Official UK procurement notice
Plant Hire · UK public procurement notice
Authority: THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThames Water intends to award Framework Agreement(s) for the hire of equipment that is crucial to our operation and us delivering life's essential service to our customers. Equipment to be hired includes: plant machinery, pumps, generators, lighting, access equipment, temporary fencing, trackway, welfare units/toilets, etc.
The framework will be used by operational teams across our business, both for reactive incidents and planned maintenance. Our key priorities and expectations for this agreement include minimising operational downtime and customer impact, maximising our visibility and control of hire activity across the business, identifying efficiency opportunities through a collaborative supplier relationship and focus on continuous improvement.
- Recurrence: Between 3 and 8 years.
CPV: Construction machinery and equipment · Earthmoving and excavating machinery, and associated parts · Generators · Hire of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment with operator · Pumps · Submersible pumps · Tools
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 2 suppliers
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value · a supplier may bid for at most 2 and win at most 2 of themLot #1Managed Service - General Plant & Pump HireRenewalPublished value£123,000,000
Lot 1 covers the majority of our hire equipment needs, including pumps (2-12" waste and clean water pumps, including commissioning where needed), generators, lighting, access equipment, temporary fencing, trackway, welfare units/toilets, etc. It will be used across the business for both reactive incidents and planned maintenance.
Our expectations from this Lot include: seamless provision of a range of hire equipment with clear accountability for SLAs, a single point of contact and ease of management, a live dashboard to provide a complete view of all hires, and making it easier to pull insights and identify efficiency opportunities, proactive and collaborative relationship focused on continuous improvement.
The Lot 1 framework agreement will be awarded to a single supplier.
Lot #2Plant Hire (Operated & Self Drive)RenewalPublished value£24,000,000
Lot 2 covers the hire of operated and self-drive plant machinery, including excavators, loaders, telehandlers, dumpers, rollers, etc. It will be used across the business but will mainly be used by Repair & Maintenance teams for planned works.
Our expectations from this Lot include: direct provision of standalone requirements that don't need to coordinate with other equipment, skilled operators and training opportunities for employees, a live dashboard to provide insights and identify efficiency opportunities, proactive and collaborative relationship focused on continuous improvement.
The Lot 2 framework agreement will be awarded to a single supplier.
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).
- Legal form for consortia
- Consortia may be required to form a legal entity prior to award.
- Shortlisting
- As detailed in section VI.3 and PQQ.
- “Plant Hire” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 2 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
- Goods
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · Between 3 and 8 years.
- First published
- 18 Nov 2024, 15:26 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Nov 2024, 15:26 GMT
- Authority reference
FA1556- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-037231- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b768Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Specified in Invitation to Negotiate Document.
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
Thames Water Utilities Limited will incorporate a standstill period at the point of information on the reward of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the reward decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days 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 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)
Publisher note: All suppliers who wish to respond to this contract notice must request a pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) by using the web link in Section I.3 https://forms.office.com/e/GKpzjmgjJb . From your response to the link in Section I.3 or above, Thames Water's Procurement Support Centre will send you an email providing login details for our eSourcing system. To complete the PQQ you will need to login to the project SharePoint site. If the project requires it, you will receive an additional and separate survey to complete for Data Protection. Note - The client may be Thames Water Utilities Limited or another company within the Kemble Water group structure. Note on Estimated Contract Values: All values shown are estimates only and have no binding on the total contract value that materialises under the provision of each service. Any bidder that passes the PQQ pass/fail questions will be taken through to ITN.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 9 Dec 2024, 10:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- document
- Deposits and guarantees
- Bonds and/or parent company guarantees of performance and financial standing may be required.
Timeline
18 Nov 2024 → 9 Dec 2024 · 2 dates- Notice published18 Nov 2024, 15:26 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown9 Dec 2024, 10:00 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria