).
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Thames Water Utilities Ltd
Reading
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
09/02/2021