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
Trunk Mains Leak Detection
Reference number: FA1359
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71631430
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Thames Water Utilities Ltd intends to award one or more agreements for the provision of services of surveying of transfer and principal mains for the detection, quantification and monitoring of leaks. This will apply across all Thames Water regions and bidders can apply for one or more lots. The lots being offered are:
Lot 1: Invasive Leak Detection Services;
Lot 2: Correlation Leak Detection and Monitoring Services.
This service covers the whole of the Thames Water supply region, however we reserve the right to award multiple contracts and split the award into sub-regions if deemed appropriate at tender stage.
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:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
/ Highest offer:
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Invasive Leak Detection Services
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71631430
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
UKJ
Main site or place of performance:
Whole of the Thames Water region.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Thames Water has over 3 900 km of trunk mains across the estate where currently 12 % of these have specific access points for the insertion of leak detection equipment.
The scope of this framework will therefore require the service provider to provide fully trained and competent teams for the surveying and identification of leaks within trunk mains in the Thames Water Region.
The service provider will use an insertion device for the purpose of identifying leaks. Any invasive leak detection technology must be able to fit within pre-installed access points no bigger than 80 mm in width and can operate within water flows of 0,2 m/s and higher.
The planning and scheduling work will be carried out by Thames Water.
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
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Correlation Leak Detection and Monitoring
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71631430
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
UKJ
Main site or place of performance:
Whole of the Thames Water region.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The scope of this lot is to conduct thorough correlation surveys to highlight potential leaks on trunk mains with diameters 300 mm (12”) and above across the Thames Water region. The surveys will be carried out by connecting sensors to suitable fittings over the distance of the main (distances should be kept between 200 m-500 m per correlation survey where possible).
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:
2019/S 096-233058
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Contract No: 1
Title: Trunk Mains Invasive Leak Detection
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
02/01/2020
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 Research Centre Ltd
Swindon
UK
NUTS: UKK14
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 2
Contract No: 2
Title: Trunk Mains Correlation Surveys — Thames Valley
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
02/01/2020
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
Crowder and Co. Ltd
Birkenhead
UK
NUTS: UKD63
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 2
Contract No: 3
Title: Trunk Mains Correlation Surveys — North London
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
02/01/2020
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
Hydrosave UK Ltd
Walsall
UK
NUTS: UKG38
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 2
Contract No: 4
Title: Trunk Mains Correlation Surveys — South London
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
02/01/2020
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 Environmental Management Ltd
Abingdon
UK
NUTS: UKJ14
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
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
27/02/2020