Contract award notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Thames Water Utilities Ltd
Procurement Support Centre — 6th Floor Reading Bridge House C/o Post 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
Underwater Diving Mechanical Services
Reference number: FA1534
II.1.2) Main CPV code
98363000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Thames Water Utilities Ltd intends to award one framework agreement for the provision of underwater mechanical services to a primary supplier and a reserved supplier. This framework will cover all Thames Water regions.
There is one lot for this framework agreement, services included in the lot are; underwater valve repairs and inspections, maintenance and metal fabrication works.
The primary supplier will be the first go to supplier to deliver the works required for this framework agreement. If, however, the primary supplier cannot deliver the services required then Thames Water will use the reserved supplier to deliver the services instead.
Thames Water reserves the right to make no award as a result of this procurement process, or may award in part or in whole.
The initial term of the framework agreement will be 3 years with an option to extend up to a maximum of 8 years subject to assessed performance.
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)
31682210
37412242
44610000
45247270
50514200
90913000
45351000
45255400
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
UKJ
Main site or place of performance:
Whole of TW Area.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Thames Water requires commercial diving services and metal fabrication works for its raw water reservoirs and service reservoirs. Diving services include asset inspection, repairs and maintenance. Metal fabrication works include manufacturing new metal products that need replacing in the water reservoirs.
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 an option to extend up to a maximum of 8 years subject to assessed performance.
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 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 232-574089
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: Lot 1
Contract No: Brent Design Services Limited
Title: Underwater Diving Mechanical Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
01/06/2021
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
Brent Design Services Ltd
Essex
UK
NUTS: UKH3
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: Lot 1
Contract No: Diveco Marine Limited
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
01/06/2021
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
Diveco Marine Ltd
Kent
UK
NUTS: UKJ4
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
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
All bidders will receive an email from procurement.support.centre@thameswater.co.uk containing their log on details into our Smartsource Portal in order to access the PQQ documents.
Note that your client may be Thames Water Utilities Limited or another company within the Kemble Water group structure.
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
16/06/2021