Published date: 10 December 2016

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: 16 January 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Water meters - 38421100

  • Water installations - 39370000

  • Water distribution and related services - 65100000

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

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£960,000,000

Procurement reference

RM3790

Published date

10 December 2016

Closing date

16 January 2017

Contract start date

15 March 2017

Contract end date

15 March 2020

Contract type

Service 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

Crown Commercial Service (CCS), as the Authority, intends to put in place a Framework Agreement for the supply of water and wastewater services including ancillary goods, works and services.
The duration of the Framework Agreement is for a three (3) year period with an option to extend for one (1) year.

The Framework Agreement will comprise of three (3) Lot's.
- Lot 1 Water Supply and Sewerage Services,
- Lot 2 Ancillary Services; and
- Lot 3 One Stop Shop.

Potential Providers have the opportunity to submit a Tender for all or any combination of the 3 Lots detailed above.

This Framework Agreement will provide a greater degree of control and transparency of pricing; new connections and site-works; metering; demand side management and innovations delivering water conservation measures; Automatic Meter Reading; Water reduction/management advice and guidance and implementation of recommendations (which may include sourcing of third- party services/technology).

Please be advised that the Authority does not consider that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 ("TUPE") to be an issue in respect of this Procurement at Framework Agreement Award Stage as services are not provided at this level.

At the Call Off Contract stage, the Authority takes the view that TUPE is unlikely to apply. It is the responsibility of Potential Providers to take their own advice and consider whether TUPE is likely to apply at the Call Off Contract stage and to act accordingly.

More information

Attachments

Additional text

Potential Providers will be assessed in accordance with Section 5 of Chapter 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, (implementing Title II, Chapter III, Section 3, Sub-section I of Directive 2014/24/EU), on the basis of information provided in response to an Invitation to Tender ("ITT").

This Procurement will be managed electronically via the Authority's e-Sourcing Suite. To participate in this Procurement, participants must first be registered on the e-Sourcing Suite. If you have not yet registered on the e-Sourcing Suite, please go online to:

https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk

you can then access the link 'Register for CCS eSourcing'. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/ publications/esourcing-tool-guidance-for-suppliers

Once you have registered on the e-Sourcing Suite, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement. This is done by emailing:

ExpressionOfInterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk

Your email must clearly state: the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; the name of the Potential Provider; and the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email. The Authority will process the email and then enable the Potential Provider to access the procurement online via the e-Sourcing Suite. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done. As a user of the e-Sourcing Suite you will have access to e-Sourcing Suite email messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific RFX event.

Please note it is your responsibility to access these emails on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information. For technical assistance on use of the e-Sourcing Suite please contact Crown Commercial Service Support Desk email:

eEnablement@crowncommercial.gov.uk

A full copy of the ITT documentation for this Procurement will be available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge via Crown Commercial Service website from the date of this publication of the contract notice:

http://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/procurement-pipeline

Responses must be published by the date in IV.3.4 of the OJEU contract notice.

About the buyer

Address

9th Floor, The Capital
Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9PP
England

Telephone

0345 010 3503

Email

supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk

Website

www.gov.uk/ccs