Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-07-21
Buyer: United Utilities Water Ltd
Country: UK
Region: West Cumbria
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 31311000 | 44161200 | 45111200 | 45111250 | 45112000
Estimated value: 110000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-08-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The detailed design, construction and commissioning of approximately 32km of large diameter twin water mains and approximately 24 km of large diameter water mains in the West Cumbria region.
This tender process relates to both the Water Main and the Raw Water Aqueduct (together the Works). Interested economic operators should note that the Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) will require prices for the Water Main only, the Raw Water Aqueduct only and for the Works (i.e. a combined price for both the Water Main and Raw Water Aqueduct). All economic operators on the tender list must therefore be capable of delivering the whole of the Works. An economic operator that is only able to deliver either the Water Main or the Raw Water Aqueduct will not proceed to the tender list. Please refer to the ITN (issued in final draft with the PQQ) for further details.
Following the assessment of the pre-qualification questionnaire, in accordance with the published scoring criteria, the highest 6 (maximum) bidders will be taken forward to the invitation to negotiate stage.
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. Subcontracting will be permitted.
Interested parties are requested to respond to the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire, which can be obtained through United Utilities Water Limited's e-tendering portal. A link and log in details will be provided by the buyer, who can be contacted through the details provided in Section I.1) The deadline for submission of information is 12.00 on 9.8.2016. The issue of the Contract Notice does not constitute a commitment from United Utilities Water Limited to award the proposed contract, or enter into any other contractual arrangement, for Thirlmere Link Mains or any part thereof. United Utilities Water Limited do not accept any liability for costs, fees or expenses incurred by any party participating in this procurement process. The tender process will be carried out strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Utilities Contract Regulations 2016. 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 therefore expressly disclaimed by United Utilities Water Limited. United Utilities Water Limited accepts no responsibility for actions or decisions taken based on the information provided.


Award value: 110000000