CONTRACT NOTICE - UTILITIES

Section I: Contracting Entity

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Main activity or activities of the contracting entity

	Production, transport and distribution of gas and heat
	Electricity
	Exploration and extraction of gas and oil
	Exploration and extraction of coal and other solid fuels
	Water
	Postal services
	Railway services
	Urban railway, tramway, trolleybus or bus services
	Port-related activities
	Airport-related activities

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity

Chemical Investigation Programme 2

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Bath

II.1.3)

This notice involves

A public contract
The setting up of a Dynamic Purchasing System
The establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

Framework agreement with a single operator
Framework agreement with several operators

Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Frequency of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Wessex Water is required to deliver an ambitious programme of sampling and analysis between 2014 and 2020 to understand the impact of priority and priority hazardous substances, specific pollutants, emerging substances and pharmaceuticals from sewage treatment works on the environment.

The scope of this contract will be the analysis of, and reporting on, samples collected in accordance with this programme. The scope will include the provision of sample bottles and collection and transportation of completed samples from one or more sites in the Wessex Water region to the successful economic operator's laboratory for analysis. The sampling itself will be undertaken by Wessex Water Services Ltd.

Further details are provided in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ). See Section VI.3.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

II.2.2)

Options

The contract will be for an initial 4 year term with the option to extend for a further 2 years on a 1 plus one basis.

Provisional timetable for recourse to these options

Number of possible renewals

In the case of renewable contracts, estimated time frame for subsequent calls for competition:

II.3)

Duration of the contract or limit for completion

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

All requirements will be specified in the Invitation to Tender.

III.1.2)

Main Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions

All requirements will be specified in the Invitation to Tender.

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded

All requirements will be specified in the Invitation to Tender.

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

Personal situation of suppliers,contractors or service providers

As detailed in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ). See Section VI.3.

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity

As detailed in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ). See Section VI.3.

III.2.3)

Technical capacity

III.2.4)

Reserved contracts

The contract is restricted to sheltered workshops
The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes

III.3)

Conditions Specific to Service Contracts

III.3.1)

Is provision of the service reserved to a specific profession?

III.3.2)

Will legal entities be required to state the names and professional qualifications of the personnel responsible for executing the contract?

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

Open		Restricted
Negotiated		Have candidates already been selected?	No

IV.2)

Award Criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.3) Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting entity

IV.3.2)

Previous publication concerning the same contract

Periodic indicative notice
Notice on a buyer profile

Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining contract document and additional documents

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

IV.3.5)

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

IV.3.6)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain its tender 

IV.3.7)

Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Indicate whether this Procurement is a Recurrent one and the estimated timing for further notices to be published

VI.2)

Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds?

VI.3)

Additional Information

All suppliers who wish to respond to this OJEU notice to indicate their interest must request a ‘Pre-Qualification Questionnaire' (PQQ) document. The PQQ should be requested by email from amp5.procurement@wessexwater.co.uk . Further instructions for suppliers are detailed within the PQQ.

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals

Wessex Water will not enter into contracts or agreements which are subject to the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended by the Utilities Contracts(Amendment) Regulations 2009 and the Public Procurement (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations2011) under Regulation 33 and 33A until the standstill period of a minimum 10 calendar days has occurred from the date information is passed to the tenderers on the proposed award. Any request by tenderers for further information during the standstill period must be sent in writing to the address stated in section I.1 of this notice.

If an appeal is not resolved and the economic operator considers it to have suffered, or potentially suffered loss, it may, where the Utilities Contract Regulations 2006 (as amended) apply, bring proceedings in the High Court (England and Wales).

VI.4.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice