Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-02-02
Buyer: United Utilities Water Ltd
Country: UK
Region: NORTH WEST (ENGLAND)
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 45252127
Estimated value: 25000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-02-29
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Design, procurement, construction, commissioning and operation/optimisation (for a period of time to be determined) of new and refurbished assets of the waste-water treatment facilities at the Ellesmere Port WWTW.
The contracting entity reserves the right to require parent company guarantees, performance bond or other forms of appropriate security.
In the case of an award to a consortium, alliance, joint venture etc. all members shall be required to contract in any 1 of the following forms:
Where a company representing a consortia, alliance or joint venture expresses an interest, the company who responds to this notice will be deemed to be the lead bidder to whom all communications will be addressed.
Interested Parties can access the Pre-qualification questionnaire and any clarification queries/requests arising during the pre-qualification process by accessing the Company‘s E-Sourcing system: https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=UNITEDUTILITIES To ensure that UU remain open, fair and transparent during this pre-qualification process a clarification document will also be hosted on the above link. The link will act as a platform for UU to respond to all clarifications queries/requests to ensure that all potential Applicants have access to the clarifications and to the subsequent responses. This pre-qualification questionnaire clarification document should be reviewed regularly by Interested Applicants and read in conjunction with the Ellesmere Port WWTW
The issue of the Contract Notice does not constitute a commitment from United Utilities Water Plc to undertake a public procurement exercise in the future.
A response to this Notice does not guarantee any invitation to participate in any future public procurement process that Untied Utilities Water Plc may conduct.
United Utilities Water Plc do not accept any liability for costs, fees or expenses incurred by any party participating in this procurement process. Any procurement of any services, supplies or works by United Utilities Water plc in due course will be carried out strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Utilities Contract Regulations 2006 and as amended 2009.
Whilst the contents of the documents available are believed to be correct, the information provided is intended as a guide only and is made available in good faith. No warranty is given as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in it and any liability for any inaccuracy or incompleteness is there fore expressly disclaimed by United Utilities Water plc. United Utilities plc accepts no responsibility for actions or decisions taken based on the information provided.
Applicants are advised that the dates and values shown in this Notice are indicative only at this stage and maybe subject to change.
United Utilities Water plc will incorporate a stand still period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers.
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 (SI 2006 No 6) 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 of England and Wales.