Published date: 10 February 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 17 March 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Steam, hot water and associated products - 09320000

  • Water-treatment chemicals - 24962000

  • Water meters - 38421100

    • Water installations - 39370000

    • Machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying water - 42912300

    • Steam and water pipes - 44163140

    • Plumbing and sanitary works - 45330000

    • Repair and maintenance services of water meters - 50411100

    • Installation services of machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying water - 51514110

    • Water distribution and related services - 65100000

    • Operation of water supplies - 65130000

    • Consulting services for water-supply and waste consultancy - 71800000

Location of contract

ME19 4YT

Value of contract

£0 to £208,000,000

Procurement reference

AHYC-YDWGUZ-AJ5D-YEWWZ2

Published date

10 February 2017

Closing date

17 March 2017

Contract start date

18 April 2017

Contract end date

17 April 2021

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Commercial Services is one of the largest trading organisations of its kind in the UK with a turnover currently in excess of £600m per annum and employing over 800 people from its base in Kent. With its Schools Supplies Division set up over 70 years ago by Kent County Council, it has grown organically since then to supply an ever-increasing range of best value goods and services to other publicly funded organisations. These include local government, education establishments, the care sector and emergency services. LASER was established as part of Commercial Services in 1989, in response to the increasing competitiveness of the deregulated energy markets and now provides complete energy solutions to 160 Local Authorities and other Public Sector bodies throughout the UK. Kent County Council (the Contracting Authority) is the largest local authority in England covering an area of 3,500 square kilometres. It has an annual expenditure of over £1bn on goods and services and a population of 1.3m. The Council provides a wide range of personal and strategic services on behalf of its residents, operating in partnership with 12 district councils and 289 parish/town councils. In accordance with best procurement practice, EU and UK Procurement Directives and Regulations, the Contracting Authority wishes to create a Framework Agreement (the Agreement) for Water Supply and Sewerage Services. The procurement process adopted by the Contracting Authority is based upon the 'Open' Procedure, as detailed in the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and the EU Combined Procurement Directive 2014/24/EU.

More information

Additional text

Instructions to Suppliers: This opportunity will be completed electronically via ProContract, a site run
by Due North. Interested organisations should go to
www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk to register and express interest. To express
interest select 'Current Opportunities', from the 'Organisation' drop down box
select 'Commercial Services', click search and select the appropriate
opportunity. Once you have successfully expressed interest via the portal you
will be sent an email directing you to the ProContract site from which you will
be able to access and download the invitation to tender documentation and any
other relevant information. This email should be retained, as it will contain
your direct link to the ProContract portal, for information purposes only the
link is www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/procontract/supplier.nsf DO NOT USE THIS
LINK NOW.

Tenderers should also note that final submissions must be made via ProContract,
no other submission route is permitted. Failure to follow this path will
result in the tender submission being disregarded.


ALL DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD VIA
THE PROCONTRACT PORTAL FROM THE OUTSET. Please ensure you are able to download
all files immediately after accessing the ProContract portal.

About the buyer

Contact name

Ian Day/ Michael Smith

Address

Procurement Services Group
1 Abbey Wood Road, Kings Hill
West Malling
ME19 4YT
UK

Telephone

+44 1622236767

Email

psg@commercialservices.org.uk