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

FA06-02C Sewerage Repair and Maintenance

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

The South Region of Northumbrian Water Ltd's operating area in the North East of England. Full details can be found in the tender documents.

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)

Repairs and maintenance of approximately 16 000 km of the contracting entity's sewerage network in the North East of England operating area. This framework relates to the South Region of the North East Operating Area (generally covering Darlington, Teesside, Durham, Stockton and parts of Teesdale and Weardale). A map of the area can be found within the tender documents. To review the tender documents please send an expression of interest to amp6nim@nwl.co.uk and you will then be given access to Ariba (tender portal) where you can review all procurement documents.

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

The scope of work includes, but is not limited to, reactive and planned, repairs and maintenance (including minor alterations and enhancements) of approximately 16 000 km of the contracting entity’s sewerage network.

The services will largely be reactive emergency services in response to customer contacts and other short term work where there is an immediate and repeated adverse impact on customer service or other serviceability measures. The service will resolve issues that are causing or likely to cause uncontrolled escapes from sewers leading to property and curtilage flooding and pollution events and may include:

— provision of 24/7/365 emergency call out cover,

— network investigations including reactive and programmed CCTV, look see, flooding, pollution and odour complaints,

— reactive and programmed sewer cleansing,

— ultra high pressure jet cutting,

— sewer blockage clearing,

— initial root cutting,

— sewer maintenance and repairs, including dig down repairs, rising main repairs, reactive patch repairs and reactive lining,

— post event clear up,

— reactive sewer mapping,

— rodent baiting,

— minor building over sewer diversions,

— new manholes, manhole repairs, manhole cover and frame replacement and/or repairs.

Applicants must be able to provide the full scope of work detailed as described above.

The contracting entity estimates a spend of approx 5 000 000 GBP to 6 000 00 GBP per annum over a potential 6 year duration (by extension at NWL's discretion following an initial 2 year period). No guarantee of work or spend is provided and as this is a reactive framework volumes can fluctuate.

The initial framework period is 2 years with the option to extend for a further period of up to 4 years.

II.2.2)

Options

NWL have the option to extend the framework following the initial 2 year duration. Any number of extensions are available up to a maximum duration of 4 years. The total maximum duration of the framework (including all possible extensions) being 6 years.

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

If a Dun and Bradstreet credit rating returns a rating of “above average risk” or “high risk” (or the equifax score returns “poor” or “very poor”) the contracting entity will request further financial information for review and a performance bond or parent company guarantee may be required.

III.1.2)

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

Please see the terms and conditions in the procurement documents.

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

Joint and several liability agreement under English law with designated lead entity.

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

Please see the procurement documents.

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity

Please see the procurement documents.

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

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

FA06-02C

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

Applicants are asked to note that this procurement process will be conducted electronically with all documents and communication being managed through the Northumbrian Water e-Sourcing Spend Management portal called “Ariba”.

Expressions of interest must be sent to the e-mail address amp6nim@nwl.co.uk before the deadline date for completed PQQ's on the 30.10.2018 at 2:00 pm. We would advise expressions of interest are received at least one week in advance of the PQQ deadline date to ensure suppliers have enough time to complete the PQQ. Once an expression of interest has been received that contains the information detailed below, applicants will be given access to the Ariba portal. This portal will contain all the tender documents associated with this procurement. An email link will also be provided to the email address you provide. The deadline for the return of the completed PQQ is the 30.10. 2018 at 2:00pm.

When sending an expression of interest, applicants must provide the following information:

1) Full company name;

2) Main contact details of the person who will be given access to the Ariba portal:

— name,

— job title,

— e-mail address,

— telephone number.

All applicants, whether single applicants or part of a Joint Venture/Consortium, must apply on an individual basis, with reference made to the proposed Joint Venture/Consortium partners and the ownership percentage i.e. 50/50 etc. Each party to the joint venture will be assessed individually. To then determine a score for the joint venture the individual score for each party will be added together, weighted based on the ownership and then an average score allocated to the JV bid.

The successful contractor will also be required to become accredited (if not already) to “Cyber Essentials Plus” before the start date of the 1.7.2019. More information on Cyber Essentials Plus can be found on www.cyberessentials.ncsc.gov.uk

Applicants will also be required to hold the following accreditations (or equivalents) ISO9001, ISO14001 and BS OHSAS 18001 (or EN ISO45001). This is a pre-requisite to be considered for this framework.

Dates and estimated values shown in this contract notice are indicative only at this stage.

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals

VI.4.3)

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

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice