Official UK procurement notice
Hermitage Stream Catchment Restoration Framework Agreement
Authority: Portsmouth Water Limited (Public body)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionPortsmouth Water is seeking contractors to undertake improvement measures to watercourses and habitats in the Hermitage Stream Catchment affected by the new Havant Thicket Reservoir Project. The procurement is for a multi-supplier framework agreement for works. Suppliers should be able to demonstrate design and build capability based on broadly similar projects for undertaking improvement measures to watercourses and habitat. The scope of works entails civils and environmental improvement measures. Further information about the scope of the works and the procurement process will be provided to suppliers responding to this Contract Notice.
CPV: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services · Architectural, engineering and planning services · Construction project management services · Construction work · Construction work for water projects · Construction work for waterways · Dam-design services · Drainage and surface works · Earthmoving work · Engineering design services · Engineering design services for the construction of civil engineering works · Environmental improvement works · +16 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 3 suppliers
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · 1 with a published value · win at most 2 of themLot #1Watercourse restoration and improvement - Reaches over 300 metresPublished value£7,295,044
Portsmouth Water intends to proceed by procuring a framework agreement to enable mini-competitions for the detailed design and construction of works as required. There will be a two stage selection process. A pre-qualification stage will select 4 suppliers to submit their tenders for a specified package of works. The highest scoring supplier will be awarded the first call-off contract and the top 3 bidders appointed to the framework agreement. Further works will be awarded on the basis of a mini-competition under the terms of the framework agreement. On different reaches of watercourses within the wider catchment of the Hermitage Stream a combination of detailed design, civil engineering and environmental measures will be required such as:
- removal of concrete bed and banks;
- replacements of headwalls;
- reprofiling bed and banks;
- redistribution of bed material;
- erosion protection measures;
- new channel creation and backwater features;
- removal of trees and coppicing;
- replanting;
- addition of wood into channels;
- pond creation;
- localised bank excavation and reprofiling;
- flood plain excavation; and
- removal of existing bank protection.
Lot #2Watercourse restoration and improvement - Reaches up to 300 metresPlannedLot estimate not published
On reaches of rivers/streams up to 300 metres in length a combination of the following civils and environmental works will be required:
- removal of concrete bed and banks
- replacement of headwalls
- reprofiling bed and banks
- redistribution of bed material
- erosion protection measures
- new channel creation and backwater features
- removal of trees and coppicing
- replanting (environmental work)
- addition of wood into channels
- pond creation
- localised bank excavation and reprofiling
- flood plain excavation
- removal of existing bank protection
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Suitability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
- Legal form for consortia
- Portsmouth Water will accept expressions of interest and Tenders from single entities or consortia. Consortia are not required to form a single legal entity. Portsmouth Water will consider contracting with a consortium, providing always that the participants assume joint and several liability for all of the obligations of the consortium under the Contract. Further details and requirements will be provided in the procurement documentation.
- Shortlisting
- Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- “Hermitage Stream Catchment Restoration Framework Agreement” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 3 suppliers, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 13 Sept 2024, 09:45 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Feb 2025, 17:56 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-005263- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-049a8aFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
This will be described in the Invitation to Tender
- Electronic trading
- electronic payment
- Performance terms
N/A.
- Review procedure
The contracting entity will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day (when using electronic means) standstill period at the point information on the award of the Framework Agreement is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the decision to award a Framework Agreement before the Agreement is executed/signed (as appropriate). The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 ('Regulations') provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly and within the time limits as defined in the above regulations. Where a Framework Agreement has not been entered into the court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the contracting entity to amend any document and may award damages. If a Framework Agreement has been entered into the court has the options to award damages and/or to shorten or order the Framework Agreement ineffective.
Publisher note: This procurement process uses the negotiated procedure with prior call for competition (Utilities Contracts Regulations Reg. 47), and is being conducted in successive stages. A total of 4 Applicants will be shortlisted from the first stage, i.e. pre-qualification, and will be invited to submit a tender. Interested organisations must complete and submit a completed Pre-Qualification Questionnaire by the specified closing date and time. Submissions cannot be uploaded after this return deadline. Further information about the procurement process will be provided in a pre-qualification pack provided to all suppliers responding to this Contract Notice. Other than the Pre-Qualification Pack and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire, the procurement documents published at the date of this Notice are in outline form, and Portsmouth Water reserves the right to amend, augment and supplement any document. Portsmouth Water reserves the right at any time to cease the procurement process and not award any contract or to award only part of the opportunities described in this Notice. If Portsmouth Water takes up this right, then it will not be responsible for or required to pay the expenses or losses, which may be incurred by any organisation or Tenderer resulting therefrom. Except for the Contract(if any), concluded with the successful Tenderer, nothing in the procurement process shall create a contract, whether express or implied, between Portsmouth Water and any Applicant or Tenderer. Portsmouth Water intends to select 4 Applicants to invite to tender. Portsmouth Water may conduct the negotiations in successive stages in order to reduce the number of Tenders to be negotiated, by applying the award criteria specified in the ITT. It reserves the right at any time to close negotiations and award the Contract. Portsmouth Water undertakes to hold confidential any information provided in the proposal submitted, subject to its obligations under the law including Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and the retained EU law version of the General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679). If the organisation considers that any of the information submitted in the proposal should not be disclosed because of its sensitivity, then this should be stated with the reason for considering it sensitive. Portsmouth Water will then endeavour to consult with the Applicant about such sensitive information when considering any request for information (e.g. under the EIR), before replying to such a request. Portsmouth Water reserves the right to carry out additional financial checks on all organisations bidding for this opportunity at any time during the procurement process. This is to ensure that they continue to meet its requirements and remain financially viable to fulfil the requirements under the proposed contracts.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 14 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 360 days from the deadline
- Deposits and guarantees
Portsmouth Water reserves the right to require parent companies to provide guarantees in support of a subsidiary. Sub-contractor collateral warranties and other forms of security will be required as appropriate. Further details and requirements will be provided in procurement documentation.
Timeline
13 Sept 2024 → 17 Apr 2025 · 4 dates- Next notice expected13 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST
- Notice published14 Feb 2025, 17:56 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown14 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected17 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Oct 2024- Buyer details updated25 Oct 2024, 11:23 BST
- Published value updated to £7,295,04414 Feb 2025, 17:56 GMTwas £4,100,000
- Status changed to active14 Feb 2025, 17:56 GMT
- Procurement method changed14 Feb 2025, 17:56 GMT
- Deadline published: 14 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT14 Feb 2025, 17:56 GMT
- Buyer details updated14 Feb 2025, 17:56 GMT
Published amendments (2 · 0 deadline changes)
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| — | Text3, Estimated date of publication of the contract notice · II | 13 September 2024 | 30 June 2025 | |
| — | Text1.1 Type of procurement · IV | — | Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition | |
| — | Text3. Additional information · VI | Please respond with an Expression of Interest by 18th October 2024 | Please respond with an Expression of Interest by 25th November 2024 | |
| — | Text1.5 Estimated Total Value · II | Estimated Total Value £4,100,000 | Estimated Total Value £7,295,044 | |
| — | Text1.6 Information about lots · II | The contract is divided into lots: Yes | The contract is divided into lots: No |
2 amendments published without a description.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Portsmouth Water LimitedContracting authorityWater
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview bodyReview contact point
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria