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
Managed Telephony Contract
Reference number: FA1279
II.1.2) Main CPV code
64210000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Notification of award of the following:
The scope of the telecoms services encompasses service management activities to govern the operations of the telecoms services.Initial provision of corporate mobile, OT M2M, MDM, fixed lines, SIP, IPT, WAN, Unified Communications and internet services. Thames Water reserves the right to include telecoms equipment, satellite and contact centre services and provision of SMS services in scope in the future.
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)
64210000
51611100
72710000
64215000
64227000
64211200
64212100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
UKJ
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Award of the following:
The scope of the telecoms services encompasses service management activities to govern the operations of the telecoms services.
Initial provision of corporate mobile, OT M2M, MDM, fixed lines, SIP, IPT, WAN, unified communications and internet services. Thames Water reserves the right to include telecoms equipment, satellite and contact centre services and provision of SMS services in scope in the future.
The future supplier is expected to manage a controlled transition of services from the incumbents to minimise risks to business continuity, optimise stranded costs and deliver transformation in the most cost effective and efficient manner.
The potential provider is expected to leverage common industry standard solutions and industry best practice to offer best value services to Thames Water. During the term, Thames Water desire the flexibility to benefit from the efficiencies and improvements offered by new and evolving technologies, adapted by the potential provider to offer relevant IT network services to meet Thames Water's business needs. The agreement will be directly with Thames Water but will be managed on our behalf by an agent.
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The agreement is intended to be for 7 years in total, initial term 4 years with termination for convenience option to be detailed at a later stage.
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.1.8) 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:
2017/S 134-275362
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Managed Telephony Contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
07/01/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Vodafone Ltd
Newbury
UK
NUTS: UKJ11
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 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.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
26/02/2019