II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

65100000

09320000

24962000

38421100

39370000

42912300

44163140

45330000

50411100

65130000

71800000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKI42

Main site or place of performance:

Barts Health NHS Trust, as the Authority, intends to put in place a Framework Agreement for the Supply of Water, Wastewater and Ancillary Services.

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

1) The Supplier shall be required to hold and maintain throughout the Framework Agreement and any Call Off Contracts, a valid Water Supply and Sewerage Licence formally granted by the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) in accordance with Section 17a of the Water Industry Act 1991 as substituted by Section 1 of the Water Act 2014. The Supplier shall comply with the requirements of the associated Wholesale Retail Code, the Market Arrangement Code and the Wholesale Contract as specified by the Regulator Ofwat.

The Supplier shall be required to deliver associated services in connection with the supply of water and sewerage services as required by the Contracting Authorities at Call Off stage:

— Account Management including customer service,

— Billing,

— Metering including, Meter Reading (Including acceptance of AMR reads),

—Management of sites and meters (including new connections and switching),

— Meter installation/removal/resizing/accuracy tests,

— Data Management,

— Roads and Property Drainage,

— Sewerage services including Trade Effluent,

— Emergency Contingency Planning,

— 24/7 Emergency support,

— Automatic Meter Reading

— Guaranteed standards of service.

2) The Supplier shall provide the Ancillary Goods and Services listed below as a minimum. The Ancillary Goods and Services are pertaining to the management, conservation, reduction and data management of water consumption as requested by the Contracting Authorities in order to deliver efficiency, financial and consumption savings. The efficiency or savings measures may include provision and installation of new equipment, optimisation of equipment (including existing equipment) and provision of related services. Additional services may be required to improve the environmental conditions at Contracting Authority sites. The scope includes provision for the Supplier to offer its own or third party financing options on request by the Contracting Authorities, to support delivery of the Ancillary Goods and Services listed below.

These Ancillary Goods and Services are:

— Water footprint assessment,

— Tariff optimisation and benchmarking,

— Water audit site surveys,

— Leak detection and repair,

— Contingency planning,

— Legionella risk assessments

If the Authority decides to enter into a Framework Agreement with the successful Supplier(s), this does not mean that there is any guarantee of subsequent Call Off Contracts being awarded or that there is an exclusivity in any way in respect of the relevant services. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of Potential Providers. Any Orders placed under this Framework Agreement will form a separate Call Off Contract under the scope of this Framework Agreement between the Supplier and Contracting Authority

II.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion: Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents — Quality / Weighting: 70

Cost criterion: Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents — Cost / Weighting: 30

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

II.2.14) Additional information

For access to the BrightSourced e-Sourcing suite and the full set of Contract documents please email: richard.smith@brightsourced.com

Barts Health NHS Trust

9 Prescot Street

London

E18PR

UK

E-mail: Bradley.Royden-Jones@bartshealth.nhs.uk