Contract award notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Wessex Water Services Ltd
02366648
Operations Centre, Claverton Down, Claverton Road
Bath
BA2 7WW
UK
Contact person: Karen Pike
Telephone: +44 1225526000
E-mail: Amp.Procurement@wessexwater.co.uk
Fax: +44 1225526000
NUTS: UKK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.wessexwater.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.wessexwater.co.uk/
I.6) Main activity
Water
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Chemical Investigation Programme (CIP3)
Reference number: PROF045/2019
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71900000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The framework agreement will be for the provision of all necessary resources to carryout CIP3 (Chemical Investigation Programme).
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.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The UK Water Industry is required to deliver a programme of sampling and analysis between 2020 and 2025 to understand the impact, sources and behaviour of priority and priority hazardous substances, specific pollutants, emerging substances and pharmaceuticals from water recycling centres, on the environment.
This agreement will assist Wessex Water Services Ltd in the delivery of the CIP3 (Chemical Investigation Programme) and does not include the sampling, this will be carried out in-house. The agreement will be implemented for 60 months (5 years), with an option to extend a further 3 years and will include long term monitoring and sampling burdens. There is no guarantee of quantity under the Agreement and all analysis is subject to change.
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
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:
2018/S 090-205207
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: PROF045/2019
Title: Chemical Investigation Programme (CIP3) Framework Agreement
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
04/11/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Wessex Water Services Ltd
Operations Centre, Claverton Down, Claverton Road
Bath
BA2 7WW
UK
Telephone: +44 1225526000
E-mail: Amp.Procurement@wessexwater.co.uk
Fax: +44 1225526000
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.wessexwater.co.uk/
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Wessex Water Services Ltd incorporated a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. The standstill period, 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) within 30 days of knowledge or constructive knowledge of beach.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
18/11/2019