Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-12-12
Buyer: Bazalgette Tunnel Limited
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 48000000 | 48100000 | 48600000 | 48700000 | 72000000
Estimated value: 650000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-01-25
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Tideway is seeking to appoint a provider for a computerised maintenance management system (CMMS), to include software solution and licensing, solution and user support, hosting, and hosting support and maintenance.
Applicants are referred to the Pre-Qualification Pack (PQP) and accompanying documentation for more information.
Tideway has a requirement for a project wide cloud based Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) solution, which will be used by the client organisation, main works contractors and other stakeholders.
The solution will include all elements required for the successful delivery of the services, including but not limited to:
The CMMS will be a software package that maintains a database to track information about the organisation’s maintenance operations. This information is used to help plan maintenance and inspection of assets in an optimal way. It can also be used to help verify compliance to regulators and other parties.
A CMMS solution is seen as a key aspect required to deliver Tideway’s vision of creating a cleaner river Thames for Londoners; by ensuring thorough and robust maintenance of assets we can ensure the tunnel and associated assets operate at optimal performances at all times.
Further information on the scope of the Contract and the procurement is included in the PQP and accompanying procurement documents.
The initial term of the Contract is 36 months, optional extensions are included, see II.2.11) for details.
Applicants are referred to the PQP and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) for information on Tideway's criteria for choosing applicants to be invited to tender for the Contract. Tideway expects to select the top four applicants to tender for the Contract. Tideway reserves the right in its absolute discretion to invite fewer than four or to invite 5 applicants on the basis described in the PQP.
Applicants should be aware that the initial term of the Contract is 36 months and Tideway reserves the right to extend the term by period or periods of up to 84 months, making a maximum aggregate contract period of 120 months. Further, applicants should also be aware that Tideway reserves the right to omit and/or vary the scope of the Contract and/or require optional scope to be performed.
Tideway will also reserve the right to novate the Contract to a successor maintenance operator (such as Thames Water) during the term.
Applicants are referred to the PQP and PQQ for information about Tideway’s objective rules and criteria for participation in the Contract.
Tideway reserves the right to require guarantees, bonds, collateral warranties (potentially including the grant of step-in rights) and other forms of security as appropriate to be specified in the procurement documents to be made available at ITT stage. Applicants are referred to the PQP for relevant information available at this Contract Notice stage.
The main financing conditions, payment mechanism, performance standards and incentive mechanism will be described in the procurement documents to be made available at ITT stage. Further details will be provided in the published ITT documentation. Applicants are referred to the PQP for relevant information available at this Contract Notice stage.
Tideway will accept expressions of interest and tenders from single entities or consortia. Tideway does not require those consortia who intend to form a single legal entity to do so at the PQQ stage. Tideway will consider contracting with a consortium, providing always that the participants in any consortium are jointly and severally liable for all of the obligations of the Contractor under the Contract.

Eligibility requirements: Applicants are referred to the PQP and PQQ for information about conditions for participation.

Award value: 650000