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Published 26 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Official notice

Authority: Southern Water Services Limited (Public body)·Consortium: 3 public authorities

GoodsNegotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Published estimate£1,664,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 30 Apr 2021awarded 26 Oct 2021
Awarded to Arco Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Southern Water Services will be looking to award to a single provider to supply the full list of PPE and some consumables on a 4 year initial term with an option to extend for a further 4 years.

CPV: Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories · Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Looking to award a Supplier contract which ensures protective clothing, with Southern…AwardedRenewal

Looking to award a Supplier contract which ensures protective clothing, with Southern Water branding, is available and supplied to employees in Hampshire, Kent , Isle of Wight and Sussex. This includes Arc flash PPE which protects those working with electricity, prescription safety eyewear and also some consumables (toilet roll, blue roll, hand wash, hand sanitiser etc). Additional information: Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

Delivery: South East · Hampshire, Kent, Isle of Wight and Sussex
Extensions: An initial period of 4 years with option to renew for a period or periods, of up to 4 years (total 8 years)Second stage: up to 6 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowedElectronic catalogue: required

What it takes to win
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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).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • Price
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As described in the procurement documents

Legal form for consortia
The successful partners, whether being a single contractor, prime contractor (which may be an existing company or special purpose vehicle) or consortium), will be required to be a single legal entity
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
Shortlisting
Minimum requirements must be met at PQQ stage relating to business credentials and technical capability. Shortlisting will be conducted at PQQ stage, issue date 26th March 2021 After shortlisting is completed successful tenderers will be invited as detailed in the procurement document
Successive reduction
Candidates will be reduced successively across stages

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
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
26 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
Last source update
28 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
Authority reference
Prj_1819
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-027125
Classification (CPV)
Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessoriesSewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a007 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

Stated within the PQQ documents

Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

As described in the procurement documents and Schedule 2 of the contract agreement

Publisher note: Submission of expression of interest and procurement specific information: This procurement exercise will be conducted on the BravoSolution e-procurement portal at: https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/ Candidates wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and provide additional procurement specific information through the portal as follows: i) Candidates should register on the BravoSolution e-procurement portal at: https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/ ii) Once registered, candidates must express their interest as follows: a) login to the portal; b) select ‘View current opportunities and notices’; c) access the listing related to this framework d) click on Express Interest button; iii) Once you have expressed interest, please complete the PQQ. You must then publish your reply using the publish button; iv) For any support in submitting your expression of interest please contact the eTendering help desk at. 0800 368 4850 or [email protected]

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
30 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Deposits and guarantees
n/a
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

30 Apr 2021 → 28 Oct 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    30 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    11 Jun 2021, 00:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    28 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Oct 2021
  1. Status changed to complete
    28 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    28 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,664,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 1latest 26 Oct 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Arco Limited£1,664,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) · Arco Limited

    Signed
    26 Oct 2021
    Value
    £1,664,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Southern Water Services Limited

Contracting authorityPublic body Worthing

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Southern Water Services Ltd.Contracting authorityWaterWater and Wastewater Worthing, South EastContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Southern Water LimitedReview body Worthing

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria