Contract notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED
02366661
Reading
RG18DB
UK
Contact person: Thames Water
E-mail: procurement.support.centre@thameswater.co.uk
NUTS: UKJ11
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.thameswater.co.uk/
I.3) Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at:
https://www.thameswater.co.uk/procurement
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://thameswater.smartsourceportal.com/
I.6) Main activity
Water
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Digital Twin of Water Treatment Works
Reference number: FA2150
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Thames Water (TW) are seeking a qualified bidder to provide a Water Treatment Works Digital Twin (WTW DT) solution as a proof-of-concept. It is expected that the solution will enhance our organisation's operational efficiency, streamline processes, and improve overall productivity allowing it to be implement at key facilities across the estate.
The DT will identify gaps in efficiencies and recommend process interventions to reduce these gaps, with an aim of delivering an ROI for the proof-of-concept of
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
2 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48100000
72200000
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
Development of a digital twin, as a proof-of-concept project, at Chingford WTW:
- Optimise efficiency across the whole site - source to pumps. Optimisation will be in the form of recommendations for operators to conduct on a day-to-day basis, driving down costs in areas such as power and consumeables
- The digital twin solution will mimic the physical asset to allow what-if analysis, running hypothetical scenarios to understand how the physical treatment work will operate under certain conditions
- The tool should integrate advances in innovation and machine learning to help Thames in becoming more proactive: identifying changing trends that wouldn't be possible manually and outputting a preventative response to mitigate emerging events
- The digital twin should be adaptable so that it can be tailored to help solve site-specific challenges, example at Chingford algae and pH control
- The product should be able to assist in the quantification of benefits it delivers enabling ROI calculations to be drawn which will inform scalability
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
2 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 60
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Any Agreement awarded for an initial duration of three years (within which break clauses may apply after the proof of concept phase and at any roll out phase) and then with the option to extend annually to a maximum of overall duration of five years.
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
Yes
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Any Agreement awarded for an initial duration of three years (within which break clauses may apply after the proof of concept phase and at any roll out phase) and then with the option to extend annually to a maximum of overall duration of five years.
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation
As detailed in section VI.3 & PQQ.
III.1.6) Deposits and guarantees required:
Bonds and/or parent company guarantees of performance and financial standing may be
required
III.1.7) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
Specified in Invitation to Negotiate Document
III.1.8) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Consortia may be required to form a legal entity prior to award
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
17/05/2024
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 4 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
Yes
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
All suppliers who wish to respond to this contract notice must request a pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) by using the web link in Section I.3 (www.thameswater.co.uk/procurement).
From your response to the link in Section I.3 or above, Thames Water's Procurement Support Centre will send you an email providing login details for our eSourcing system (i.e. IASTA
Smartsource). To complete the PQQ you will need to login to IASTA Smartsource.
If the project requires it, you will receive an additional and separate survey to complete for Data Protection.
Note - The 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 Limited
Reading
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Thames Water Utilities Limited 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 (SI 2016 No 274) 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
01/05/2024