Public procurement notice: Qualification System Without Call For Competition
Published: 2019-12-10
Buyer: Wessex Water Services Ltd
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 66171000 | 71210000 | 71220000 | 71240000 | 71250000
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This qualification system has been established to provide the opportunity for contractors/consultants to express their interest in providing works and professional services to Wessex Water. Contractors/consultants are invited to apply for particular categories of works and professional services (identified against the category as ‘works’ or ‘professional services’) as detailed within the system.
The qualification system may be used for the selection of contractors/consultants to participate in procurement procedures regulated by the Utilities Contracts Regulations.
Wessex Water gives no guarantee of tendering opportunities nor the volumes or value of works and professional services being awarded via the qualification system.
Wessex Water will not be liable for the contractors/consultants costs of responding to this notice or to any subsequent pre-qualification or tender document or other stages of any procurement process.
Wessex Water do not permit duplicate organisation registrations within the portal used for the qualification system. To check whether your organisation is already registered, please email eprocurement@wessexwater.co.uk
contractors/consultants who are already registered on the qualification system may update their own details at any time and can manage access for other users within their organisation.
Please see the supplier registration requirements document on the Bravo login page for details of conditions to be fulfilled.
Only those contractors/consultants with a status of ‘Selectable for PQQ or Tender’ or ‘All Registration Criteria Met’ shall be eligible to be invited to participate in procurement activities.
Please see the supplier registration requirements document on the Bravo login page for methods of verification.
Contact details for each individual procurement will be provided by Wessex Water in the specific procurement documents.
Information referenced in Section III.2) of this notice will, where relevant, be provided in the specific procurement documents by Wessex Water.
The award criteria as referenced in Section II.2.5) may for certain procurements covered by this notice be on a price-only basis.
Where required by the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016, Wessex Water Services Ltd will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is notified to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period will be for a minimum of ten calendar days, which provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (SI 2016 No 274) provides 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 and Wales).
Any request for information during a standstill period must be sent in writing to amp.procurement@wessexwater.co.uk or as advised in the standstill notice.