Official UK procurement notice
Innovation Lab 4 Programme
Authority: United Utilities Water Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe process will follow the innovation partnership procedure & is intended to encourage innovative businesses to help United Utilities tackle key efficiency, safety & customer challenges in innovative ways.
Successful applicants will be co-located (where possible, & subject to Covid and travel restrictions) & work closely with UU to test, develop, improve & demonstrate their product/service in live customer environments. Leading to opportunities for contractual relationships for further ongoing testing &/or roll-out.
The Company offers project managers & resources to design & run the best trial conditions for the best ideas – either a 12-week testing programme or different trial design. Each trial will accelerate & improve the chance for large-scale roll-out.
FOCUS: Applicants will be invited to put forward proposals in the following areas;
Systems Thinking
Low carbon & Natural Solutions
Digitising the water/wastewater network
Customer Service Excellence
Wild Card
CPV: Analytical or scientific software development services · Analytical, scientific, mathematical or forecasting software development services · Customer-care services · Database and operating software package · Digital mapping system · Dimensional surveying services · Financial analysis and accounting software package · Flow-monitoring services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Information technology services · Leak-testing services · Mapping software development services · +10 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This procurement will follow the Innovation Partnership procedure and will seek…Awarded
This procurement will follow the Innovation Partnership procedure and will seek innovative businesses to help UU tackle key industry challenges in innovative ways.
United Utilities want to tackle our key business challenges so we can provide better, more cost effective services for customers. That means building relationships with businesses who share our vision, ambition and appetite for innovation.
The Innovation Lab 4 programme will be run in collaboration with corporate innovation specialist L Marks and successful applicants will be mentored by senior United Utilities business leaders and get access to test and demonstrate your product/service in live customer environments. Businesses will be invited to put forward proposals in the following key areas:
- Systems Thinking,
- Low carbon and Natural Solutions,
- Digitising the water & wastewater network
- Customer Service Excellence
- Wild Card.
All proposals must be in line with our business principles. More information about this opportunity can be found at the following address www.unitedutilities.com/innovation ↗
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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).
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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
Interested economic operators must be of good standing to pass through to the ideas stage.
Please refer to procurement documents for further details.
- Technical & professional ability
Interested economic operators must confirm in their application that they have the capacity to attend the innovation lab in order to pass through to the ideas stage.
- Legal form for consortia
- UU may specify certain requirements as to the legal form of lab participants, for example successful economic operators may be required to form a limited company and/or to transfer their business (including any relevant intellectual property rights) into the limited company prior to entry into the lab.
- Shortlisting
- The purpose of the lab is to co-create to enter into a supply agreement (minimum). In order to pass through to the ideas stage, applicants must confirm in their application that they are willing to enter into a supply agreement.
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Innovation partnership
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 27 Jun 2021, 20:36 BST
- Last source update
- 24 May 2022, 14:12 BST
- Authority reference
PRO004518- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-014294- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02c095Find a Tender
Publisher note: UU will be working with L Marks in the delivery of this procurement process. Documents including a step-by-step guide and how to use the portal have been included within the documents folder and more information can be found on the website at www.unitedutilities.com/innovation Following the completion of the innovation lab, UU may enter into a supply agreement with one or more participants. The maximum price will be set at no more than demonstrable and approved costs + 50 % margin. Alternatively, UU may take a license to manufacture from one or more participants. Final versions of the contract terms will be provided prior to pitch day. Drafts are made available at the applications stage for information, along with a draft procurement document for the ideas stage. UU will not pay candidates for lab participation alone, but will provide a fixed maximum level of participation support in consideration for which participants will be expected to carry out the relevant R&D activities. UU will pay each successful candidate up to GBP 5 000 for legal costs for participants to review and understand the contract terms before entering the lab.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Sept 2021, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
27 Jul 2021 → 24 May 2022 · 3 dates- Next notice expected27 Jul 2021, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline17 Sept 2021, 14:00 BST
- Notice published24 May 2022, 14:12 BST
Notice history
6 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Aug 2021- Published value published: £1,000,00027 Aug 2021, 13:23 BST
- Status changed to active27 Aug 2021, 13:23 BST
- Procurement method changed27 Aug 2021, 13:23 BST
- Deadline moved to 17 Sept 2021, 14:00 BST27 Aug 2021, 13:23 BST+7 days · was 10 Sept 2021, 14:00 BST
- Deadline published: 10 Sept 2021, 14:00 BST27 Aug 2021, 13:23 BST
- Status changed to complete24 May 2022, 14:12 BST
Published amendments (2 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextII.1.4 | FOCUS: Applicants will be invited to put forward proposals in the following areas; Systems Thinking Low carbon & Natural Solutions Digitising the water/wastewater network Customer Service Excellence Wild Card | FOCUS: Applicants will be invited to put forward proposals in the following areas; Net Zero and Natural Solutions Energy Efficiency Digital Network Business Wildcard | |
| — | TextII.2.4 | Businesses will be invited to put forward proposals in the following key areas: • Systems Thinking, • Low carbon and Natural Solutions, • Digitising the water & wastewater network • Customer Service Excellence • Wild Card. | Businesses will be invited to put forward proposals in the following key areas: • Net Zero and Natural Solutions • Energy Efficiency • Digital Network Business • Wild Card. | |
| — | DeadlineIV.2.2 | 10 Sept 2021 | 17 Sept 2021 | +7 d |
2 amendments published without a description.
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2021-08: 1 release · 10 Aug 2021
- 2021-06: 1 release · 27 Jun 2021
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altitude ThinkingSME | £5,000 † | — | Awarded |
| AutoMutatio LtdSME | £5,000 † | — | Awarded |
| ClearWater Sensors SME | £5,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Mach9 Robotics IncSME | £5,000 † | — | Awarded |
| SmartValve LimitedSME | £5,000 † | — | Awarded |
| VBact Ltd.SME | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Innovation Lab 4 Programme · VBact Ltd.SME
- Signed
- 8 May 2022
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Innovation Lab 4 Programme · Altitude ThinkingSME
- Signed
- 21 Mar 2022
- Value
- £5,000
- Status
- active
Innovation Lab 4 Programme · AutoMutatio LtdSME
- Signed
- 21 Mar 2022
- Value
- £5,000
- Status
- active
Innovation Lab 4 Programme · ClearWater Sensors SME
- Signed
- 21 Mar 2022
- Value
- £5,000
- Status
- active
Innovation Lab 4 Programme · Mach9 Robotics IncSME
- Signed
- 21 Mar 2022
- Value
- £5,000
- Status
- active
Innovation Lab 4 Programme · SmartValve LimitedSME
- Signed
- 21 Mar 2022
- Value
- £5,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 86bids · 86 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England & WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
6 commercial parties on the notice- Altitude ThinkingAwarded supplier
- AutoMutatio LtdAwarded supplier
- ClearWater Sensors Awarded supplier
- Mach9 Robotics IncAwarded supplier
- SmartValve LimitedAwarded supplier
- VBact Ltd.Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria