Contract award notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Thames Water Utilities Limited
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
The Infrastructure Alliance
Reference number: 1230
II.1.2) Main CPV code
45231300
II.1.3) Type of contract
Works
II.1.4) Short description
Variation to the detailed arrangement for Thames Water’s Infrastructure Alliance.
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)
45232151
45232400
44130000
90491000
44161200
45232150
50411100
90713100
42131160
79342300
90470000
90480000
65500000
71322200
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
UKJ
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Thames Water considers that the variations do not affect the nature or scope of the original Alliance agreement and contracts.
Variation to an existing Alliance Agreement dated 29.1.2015, relating to the Infrastructure Alliance and the variation to the 2 related Alliance Contracts entered into on that same date with each of the Alliance Members. The original agreement and contracts were entered into under a contract notice reference 2014/S 122-218174. The Alliance has been running for 3 years of AMP6 and the variation follows a review of how the Alliance operates in line with the key Alliance principle to seek continuous improvement in the way it operates. The following variations to close out year 3, and for years 4 and 5 of AMP6, are being implemented:
1. clarification on how the Head of Networks works for the Alliance Board;
2. using a schedule of rates for payment in Developer Services to better fit with Thames Water’s published new charging arrangements for Developer Services; but these rates are still based on actual cost and the same management fees include in the original contact and the rates are reviewed each year against actual cost and management fee. New service levels have been set to meet developers' expectations on service delivery;
3. revision of budget levels for clean water networks following a review of the Costed Needs from the business plan; changes to the Costed Needs being envisaged in the original Alliance Agreement;
4. revision of programme-level pain / gain mechanism linked to Thames Water’s performance across Outcome Delivery Incentives (ODIs) and Service Incentive Mechanism (SIM) to more closely reflect those individual measures the Alliance Members can directly influence; and to incentivise timely performance of leakage jobs service levels have been included;
5. updating of the contracts for changes in law including CDM Regulations, GDPR, Modern Slavery Act and Part 3 of Criminal Finances Act.
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 IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
The Alliance contracts envisaged that the Alliance would keep under review the way it operates and would revise the way it operates in line with the key Alliance principle to seek continuous improvement. In addition Thames Water considers that the variations do not affect the nature or scope of the original Alliance agreement and contracts and are not a substantial modification as defined by Article 89 of EU Directive 2014/25/EU and Regulation 88 of the UK’s Public Contracts Regulations; specifically:
1. the variations do not render the contract materially different in character from the one initially concluded;
2. Thames Water has considered the original procurement and is satisfied that the variations do not introduce conditions which may have affected the outcome of the original procurement;
3. collectively the variations do not alter the economic balance of the contract in favour of the contractors;
4. the variations do not extend the scope of the contract considerably; and
5. there is no change to the parties to the contract.
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:
2014/S 122-218174
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: The Infrastructure Alliance
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/03/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Kier Integrated Services Limited
Sandy
UK
NUTS: UKH24
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Clancy Docwra Limited
Harefield
UK
NUTS: UKI
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 2
Title: The Infrastructure Alliance
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/03/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
J Murphy and Sons Limited
London
UK
NUTS: UKI
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Morrison Utility Services Limited
Stevenage
UK
NUTS: UKH23
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Thames Water Utilities Limited
Reading
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
29/03/2018