Official UK procurement notice
Scotland's Railway - Water Testing Framework 2024
Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA Framework Agreement for the delivery of Water Testing Services across Scotland's Railway.
CPV: Consulting services for water-supply and waste consultancy · Consulting services for water-supply and waste-water other than for construction · Monitoring and control services · Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers · 2 bids received (2.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)
- Framework period
- 1 mo from 5 Apr 2024
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Framework shall provide Water Testing and Water Risk Assessments on its…AwardedPublished value£3,000,000
The Framework shall provide Water Testing and Water Risk Assessments on its Operational Estate to check for the presence of Legionella to support Network Rail with meeting its statutory obligation.
The service covers the testing of water supplies and associated remedial works to Maintenance Delivery Units / Signal Boxes / Power Signal Boxes / Ground Frames etc throughout Scotland Route. This involves the testing and investigation of water supplies and associated remedial works at specified locations throughout Scotland; advice on management and control of the Water Systems at each site; provision of suitable Risk Assessment Log Books as required at each location; provision of additional documentation; advice on management and monitoring to minimise potential risk to staff and other personnel using the systems, and advice on proactive measures to control and reduce the risk and advise on the improvement of water quality.
Scotland's Railway ran a procurement event to engage with one (1) supplier in the delivery of Water Testing Services, across Scotland.
The contract shall be awarded under an NR27 NEC4 Professional Services Short Framework Contract.
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).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Technical and Methodology: 25%
- Resources: 10%
- price: 60%
- Sustainability: 5%
Published award criteria (5)
- Health & Safety: Pass/Fail
- Technical and Methodology: 25.0%
- Resources: 10.0%
- Sustainability: 5.0%
- Price: 60.0%
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Scotland's Railway - Water Testing Framework 2024” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- 21 Feb 2024, 10:03 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Feb 2025, 12:03 GMT
- Authority reference
SCOT/23-24/139- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-003800- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-043bb2Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 7 May 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
Timeline
29 Feb 2024 → 5 Feb 2025 · 5 dates- Next notice expected29 Feb 2024
- Contract starts5 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown7 May 2024, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected28 May 2024, 00:00 BST
- Notice published5 Feb 2025, 12:03 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Apr 2024- Status changed to active5 Apr 2024, 07:58 BST
- Procurement method changed5 Apr 2024, 07:58 BST
- Deadline published: 7 May 2024, 12:00 BST5 Apr 2024, 07:58 BST
- Status changed to complete5 Feb 2025, 12:03 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Scotland's Railway - Water Testing Framework 2024
- Signed
- 16 Dec 2024
- Value
- £3,000,000
- Period
- … – 7 May 2024
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Court of SessionReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- SOCOTEC UK LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.