Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-07-13
Buyer: Scottish Water
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 44130000 | 44161200 | 45231300 | 45232000 | 45232100
Estimated value: 528320000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-08-19
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Scottish Water (SW) is seeking to engage contractors, with a preference towards geographically based regional contractors, to support the delivery of its refurbishment, responsive and operational repair requirements. This includes reactive, low value, non-complex operational and capital investment projects, on a geographical basis for 2021-2027, with extension options up to 2 years.
Scottish Water (SW) is seeking to engage contractors, with a preference towards geographically based regional contractors to provide local support and resources in design, planning, management and delivery for the provision of repair and maintenance for water infrastructure in refurbishment, responsive operational repair services and non-complex capital maintenance investment portfolio on a geographical basis. Activities may include but are not limited to: installation and repairs to water network activities; excavating and repairing burst water mains and reinstatement, minor mains laying, installation of overhead emergency pipework, flood damage and property clean-ups including ironworks and reinstatement repair/replacements in geographically challenging areas where required, access path, stairs and roadway repairs, valve and PRV installations, meter (revenue and network) installation and replacement, provision of new connections and replacement of lead supply pipes. The services vary in nature from reactive work based on customer or operational needs through to planned programmes of works for capital works. Services will require to be provided during normal working hours as well as out of hours and including weekends. To aid efficient resource management by our strategic contractor partners, an appropriate level of lower value civils/infrastructure projects on water infrastructure will be routed through the partners for delivery. The Construction, Design and Management (CDM) 2015 Regulations will apply to some of these works and successful geographically based regional contractors will be expected to discharge their duties in-line with this where applicable. SW and our strategic partners will work with bidders who are interested in achieving contractor (C), principal contractor (PC) and/or principal designer (PD) status for applicable projects. Geographically based regional contractors will work closely with Scottish Water resources in ensuring the delivery of a consistently excellent customer experience. Contractors applying for PD status providing in-house or subcontract design capabilities will be explored. Design resources whether in-house or subcontracted, will be required to be identified and audited by SW. Contractors applying for PD status may also engage SW’s design consultancy framework partner(s). SW reserves the right to instruct successful framework contractors to engage design to SW’s design consultancy framework partner(s). The estimated total value for lot 1 for 2021-2027 plus 2 years extension is in the region of between GBP 120 000 000-GBP 152 400 000 excluding VAT. For the initial 6-year period the estimated guidance range is GBP 90 000 000 to GBP 114 300 000 excluding VAT. Value ranges are based on FY18/19 prices and as such, these values will be subject to indexation over the duration of the agreement. For clarity, Scottish Water will award frameworks on an initial 6 year period with a 2-year extension option at the sole discretion of Scottish Water.
The main PQQ and supporting guidance documents can also be accessed by logging in through the Scottish Water Delta eSourcing webpage https://scottishwater.delta-esourcing.com/ and through the Response Manager section using the following access code: G6U8C32XJW
Further H&S and technical sub PQQ Delta access codes can be viewed within the ‘PQQ Guidance Document’ attached to the main PQQ.
Scottish Water (SW) is seeking to engage contractors, with a preference towards geographically based regional contractors to provide local support and resources in design, planning, management and delivery for the provision of repair and maintenance for waste water infrastructure in refurbishment, responsive and operational repair and non-complex capital maintenance investment portfolio services on a geographical basis. Activities may include but are not limited to waste water network activities, excavating and repairing collapsed sewers and reinstatement, minor sewer replacements (up to 100 mtrs), installation of overland sewer pumping emergency pipework, external sewer flooding clean-ups and property clean-ups, including ironworks and reinstatement repair/replacements in geographically challenging areas where required, access paths, stairs and roadways. Delivering upgrades, installation and maintenance of sewer pipelines, manholes, CSO chambers, outfalls and pumping stations and related sewer infrastructure and sewer clean-up services. The services vary in nature from reactive work based on customer or operational needs through to planned programmes of capital works. Services will require to be provided during normal working hours as well as out of hours and including weekends. To aid efficient resource management by our strategic contractor partners, an appropriate level of lower value civils/infrastructure projects on waste water infrastructure will be routed through the partners for delivery. The Construction, Design and Management (CDM) 2015 Regulations will apply to some of these works and successful geographically based regional contractors will be expected to discharge their duties in-line with this where applicable. SW will work with bidders who are interested in achieving contractor (C), principal contractor (PC) and/or principal designer (PD) status for applicable projects. Geographically based regional contractors will work closely with Scottish Water resources in ensuring the delivery of a consistently excellent customer experience. The estimated total value for lot 2 for 2021-2027 plus 2 years extension is in the region of between GBP 120 000 000-GBP 152 400 000 excluding VAT. For the initial 6-year period the estimated guidance range is GBP 90 000 000 to GBP 114 300 000 excluding VAT. Value ranges are based on FY18/19 prices and as such, these values will be subject to indexation over the duration of the agreement. For clarity, Scottish Water will award frameworks on an initial 6-year period with a 2-year extension option at the sole discretion of Scottish Water.
The main PQQ and supporting guidance documents can also be accessed by logging in through the Scottish Water Delta eSourcing webpage https://scottishwater.delta-esourcing.com/ and through the Response Manager section using the following Access Code: G6U8C32XJW
Further H&S and technical sub PQQ Delta access codes can be viewed within the ‘PQQ Guidance Document’ attached to the main PQQ.
Scottish Water (SW) is seeking to engage contractors, with a preference towards geographically based regional contractors to provide local support and resources in design, planning, management and delivery for the provision of repair and maintenance for mechanical, electrical and non-infrastructure (above ground) capital maintenance services on a geographical basis. Activities will be primarily focused on reactive repairs to our water and wastewater mechanical and electrical assets such as motors and gearboxes, drives, blowers and compressors, water and waste water sludge presses, actuators, valves, electrical distribution equipment, archimedes screw pumps and screens, to ensure that the necessary high standard of customer service can be maintained at all times. This will involve support during normal working hours as well as out of hours and including weekends. Non-infrastructure activities will include new assets, renewals, modification, maintenance and refurbishment of extensions to water networks, sewerage networks including UIDs and sewer rehabilitation works and pumping stations (infrastructure). To aid efficient resource management by our geographically based regional contractors, an appropriate level of lower value mechanical and electrical projects on non-infrastructure will be routed through the partners for delivery. The Construction, Design and Management (CDM) 2015 Regulations will apply to some of these works and successful geographically based regional contractors will be expected to discharge their duties in-line with this where applicable. SW will work with bidders who are interested in achieving contractor (C), principal contractor (PC) and/or principal designer (PD) status for applicable projects. Geographically based regional contractors will work closely with Scottish Water resources in ensuring the delivery of a consistently excellent customer experience. The estimated total value for lot 3 for 2021-2029 is in the region of between GBP 176 000 000-GBP 223 520 000 excluding VAT. For the initial 6-year period the estimated guidance range is GBP 132 000 000 to GBP 167 640 000 excluding VAT. Value ranges are based on FY18/19 prices and as such, these values will be subject to indexation over the duration of the agreement. For clarity, Scottish Water will award frameworks on an initial 6-year period with a 2-year extension option at the sole discretion of Scottish Water.
The main PQQ and supporting guidance documents can also be accessed by logging in through the Scottish Water Delta eSourcing webpage https://scottishwater.delta-esourcing.com/ and through the Response Manager section using the following access code: G6U8C32XJW
Further H&S and technical sub PQQ Delta access codes can be viewed within the ‘PQQ Guidance Document’ attached to the main PQQ.
Bidders will be expected to be of sufficient financial and economic standing to support the anticipated contract value. All bidders must complete the financial questions within the pre-qualification questionnaire and tender documents. Financial standing relevant to the anticipated contract value will be determined by Scottish Water based on the response to the pre-qualification questionnaire and any further financial checks deemed necessary.
Scottish Water reserves the right to require deposits, guarantees, bonds or other forms of appropriate security.
All prices quoted shall be in Sterling (UK) and all payments shall be made in Sterling (UK). Payment shall be made on the basis of completed services in accordance with the agreed contract rates, schedules and conditions of contract.
In the event of a group of companies submitting an accepted offer it will be necessary for each member of the group to sign an undertaking that each company in the group will be jointly and severally liable for the satisfactory performance of the contract.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://scottishwater.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Stepps:-Construction-work-for-water-projects./G6U8C32XJW


Award value: 528320000