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Prior Information Notice

Optimisation of Water Services

  • First published: 29 November 2023
  • Last modified: 29 November 2023

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Contents

Summary

OCID:
ocds-h6vhtk-041d76
Published by:
ANGLIAN WATER SERVICES LIMITED
Authority ID:
AA80888
Publication date:
29 November 2023
Deadline date:
05 January 2024
Notice type:
Prior Information Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

Anglian Water currently operate a large interconnected water supply system, set across a broad and diverse geographical region. These systems often have complex operations based upon multiple and changing parameters. Further adding to this complexity is a new Strategic Pipeline spanning the length of Anglian Waters network, increasing the ability to proactively manage water resources and improve resilience is currently being constructed. However this creates further complexity across the Water system which requires additional capability enabling Anglian Water to adopt a more holistic approach.

Water utilities are all facing the same challenges; to drive operational efficiency, enhance system wide operations and improve risk management while aiming for frontier performance in strategic outcomes. Currently Anglian Water operate an existing SCADA network (Out of Scope) with significant levels of automation. This market research is looking to identify the complementary systems available to meet these ever-increasing challenges from source to tap. Therefore, Anglian Water will need to further develop our current control philosophies to move to a planned production environment (Production Planning), through the implementation of more advanced software systems within our OT and IT Architecture. This will provide the ability to operate the water system proactively and enable autonomous control, or to respond to meet the changing requirements and challenges placed upon a smart water system.

The sorts of decisions would include the management and optimisation of:

• Abstraction licence control (Water resourcing)

• Production and distribution costs

• Energy efficiency

• Renewable energy sources

• Asset conditioning

• Water quality

• Supply demand balance (Current)

• Supply demand balance (Forecast)

• Maintenance planning (To enable production planning)

• Water storage points

• Incident management (Appropriate response to unplanned water system events)

• Manual scenario planning

There is also consideration in the ability to utilise these solutions to manually assess scenarios to inform planning activities and future investments.

Full notice text

Periodic indicative notice – utilities

This notice is a periodic indicative notice only

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

ANGLIAN WATER SERVICES LIMITED

02366656

Lancaster House Lancaster Way,Ermine Business Park

HUNTINGDON

PE296XU

UK

Contact person: Neil Ison

E-mail: nIson@anglianwater.co.uk

NUTS: UKH12

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://faq.anglianwater.co.uk/

I.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:

https://esourcing.scanmarket.com/Events/PublicEvents/3004/57aa08f02740e2c172f509ae0fa4807a/all


Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address


I.6) Main activity

Water

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

Optimisation of Water Services

II.1.2) Main CPV code

72212100

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

Anglian Water currently operate a large interconnected water supply system, set across a broad and diverse geographical region. These systems often have complex operations based upon multiple and changing parameters. Further adding to this complexity is a new Strategic Pipeline spanning the length of Anglian Waters network, increasing the ability to proactively manage water resources and improve resilience is currently being constructed. However this creates further complexity across the Water system which requires additional capability enabling Anglian Water to adopt a more holistic approach.

Water utilities are all facing the same challenges; to drive operational efficiency, enhance system wide operations and improve risk management while aiming for frontier performance in strategic outcomes. Currently Anglian Water operate an existing SCADA network (Out of Scope) with significant levels of automation. This market research is looking to identify the complementary systems available to meet these ever-increasing challenges from source to tap. Therefore, Anglian Water will need to further develop our current control philosophies to move to a planned production environment (Production Planning), through the implementation of more advanced software systems within our OT and IT Architecture. This will provide the ability to operate the water system proactively and enable autonomous control, or to respond to meet the changing requirements and challenges placed upon a smart water system.

The sorts of decisions would include the management and optimisation of:

• Abstraction licence control (Water resourcing)

• Production and distribution costs

• Energy efficiency

• Renewable energy sources

• Asset conditioning

• Water quality

• Supply demand balance (Current)

• Supply demand balance (Forecast)

• Maintenance planning (To enable production planning)

• Water storage points

• Incident management (Appropriate response to unplanned water system events)

• Manual scenario planning

There is also consideration in the ability to utilise these solutions to manually assess scenarios to inform planning activities and future investments.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

48150000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKH

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Anglian Water currently operate a large interconnected water supply system, set across a broad and diverse geographical region. These systems often have complex operations based upon multiple and changing parameters. Further adding to this complexity is a new Strategic Pipeline spanning the length of Anglian Waters network, increasing the ability to proactively manage water resources and improve resilience is currently being constructed. However this creates further complexity across the Water system which requires additional capability enabling Anglian Water to adopt a more holistic approach.

Water utilities are all facing the same challenges; to drive operational efficiency, enhance system wide operations and improve risk management while aiming for frontier performance in strategic outcomes. Currently Anglian Water operate an existing SCADA network (Out of Scope) with significant levels of automation. This market research is looking to identify the complementary systems available to meet these ever-increasing challenges from source to tap. Therefore, Anglian Water will need to further develop our current control philosophies to move to a planned production environment (Production Planning), through the implementation of more advanced software systems within our OT and IT Architecture. This will provide the ability to operate the water system proactively and enable autonomous control, or to respond to meet the changing requirements and challenges placed upon a smart water system.

The sorts of decisions would include the management and optimisation of:

• Abstraction licence control (Water resourcing)

• Production and distribution costs

• Energy efficiency

• Renewable energy sources

• Asset conditioning

• Water quality

• Supply demand balance (Current)

• Supply demand balance (Forecast)

• Maintenance planning (To enable production planning)

• Water storage points

• Incident management (Appropriate response to unplanned water system events)

• Manual scenario planning

There is also consideration in the ability to utilise these solutions to manually assess scenarios to inform planning activities and future investments.

II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:

01/10/2024

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

IV.2.2) Time limit for the receipt of applications for an invitation to tender or to negotiate/Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest

Date: 05/01/2024

Local time: 23:00

IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

EN

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

28/11/2023

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
48150000 Industrial control software package Industry specific software package
72212100 Industry specific software development services Programming services of application software

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
nIson@anglianwater.co.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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