Contract notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Southern Water Services Ltd.
Southern House
Worthing
BN13 3NX
UK
Telephone: +44 1903264444
E-mail: janet.strzebrakowski2@southernwater.co.uk
NUTS: UKJ
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.southernwater.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.6) Main activity
Water
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Alternative Metering Services
Reference number: prj_4725
II.1.2) Main CPV code
38421100
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
As part of Southern Water’s AMP8 (2025-2030) delivery programme, we aim to reduce overall demand for water, by cutting leakage by 13% and helping our customers become even more efficient by installing more than 1 million smart meters.
The successful bidder would manage the overall service provision as a prime contractor, including the supply and ownership of Smart meters and associated devices, installation of those Smart meters, connecting them to an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) network, maintaining a service to provide Southern Water with at least hourly meter reading data every day and procured as an end to end financed solution. The successful bidder would own the meter assets, with Southern Water paying service fees over the term.
Southern Water has a high percentage of metered customers (88%) through our pioneering Universal Metering Programme. By 2030, the successful bidder would upgrade our household meter estate of ~934k household meters, and 52k non-household meters, to Smart AMI enabled meters, incorporated into the service. The successful bidder would also install 34k new AMI enabled meters to currently unmetered customers. We expect a mix of standard, non-standard, and complex work types that will be managed through this arrangement.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
300 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
32412000
32430000
45232150
45233251
50411100
65500000
72300000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The successful bidder will operate across Southern Water’s supply area, for household and non-household premises.
In total, the number of Smart meter assets in the scope of the full service is 1.02m. For the installation phase, the award will be for 50% of the volume initially on contract award (Year 1), with the remaining volume to be achieved through meeting overall performance targets in subsequent years in the installation phase.
The successful bidder will install and commission, operate and maintain the Alternative Metering Service, inclusive of smart AMI meters and devices, communications network, and data pass back provision to Southern Water. The successful bidder will include enabling activities within the scope of services to deliver the stated outcome.
The successful bidder will be responsible for:
(i) Supply of Smart AMI water meters warranted for 15 years
(ii) Planning, pre-installation surveys and meter installation for standard works i.e. meters to 934k household properties where the meter is situated externally (86%), or internally (14%)
(iii) Planning, pre-installation surveys and meter installation for non-standard works i.e. 45.2k meters to non-household properties where the meter is situated externally (80%), or internally (20%)
(iv) Planning, pre-installation surveys and meter installation of meters for complex works i.e. 6.4k meters over 20mm in size, 34k new meter installations to unmetered sites, or boundary box replacements in the highway/verges (excavation, backfill and reinstatement, traffic management)
(v) Communications network (non-dedicated to Southern Water) recording 24 hourly reads per day and transmitting the data once per day
(vi) Adoption of c.9k Smart meters from developers installing new services (adoption of legacy meter base is out of scope of this procurement)
(vii) Smart meter and network issue resolution
The Contract is expected to be awarded in November 2024 and will be for a total period of 20 years, with the Smart meters being deployed within the first 5 years “installation phase”.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 240
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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
II.2.14) Additional information
Contract value range £250m to £300m
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
Will be made available in the procurement documents
III.1.7) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
Financed off balance sheet solution required
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
Will be made available in the procurement documents
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:
2023/S 000-020671
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
07/06/2024
Local time: 11:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
01/07/2024
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
Tender must be valid until:
02/01/2025
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
Candidates wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and provide additional procurement specific information through the portal as follows: i) Candidates should register on the BravoSolution e-procurement portal. For any support in submitting your expression of interest please contact the eTendering help desk at. 0800 368 4850 or help@bravosolution.co.uk or click on the following link: https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Southern Water
Durrington
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
08/05/2024