Contract award notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Yorkshire Water
PO Box 500
Bradford
BD6 2SZ
UK
Contact person: Adam Hicks
E-mail: adam.hicks@yorkshirewater.co.uk
NUTS: UKE
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.yorkshirewater.com
I.6) Main activity
Water
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Nitrogen Purging and Digester Maintenance
Reference number: CM1299
II.1.2) Main CPV code
90913100
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Yorkshire Water (YW) manage the collection, treatment and distribution of water in Yorkshire, supplying around 1 240 000 000 litres of drinking water each day. At the same time collecting, treating and disposing of about one billion litres of waste water safely back into the environment. The contract will be part of the Asset Integrity team’s delivery of Process Safety works. A range of specialist technical services will be selectively employed across YW’s estate to support applications and processes for raw water, treated water, waste water, sewerage treatment and clean and sewer networks. These services are vital to supporting safety and compliance across YW’s business. This directly links to the business commitments and performance measures contained within Yorkshire Water’s business plan. YW therefore intends to establish a framework for Nitrogen Purging and Digester Maintenance.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
3 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
24111700
45253700
45252122
45252100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKE
Main site or place of performance:
Across all Yorkshire Water sites.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Yorkshire Water are looking to establish a framework covering services relating to Nitrogen Purging and Digester Maintenance. Broadly the scope falls in to three main areas.
1) Gas purging of primary sludge digesters, gas holders and associated pipework within the current asset profile.
2) Interior cleaning of digesters, pre-and post-digestion vessels including consolidation, buffer, pathogen kill, pre-dewatering and storm tanks, lagoons, ASP lanes and ditches, where cleaning and separation of materials is required.
3) Carrying out refurbishment works to digesters and gas holders that includes decommissioning and re-commissioning, repairs and recoating of any concrete, using approved coatings to seal concrete, repair and or replacement of steelwork, design works to facilitate refurbishment, repair and or replacement to any pipework (sludge and gas) and sign off/certification to finalise works.
During the course of the contract life the services will support AMP7 delivery period where there will be an expected annual spend of c. GBP 500 000 for at least 5 years. The contract will be single source with the successful supplier being able to provide all the required services across the entire range of YW’s assets. The works will consist of reactive works and larger planned schemes.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Capability scenarios
/ Weighting: 40 %
Cost criterion: Capability scenario commercial submissions
/ Weighting: 45 %
Cost criterion: Schedule of rates
/ Weighting: 15 %
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:
2019/S 111-273782
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Contract No: 1
Title: CM1299 — Nitrogen Purging and Digester Maintenance
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
13/10/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
GTS Nitrogen Services Ltd
Alfreton
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The contracting authority reserves the right to cancel the procurement and not to proceed with the award of any contract at any stage of the procurement process and/or to award only part or parts of any contract. Save for any mandatory periods, the timescales indicated in this notice are indicative and the contracting authority reserves the right to amend the same.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Yorkshire Water Services
PO Box 500
Bradford
BD6 2SZ
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
18/11/2020