Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-04-16
Buyer: Thames Water Utilities Ltd
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 31216100 | 45311000 | 71314100: Electrical services | 71630000
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Lot 1: Electrical installation (LV) inspection and testing, includes corrective maintenance. Includes electrical installation condition report inspections to BS7671(requirements for electrical installations) and corrective maintenance when required. LV distribution boards and associated/connected assets covered, PAT is excluded. This lot is split into 5 regions: Central North, East, North, Thames Valley and Central South.
Lot 2: Inspection and testing of FLIP devices, including domestic premises. Includes electrical installation condition report inspections to BS7671(requirements for electrical installations) and corrective maintenance as required. Arranging appointments with domestic customers/householders to gain access to, inspect and maintain FLIP devices.
Lot 3: Inspection and testing of lightning protection systems and earth mats. Includes all routine inspections and periodic tests with BSEN 62305 : 2011 (protection against lightning) and BS 7430 : 1998 code of practice for earthing.
FA1355/1 Electrical installation (LV) inspection and testing, including corrective maintenance. The scope includes electrical installation condition report inspections to BS7671(requirements for electrical installations) as well as corrective maintenance when required. LV distribution boards and associated/connected assets will be covered, portable appliance testing is excluded.
Our service requirements will extend beyond typical statutory inspection and testing and will include the need for our service provider(s) to deliver detailed reporting on the condition of our electrical installations so that we can plan and prioritise replacements and upgrades.
A list of post codes within each of the regions will be provided as an indicative reference only. The sites listed within each region maybe subject to review and realignment during the term of the Agreement.
A Thames Water scheduled programme of periodic inspection work will be undertaken. This will cover up to 5 000 sites ranging from small water and waste water pumping stations up to and including major treatment works.
Thames Water envisages that the agreement will be awarded for an initial term of 3 years with options to extend up to a maximum duration of 8 years.
FA1355/2 Inspection and testing of anti-flood (FLIP) devices on Thames Water sites and in domestic premises. Scope includes electrical installation condition report inspections to BS7671(requirements for electrical installations) as well as corrective maintenance when required. Where required, the service provider(s) will be responsible for arranging appointments with domestic customers and dealing with householders in order to gain access to, inspect and maintain anti-flood (FLIP) devices. A Thames Water scheduled programme of periodic inspection work will be undertaken. Up to 5 000 sites may be covered (including domestic properties).
Thames Water envisages that the agreement will be awarded for an initial term of 3 years with options to extend up to a maximum duration of 8 years.
Scope includes all routine inspections and periodic tests with BSEN 62305 : 2011 (protection against lightning) and BS 7430 : 1998 code of practice for earthing.
A Thames Water scheduled programme of annual inspection works will be undertaken. Circa 150 Thames Water sites have LP systems, some with multiple systems, from single vertical conductors to more complex air termination networks.
Thames Water envisages that the agreement will be awarded for an initial term of 3 years with options to extend up to a maximum duration of 8 years.
Thames Water Utilities Ltd will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).


Winner: Thames Water Utilities Ltd